Why a fundamental reimagining of how clinical studies operate is still necessary to achieve a true paradigm shift—and shed ...

A recent study found that only 15% of cancer survivors discussed trials with their healthcare providers, with ...

When Katie Doble was diagnosed with a rare cancer, she was given 16 months to live. Clinical trials gave her a second chance.

Under the new leadership of Marty Makary, the FDA should focus more attention on the critical role of real-world clinical data — such as from health insurance databases — in the ongoing assessment of ...

Northwestern University hasn’t received any funding from the NIH since the end of March. Not only could patients potentially stop receiving treatments that trials provided, the research itself could ...

The design for a medical study in 1743 that was never carried out may have inspired James Lind’s groundbreaking clinical trial that determined the treatment for scurvy.

Clinical trials are divided into different phases, according to how far along the research is. Phase I studies involve a small group, usually of healthy adults, to test if a candidate drug or ...