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At Antidote, our mission is to connect patients with clinical trials using a data-driven, technological approach — and one of the ways we do that is through our clinical trial search engine, Antidote Match™.

We often reference our patient database: 400,000+ patients who have raised their hands to take part in medical research and shared health data to help us determine eligibility. The beauty of the Antidote database is that it provides a real-word picture of true patient populations — their demographic information as well as health details such as conditions they have, medications they’re on, and ...

IgA nephropathy, also known as Berger’s disease, refers to a buildup of protein in the kidneys that causes inflammation and damage. It is a chronic kidney disease that progresses over 10 to 20 years and can eventually lead to kidney failure.

The app marketplace is competitive, especially in the health and wellness sector, making user acquisition a considerable challenge. Successful app outreach requires strategic targeting and smart technology to appeal to users — and Antidote can provide these solutions. Our patient recruitment expertise translates well to assisting apps with building out their user base.

Throughout history, clinical trials have been an important element in learning about new drugs and treatments — but without patient participation, the medical remedies that are so ubiquitous in our lives today would not exist. Because it’s required for all drugs to go through testing before they are released on the market, volunteers for clinical trials have a major impact on medical research as ...

On October 4, Antidote’s Senior Clinical Informatics Manager Dr. Rich Towne participated in a community education webinar for the North Carolina chapter of Lung Cancer Initiative. This webinar was aimed at educating lung cancer patients and professionals in the lung cancer industry on clinical trials and recent advancements in the field.

October 10 is World Mental Health Day, a day aimed at raising awareness of mental health and wellness around the globe. For many mental health conditions, it can take a period of trial and error to find the right treatment plan for patients — but through clinical trials, discovering new and more efficient treatments can be made possible.

Reaching the right patients is frequently cited as one of the most difficult parts of medical research. Without clinical trial participants, it’s impossible for researchers to advance their studies — but with smart outreach strategies, there are options for increasing the visibility of a trial.

Different types of clinical studies are designed to investigate potential therapies, medications, and medical devices — and all of these must go through each phase of a clinical trial before they are approved. This means that volunteers who are willing to participate in research studies are essential to medical breakthroughs and the advancement of knowledge surrounding any given condition.

Clinical trial patient recruitment is an important aspect of medical research, but unfortunately, it is also one of the challenges. There are many regulations surrounding how information about trials can be shared with patients, and because outreach materials must be approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) before a campaign launches, planning a recruitment campaign requires a good deal ...