Patient and Stakeholder Engagement

Clinical Research: Phase 1 - Phase 4

A New Era in Dermatology: Study Design, Regulatory Strategies, and Patient Participation, Upcoming Webinar

TORONTO (PRWEB)AUGUST 28, 2020 New treatment options for moderate to severe dermatological diseases and areas of high unmet need are driving a revolution in clinical development of dermatology drugs. But questions remain: What indications should be pursued? How to design a study that targets the right endpoints? And how will environmental constraints affect the research?...

Novel Trial Approaches for Rare Cancer Patients, Upcoming Webinar

TORONTO (PRWEB) AUGUST 4, 2020 Join Rupa Doshi, Ph.D., Executive Director –Program Strategy, Oncology, Premier Research and Sameena Sharif, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Product Strategy, Premier Research in a live webinar on Monday, August 24, 2020 at 11am EDT (4pm BST/UK). Rare cancers account for 22 percent of cancer diagnoses worldwide, yet there is no...

Long-Term Follow-Up in Gene Therapy Trials: Ensuring Patient Engagement & Regulatory Compliance

Gene therapy products are typically designed to achieve therapeutic effect through long-acting or permanent changes in the human body. Due to this extended period of exposure, patients who receive gene therapies may be at increased risk of delayed adverse events. To understand and mitigate the risk of these delayed adverse events, participants in gene therapy...

Premier Insight 273: Conclusive & Positive Results Delivered Ahead of Time – By Eight Months

Background Patients rushed to enroll almost as soon as word of the study got out. We were dealing with a significant unmet need: Most patients with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) seek help from psychiatrists, nutritionists, or obesity specialists. But there was no approved, effective pharmacologic treatment. And patients desperately wanted one. Objective With unanticipated interest...

Applied Clinical Trials – Patient Engagement and Advocacy: Advancing the Cause of Clinical Drug Research

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients almost universally lose the ability to walk as the disease progresses. Patients generally understand that loss of ambulation is to be expected, and as was learned from a patient preference study, they tend to put greater priority on maintaining use of their hands. Yet for many years, DMD drug trials...

Chance Connections Become New Relationships at Global Genes

At Premier Research, we attend a lot of events throughout the year – and through these events, we have the opportunity to meet individuals from all sides of the clinical development process. At the recent Global Genes RARE Patient Advocacy Summit, we met countless patients, advocates, and their families, including Kim Tuminello and her daughter...

PM360 – Working with Advocates: Understanding Patient Concerns

Patient advocacy groups have exploded in number and scope in recent years and in many ways are reshaping the drug development landscape, from trial design to recruitment support to participation in the regulatory approval process. Thousands of organizations now advocate for millions of patients, and while many patients and families eagerly engage with these groups,...

Premier Insight 270: A Rosacea Trial Failed Many Enrollment Hurdles.

Two large, parallel trials with 107 sites spread across the United States. Heavy competition for patients because of multiple competing treatments already on the market. And an advertising strategy that needed to attract more than 1,400 subjects fast enough to meet the sponsor’s aggressive schedule. Those were just some of the challenges we faced when...

The FDA’s New Guidance on Natural History Studies in Rare Diseases: What You Need to Know

In March 2019, the FDA released draft guidance on the design and implementation of natural history studies to support the development of safe and effective treatments for rare diseases. The document, Rare Diseases: Natural History Studies for Drug Development,[1] addresses one of the major challenges sponsors encounter when developing therapies for rare disease: the lack...

Untapped Potential: Asia-Pacific’s Growing Role in Biotech Drug Research

Of the 350 million to 400 million people infected with the hepatitis B virus worldwide, one in three lives in China. The country is home to 130 million carriers of the disease and 30 million who are chronically infected.[1][2] Some rural parts of China have an especially high incidence of tuberculosis,[3] and across Asia, prevalence of...

Patient and Stakeholder Engagement

Clinical Research: Phase 1 - Phase 4

A New Era in Dermatology: Study Design, Regulatory Strategies, and Patient Participation, Upcoming Webinar

Clinical Research: Phase 1 - Phase 4

Novel Trial Approaches for Rare Cancer Patients, Upcoming Webinar

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Long-Term Follow-Up in Gene Therapy Trials: Ensuring Patient Engagement & Regulatory Compliance