Clinical Research Blog

I recently attended the Association of Clinical Research Professionals annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas. This was a typical business meeting with the usual objectives of education and networking with colleagues, etc. The conference was set up so that many sessions were presented simultaneously so attendees were forced to choose the sessions providing the most […]

Last week I attended the 38th Annual OSU Gerontology Conference at the CH2MHill Alumni Center.  It was a pleasure to meet and interact with others who are making important contributions to the health and well-being of older adults. Now that AARP cards are regularly arriving in my home mailbox, I was particularly delighted to hear […]

A clinical study follows a strict set of directions, called a protocol. The protocol includes a list of inclusion criteria volunteers must meet in order to qualify for the study; there is also a corresponding list of exclusion criteria that can exclude a volunteer from the study. The inclusion/exclusion criteria serve to find volunteers appropriate […]

The Expedition 3 Alzheimer’s disease study, evaluating a potential new treatment for patients with mild Alzheimer’s, is underway! I first wrote about this exciting clinical trial in early November 2013. As clinical trials go, this study was fairly complex to set up, but  the team was assembled by late December and now all systems are […]

The average person knows more about clinical trials today than was common at the beginning of my research career in the mid-1980s. I find that patient volunteers today are asking great questions when they come in for initial study appointments, perhaps as the result of the internet age. Twenty or thirty years ago I usually […]