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Epic tools can increase racial/ethnic diversity in clinical research

August 2, 2024 Autism, BPA, Clinical research, Clinical Trials, diverse, Diversity, EPIC, MyChart, Research

A closer look at how BPA and MyChart have been instrumental in helping connect with a diverse patient population in clinical research.

The Stitch

Clinical trial sets out to improve prognosis for pancreatic cancer patients

April 14, 2021 Amanda May, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Healthcare, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, pancreatic cancer

A clinical trial has the potential to improve the prognosis for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

From The Labs

New insights into the mediators of patient recovery after CAR T cell immunotherapy

July 21, 2020 cancer therapy, CAR T cell, Clinical Trials, complete response, HER-2, Immunotherapy, Research, rhabdomyosarcoma

Clinical trial of novel personalized CAR T cell immunotherapy provides clues into what mediated exceptional patient recovery.

From The Labs

De-escalating breast cancer therapy; can some patients be spared chemotherapy?

June 25, 2019 Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Clinical Trials, HER2 gene, lapatinib, PI3K pathway, Research, trastuzumab

About one of every five breast cancers presents with high levels of HER2 proteins. Known as HER2-positive breast cancer, these tumors typically show an aggressive

From The Labs

From the labs to bedside: First-in-human trial shows promise in treating neuroblastoma

May 28, 2019 chimeric antigen, Clinical Trials, GD2, GD2-CAR, Immunotherapy, neuroblastoma, Research

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid cancer in children, and patients with high-risk disease are challenging to treat. In April, during the annual meeting of

From The Labs

How genomics profiling can help identify the best treatment for bladder cancer

May 9, 2019 atezolizumab, bladder cancer, Clinical Trials, Research, single-patient classifier

When it comes to cancer, one-size-does-not-fit-all. “One of the challenges that we have when taking care of patients with bladder cancer is that from one

Policywise

Is there really a perfect way to study humans?

August 17, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Clinical Trials, Dr. Stacey Berg, ethics, observational study, randomized controlled trial

Doctors, patients, and researchers are frustrated when a new healthcare approach works well in a study, but then has disappointing results in the “real world.”

From The Labs

Fighting back lymphoma resistance to treatment

March 15, 2018 cell and gene therapy, Clinical Trials, EBV-specific T cells, Epstein-Barr virus, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, lymphoma, Research, TGFβ

T cell therapies have demonstrated encouraging results and benefits in patients with lymphoma resistant to chemotherapy, but, despite these advances, a large number of patients

Momentum

Baylor College of Medicine investigates bird flu vaccine

October 1, 2013 Baylor College of Medicine, BCM Vaccine Research Center, Bird Flu, Clinical Trials, Dr. Wendy Keitel, Flu, Healthcare, Houston, Jordan Magaziner

This time of year, there’s always a lot of discussion about the flu – vaccines, outbreaks, comparisons to previous years, and more. It wasn’t too