Nephrology Research: How Will We Find a Cure?
Chances are that you or someone you know has faced a cancer diagnosis. It’s also likely that after a diagnosis, the possibility of participating in clinical trials was highlighted. For… Read more
Enrolling Dialysis Patients for Clinical Trials
Patient enrollment for clinical trials can be a challenging task especially if the patients are dealing with a chronic illness. Dialysis patients in particular are a population that need a… Read more
How Biosimilars Could Impact Clinical Trials
Over the next few years, the patents for many therapeutic biologics will expire, allowing drug manufacturers to request US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for biosimilars, medical products which… Read more
The principal investigator landscape remains a challenge for clinical trial sponsors
New study sheds light on the factors for high turnover of principal investigators in FDA-regulated clinical trials. The U.S. biopharmaceutical industry is a global leader in the development of innovative… Read more
3 Secrets to Make your Team Culture Come Alive
Sometimes you experience great service. An interaction that leaves you thinking – WOW, that person really loves their job! A problem you had solved in a way that left you… Read more
Pharma: Are You Making This Mistake in Your Trial Recruiting?
By Amy Young, VP and General Manager, DaVita Clinical Research Drug development is expensive and complicated. Those facts seem to ring more true each year. According to the Tufts Center… Read more
Kidney & Renal Failure Research
Getting people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in on the ground floor. At DaVita Clinical Research, our specialty is performing research in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). From the… Read more
Clinical Data Capture & Management: More Isn’t Always Better
The study case report form (CRF) is arguably the most important clinical study document. While the protocol drives the conduct of the study, the CRF dictates the data to be… Read more
Considerations When Using Adaptive Trial Design
Let’s talk adaptive trial design, particularly as it pertains to early clinical research right now. Both large and small pharmaceutical companies see the potential to shorten development timelines using adaptive… Read more
4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Be Using Questionnaires to Conduct Trial Feasibility
For years, we relied on simple questionnaires to conduct trial feasibility: identify sites likely to enroll, send out a questionnaire along with inclusion/exclusion (I/E) criteria, and request each site to… Read more
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