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When clinical trials administrators are working on a study that is part of a multisite trial, the biggest challenge is communicating with everyone involved.
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One of the keys to accurately projecting costs of a clinical trial is to have a working budget template that captures every single cost, but which avoids duplications that could lead to regulatory problems, an expert says.
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Every clinical trial administrator has encountered the occasional investigator who causes staff to pop antacid pills the minute he or she walks into the room. And while large research institutions tolerated such personalities in the past, with todays tighter focus on research compliance and ethical concerns, such personalities now can be a real problem.
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Developing a thorough self-audit process is one-way research institutions can improve research and clinical trial compliance and prevent small problems from becoming regulatory nightmares, according to a research compliance expert.
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Adherence to any diet was the best predictor of weight loss, which predicted degree of improvement in cardiac risk markers.
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Erectile dysfunction is commonplace in men at middle-age and beyond, the same era when hypertension incidence begins to rise steeply.
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Obesity is an important, potentially modifiable risk factor for AF. The excess risk of AF associated with obesity appears to be mediated by left atrial dilatation. These prospective data raise the possibility that interventions to promote normal weight may reduce the population burden of AF.
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A single fecal occult blood test from a digital rectal exam specimen does not provide adequate screening for colorectal neoplasia and cannot replace standard at-home 6-sample fecal occult blood testing.
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The addition of niacin to patients with known CAD on statins raised HDL cholesterol and reduced atherosclerosis progression.
