Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Clinical Trials Explained Often, we hear of new treatments becoming available, but have you ever wondered what each new treatment has to go through to get approved by a regulatory body like the FDA? Before a new treatment is approved for commercialization, it needs to go through a meticulous trial… Continue reading From Preclinical to Approval: How Clinical Trials Bring New Treatments to Market
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Genomics & Medicine: Your Questions Answered!
Recently, PatientsLikeMe’s Associate Director of Community Management, Brad Hornback, sat down with Dr. Eric Topol (Founder & Director at Scripps Research Translational Institute) and Christine Von Raesefeld (Patient Advocate) to discuss the topic of genomics and medicine, including how genomic data can affect the healthcare journey and how individuals may receive their own DNA results… Continue reading Genomics & Medicine: Your Questions Answered!
It’s Clinical Trials Day, and patients are driving change
Today is Clinical Trials Day – celebrated to bring more attention to public health and also to recognize the contribution of the patients and healthcare professionals who make clinical research possible. At PatientsLikeMe, it’s members who are changing the way clinical trials are designed. Bringing the patient voice to clinical trials has long been part… Continue reading It’s Clinical Trials Day, and patients are driving change
The record on research: Catching up with TOA member Cris
Back in January we introduced Cris, a member of the 2016-2017 PatientsLikeMe Team of Advisors living with ALS. She’s also a fierce patient advocate who’s participated in several clinical trials since her diagnosis. We recently caught up with her to learn about her experience with clinical trials and why access and awareness of clinical trials… Continue reading The record on research: Catching up with TOA member Cris
PatientsLikeMe Launches Virtual Trial for ALS Patients
Study With Major Academic Medical Center to Evaluate the Potential of the Soy Peptide Lunasin to Reverse ALS Symptoms DURHAM, N.C., October 25, 2016—PatientsLikeMe and The Duke ALS Clinic have just completed enrollment in a virtual trial designed to test whether Lunasin, a peptide found in soy and some cereal grains, is helpful or harmful… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Launches Virtual Trial for ALS Patients
Patients as Partners: John and David share their clinical trial experiences
We’ve been hearing from members of the Team of Advisors about how they’ve used the Partnership Principles in their health journeys. Recently, we sat down with John (Dockstoy), living with ALS, and David (Davidgewirtz), who’s living with lung cancer. John and David are both interested in research and have been involved in a few clinical trials. Below,… Continue reading Patients as Partners: John and David share their clinical trial experiences
A patient’s perspective: member Gary reports back from the FDA public meeting on Parkinson’s disease
Back in September, Sally Okun, Vice President of Advocacy, Policy and Patient Safety, and community moderator Molly Cotter, attended the FDA public meeting on Parkinson’s disease (PD) along with PatientsLikeMe member Gary (tupelo). We posted some interesting developments from the meeting in the forum, but we also caught up with Gary for his perspective on… Continue reading A patient’s perspective: member Gary reports back from the FDA public meeting on Parkinson’s disease
PatientsLikeMe and CISCRP Team Up with Sanofi to Spotlight Medical Heros and Clinical Trial Participation
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— May 13, 2013—PatientsLikeMe and the nonprofit Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP) announce a new partnership with global healthcare leader Sanofi (NYSE: SNY) to raise awareness about the benefits of participating in clinical trials. The partnership will focus on: spotlighting “Medical Heroes” (those who “give the gift of their… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe and CISCRP Team Up with Sanofi to Spotlight Medical Heros and Clinical Trial Participation
PatientsLikeMe Unveils New Tool to Match Patients with Clinical Trials Worldwide
Launch at European NHS Healthcare Innovation Expo Comes as PatientsLikeMe Chairman Calls for Revolution in Disease Measurement CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Mar 13, 2013 — The U.S.-based patient network and real-time research platform PatientsLikeMe unveils its global clinical trials tool today at Europe’s Healthcare Innovation Expo 2013, hosted by the National Health Service (NHS). The free tool, unveiled today by… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Unveils New Tool to Match Patients with Clinical Trials Worldwide
Taking Psoriasis Treatment to the Next Level: An Interview with Dermatologist Dr. Jerry Bagel
A nationally recognized psoriasis expert, Dr. Jerry Bagel, MD, has been an investigator on more than 45 clinical trials seeking new treatments for psoriasis and other skin conditions. In addition to treating patients at his private dermatology practice in East Windsor, New Jersey, Dr. Bagel serves as Senior Attending Physician at the Princeton University Medical… Continue reading Taking Psoriasis Treatment to the Next Level: An Interview with Dermatologist Dr. Jerry Bagel