Eian Kantor

Virtual rare disease clinical trial recruitment: Q&A with Ben’s Friends and MyRareData

We recently announced a collaboration with Ben’s Friends, a network of online communities for people impacted by rare disease, and MyRareData, an organization that facilitates fundraising for advocacy groups through data, to bring information about clinical trials to the rare disease community.

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Webinar recap: Changing the paradigm of patient centricity

With what we’re learning from the COVID-19 pandemic, can we create a permanent solution to keep the patient at the heart of clinical research? Last week a panel of experts, including our CEO, Laurent Schockmel, teamed up for an Ogilvy Consulting webinar, during which they discussed key industry considerations when it comes to putting patient centricity into action.

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Biliary tract cancer research round-up

Biliary tract cancer (BTC) is a rare form of cancer that develops in the bile duct system, which connects the liver, gallbladder, and small intestine, moving bile to the small intestine. There are three types of biliary tract cancer: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC, or bile duct cancer), extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and gallbladder cancer. While this form of cancer is particularly tough ...

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Painting a picture of the melanoma clinical trial participant

In 2018, Antidote worked with SCORR Marketing and eight leading health organizations, including the Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA), to survey 4,000 patients about clinical research. About 10% of the total respondents self-identified as having melanoma.

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5 tips for loved ones supporting someone who lives with IBD

For people living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the symptoms – diarrhea, bleeding ulcers, stomach pain, cramping, and weight loss – can be emotionally, mentally, and physically difficult. Knowing the right things to say (or not say) and do can help you have more empathetic and thoughtful conversations with loved ones who have IBD. Below are 5 tips for supporting someone who lives with ...

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Clinical trial sites and recruitment vendors: Collaboration and communication best practices

A Q&A with Yvonne Taylor, Antidote’s senior clinical site operations manager Digital vendors work closely with clinical trial sites to ensure patient enrollment is going smoothly. We spoke with our very own Senior Clinical Site Operations Manager, Yvonne Taylor, about how clinical trial sites and vendors can best work together to provide a straightforward enrollment process for patients.

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The world is going digital — are you? How to amp up your clinical trial digital recruitment

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems like everything has gone digital, from scheduling video chat appointments with your doctor to Zoom conference calls, reading your newspapers online, and ordering groceries via an app. With the ability to reach more people online than ever before, clinical trial recruitment companies, too, have begun turning to digital channels even more to reach the ...

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Getting to know the people you might meet at your clinical trial site visit

You’re all ready for your clinical trial site visit. You get a call from a clinical research assistant telling you that when you come in, you’ll first meet with a clinical research coordinator, followed by a nurse, a graduate student, and a principal investigator of the study. Who are all of these people, exactly? We take a look at some of the key players in the game when it comes to your site ...

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How to connect with others in the IBD community

Inflammatory bowel disease, commonly referred to as IBD, is characterized by a group of intestinal disorders that cause inflammation of the digestive tract. The two most common kinds of IBD are ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Every person’s experience with IBD is different, but some of the main symptoms include diarrhea, bleeding ulcers, stomach pain, cramping, and weight loss.

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Asthma research round-up

Asthma is a chronic disease that causes your airways to become inflamed, making it hard to breathe, which affects over 25 million people. It is characterized by coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing, and chest tightness.

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