Clinical trials are an essential step in medical science; they are the key. They serve to answer questions about the safety and efficacy of new treatments, drugs, and interventions. In this post, we ...

Many clinical trials include a placebo group—participants who receive an inactive treatment—so researchers can compare ...

Clinical trials are the major way to improve existing therapies in metastatic breast cancer. In a clinical trial you may receive great medical care with a new, effective drug that’s not available ...

Researchers at Mount Sinai launch a new AI platform to match more cancer patients with clinical trials, aiming to expand ...

The majority of recent randomised clinical trials (RCTs) of treatments for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its complications exclude older patients based on either upper age limits or other criteria. Few ...

Scientific advancements have helped millions of people living with cancer, heart disease, arthritis, obesity, and other diseases. Essential for the development of new therapies are the thousands of ...

In May 2024, New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and the START Center for Cancer Research — a global network of clinical trial sites — established a partnership to bring an early-stage clinical ...

“Clinical trials are how we improve cancer care for everyone, and quite often, clinical trials are a lifeline for the individual patients who choose to participate,” he said. “As an NCI-designated ...