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While there is still no known cure for diabetes, there is reason to hope: Research for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is consistently underway, and most studies need hundreds or thousands of volunteers to take part.

If it's time to start creating a clinical trial patient recruitment plan, it's important to note that 80% of clinical trials are delayed because of recruitment problems — and that can make the process daunting. In addition to reaching out to patients in the site's database, it is also wise to experiment with clinical trial advertising. These tips can help position sites to meet their enrollment ...

Getting a new clinical trial off the ground and moving smoothly takes careful project management. Even the best-laid plans can hit snags occasionally, but knowing what to watch for can help keep things organized. When planning for a project, it can be helpful to be aware of the most common mistakes and go into the project armed with advice on how to fix them.

The clinical trial landscape is shifting — but is it enough? Antidote’s Founder, Pablo Graiver, was recently interviewed for the Relentless Health Value podcast to discuss this fundamental question.

Many elements must work together for medical research to succeed, which is why project management for a clinical trial is complicated. Creating plans, communicating updates, calculating risk, and addressing delays are all crucial elements of a study's progress.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) published an informative whitepaper detailing different approaches to matching patients with clinical trials and providing examples. In it, they state that 66% of cancer patients find clinical trials through their physician or a staff member working on the study, while just 6% found a trial through self-service matching tools, and 6% ...

Many elements factor into the success of a clinical trial patient recruitment campaign. If issues arise within the recruitment pipeline, large-scale factors such as a lack of patients are often the first variables to be considered; however, smaller, less noticeable issues may be to blame. In this blog, we're sharing a few key things that may seem small but can have a large impact on patient ...

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are "any report of the status of a patient's health condition that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient's response by a clinician or anyone else," according to the FDA. They are also a way to include the patient voice in clinical trials.

At Antidote, we share a variety of patient stories, spanning many conditions and individual backgrounds, but one common thread runs throughout — the defining power of the story to help patients and caregivers cope emotionally with an illness. Click here to read, watch, or listen to the stories of the following:

In the end, it was vanity that brought Shanelle Gabriel to the doctor who diagnosed her lupus. At least that’s how she tells it.