PatientsLikeMe has a long tradition of bringing the patient voice into drug discovery and development, but it’s only been in the last year or two that industry has been tuning in to hear what that voice is saying about clinical trials. For the last 18 months, we’ve been asking many of our members about their… Continue reading Bringing the patient voice to clinical trials
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Making sure conferences are “Patients Included”
Picture this: you’re a medical professional and are about to open the doors to a conference you’ve spent years pulling together. You’ve booked your venue, have your sponsors lined up, got top headliners to give keynotes, picked your Twitter hashtag and have invited every industry pro to be a part of the event. In walk… Continue reading Making sure conferences are “Patients Included”
Throwback Thursday: Paul discusses what happens when trial participants realize they hold the power
Just about a year ago, PatientsLikeMe’s Paul Wicks, PhD, Vice President of Innovation, wrote a blog post about what happens when trial participants realize they hold the power in clinical trials. He began his early experiences with ALS patients and clinical trials, but then fast-forwarded to how PatientsLikeMe members have replicated a clinical trial, started… Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Paul discusses what happens when trial participants realize they hold the power
PatientsLikeMe and Actelion to develop new patient-reported measure for mycosis fungoides-type cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (MF-CTCL)
Patients To Share Their Experiences, Help Researchers Better Characterize Disease And Develop Treatment Strategies CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—August 5, 2014—PatientsLikeMe and Actelion Ltd. (SIX: ATLN) are partnering in a research initiative to create a new patient-reported outcomes tool for the rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma called MF-CTCL. The collaboration will leverage PatientsLikeMe’s Open Research Exchange (ORE), an… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe and Actelion to develop new patient-reported measure for mycosis fungoides-type cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (MF-CTCL)
PatientsLikeMe selects first pilot users for Open Research Exchange™
Researchers and Patients to Test New Measures for Hypertension, Treatment Burden, Appetite and Diabetes, Primary Palliative Care CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— August 13, 2013—PatientsLikeMe has named the first four researchers and teams who will pilot test its new Open Research Exchange™ (ORE) platform. Supported by a $1.9 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ORE was… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe selects first pilot users for Open Research Exchange™
PatientsLikeMe Calls For Researcher Participation in New Open Research Exchange™ Platform
Company Names Scientific Advisory Board for World’s First Open-Participation Research Platform for Patient-Centered Health Outcome Measures CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— May 20, 2013—Today, PatientsLikeMe announces an open call for medical researchers to be among the first pilot users of its Open Research Exchange™ (ORE) platform (www.openresearchexchange.com). ORE puts patients at the center of the clinical research process… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Calls For Researcher Participation in New Open Research Exchange™ Platform
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
ALS Patients Reporting Their Health Status over the Internet Just as Reliable as a Clinician in a Hospital
At PatientsLikeMe we’ve been collecting self-reported data about patients with ALS (PALS) since 2006 – over 5,000 PALS to be exact! ALS is a disease that causes muscle wasting in the arms, legs, head and chest, which leads to problems walking, eating, and even communicating. However, unlike a disease like diabetes where there’s a blood… Continue reading ALS Patients Reporting Their Health Status over the Internet Just as Reliable as a Clinician in a Hospital
How Patients Like You Use Your Treatments in the Real World: Two New Studies
Ever wonder how many patients like you are using drugs off-label? Or how hard is it to take MS medications as prescribed? You’re about to find out. In January, the PatientsLikeMe R&D team published not one but two studies in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) in an effort to provide answers about how… Continue reading How Patients Like You Use Your Treatments in the Real World: Two New Studies
Share and Compare: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part III – more R&D)
The research team is very proud of how our team has grown in 2010 and the impact we’ve made in the academic community. In 2010 alone, PatientsLikeMe and our work were mentioned in scientific literature more than 133 times. All of this is because of what you share with us. Yesterday, we highlighted some of… Continue reading Share and Compare: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part III – more R&D)