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How to Utilize Technology to Truly Increase Diversity in Clinical Trials Apr 15, 2021

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Learn lessons from a healthcare communications and clinical trial recruitment expert about addressing health disparities in racial and ethnic minorities, utilizing technology to precisely raise awareness, and bridging the digital divide, and how to: Leverage technology to raise awareness and engage post-trialChange practices to address mistrust amongst typically underserved populationsUse technology to recruit more diversely and representatively in the pandemic Speaker: Becky Johnson, PhD, Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion in Clinical Trials, IQVIA: Becky has 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and is a subject matter expert in healthcare communications and clinical trial recruitment with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Becky leverages her expertise to inform the strategic direction and initiatives to support pharmaceutical company sponsors with their efforts to achieve more racially and ethnically diverse trial populations. Becky has a Master’s in Public Health and a PhD in Health Sciences. Her doctoral dissertation research focused on facilitating access to clinical trials for racially and ethnically diverse patients. For more information on PharmaTalk podcasts, click here. For more discussions and updates on innovations in clinical trial operations and the use of devices in research, visit theconferenceforum.org to learn about the Patients as Partners in Clinical Research conference.

Insights from CRAACO 2020 and Looking to the Future Apr 09, 2021

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In this podcast, Roger Boutin, VP of Communications at SCORR Marketing discusses the results of an audience survey from the 2020 CRAACO: Clinical Research as a Care Option Conference. The poll focused on the areas of: Patient Input and EngagementDealing with COVID and Patient OutreachDiversity and Collaboration Around Clinical TrialsAccelerating the CRAACO Movement

The Practical Implementation of Sensors in the Changing Drug Development World Jan 22, 2021

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In this conversation, you'll learn lessons of how to implement sensors for the most impact in your clinical trials. Join three sensor experts as they discuss: What phases of clinical trials are more suited for sensor useHow to select and integrate the deviceHow to ensure compliance Speaking: Keith Wenzel, Senior Director, Parexel’s Scientific Data Organization: Keith's areas of subject matter expertise include electronic clinical outcomes assessment, patient sensors and a broad range of eClinical technology used within clinical drug trials.Julia Lakeland, Solutions Architect and Program Director, Parexel: Julia is responsible for selection and implementation of real-world scientific data sources and wearables for clinical trial use. Her background is in product management, operational delivery and support of phase III/IV clinical trials. Thomas Wells, CEO, Precision Digital Health: Thomas is currently focused on bringing innovative big data solutions to market to support real-world evidence research and clinical trial research that scale to meet the shear volume and diversity of data sources with evolution of digital health and precision medicine. For more information on PharmaTalk podcasts, click here. For more discussions and updates on innovations in clinical trial operations and the use of devices in research, visit theconferenceforum.org to learn about the upcoming DPHARM: Disruptive Innovations conference, held September 28-29, 2021, and the Mobile in Clinical Trials event, held September 27, 2021.

Patients as Partners Europe 2021 Overview in 5 Minutes Jan 11, 2021

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Patients as Partners Europe conference producer, Mark Scherzer, provides an overview of the upcoming virtual conference agenda to take place 25-26 January 2021. Hear about the sessions, keynotes, interactive opportunities, and what you will walk away with, including: A range of examples of patient engagement ideas in the early stages of research to advance clinical outcomesAn understanding of how to design hybrid trials around patient preferences to drive better enrollment and retentionHow to increase diversity in clinical trialsHow to manage the issues that arise when implementing new approachesHow to influence organizational change to support patient engagement and clinical research awareness strategiesExpand your professional network by connecting with peers who can provide a wide range of insightsLearn directly from patient advocates who bring a broad spectrum of ideas to the conversations Learn more about the conference here.

Innovations & Novel Approaches in IO Imaging & Assessing Responses Dec 27, 2020

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In this podcast, you will hear a panel discussion moderated by Dr Annette Schmid, Takeda Pharmaceuticals from the 2020 IO360° Summit regarding innovations and novel approaches in IO imaging and assessing responses. Panelists inclue: Gregory Goldmacher, MD, PhD, MBA, MerckS. Peter Eggleton, MD, FFPM, Merck KGaARon Korn, MD, PhD, Imaging EndpointsMatthew Silva, PhD, Invicro To learn more about the upcoming 2021 IO360° Summit please visit www.io360summit.com

HLA Loss and the Impact on Immunotherapy Dec 27, 2020

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Loss of the HLA locus impairs presentation of tumor antigens and is frequently found in advanced cancers. This talk presented by Dr Lee Albacker, Foundation Medicine and first recorded at the 2020 IO360° Summit, will describe the landscape of HLA loss and other response biomarkers in a dataset of 90,000 solid tumor samples and highlight the effect of HLA loss on checkpoint inhibitor response. To learn more about the upcoming IO360° 2021 Summit please visit www.io360summit.com

Cell & Gene Therapy Debate: Intrinsic Editing vs Systemic Combination Dec 27, 2020

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In this podcast first recorded at the 2020 IO360° Summit, Dr Aiman Shalabi, GSK, moderated a cell and gene therapy debate on intrinsic editing vs systemic combination Participants included: Mark O’Hara, MD, University of PennsylvaniaSaul Priceman, PhD, City of Hope To learn more about the upcoming IO360° 2021 Summit please visit www.io360summit.com

Operational Dynamics of Implementing & Managing Basket Trials Dec 27, 2020

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In this podcast, first recorded at the IO360° 2020 Summit, Dr Millie Schultz, Seattle Genetics, discusses operational dynamics of implementing and managing basket trials. Discussion points include: What are the operational complexities of basket trials? How do they differ from standard IO trials?How do you identify the right institutions who can handle basket trials? What goes into that decision making?How do you set up your protocol in an open ended way so that you can add a cohort or make adjustments based on signals you received?How do you set up your database to be able to manage all the different tumor types and different types of case port forms. To learn more about the upcoming IO360° 2021 Summit please visit www.io360summit.com

Overcoming Site Regulatory Issues to Optimize Clinical Quality Dec 11, 2020

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How two companies collaborated on a master trial to drastically improve site startup speed, reduce delays and optimize CRA productivity. In this podcast, Rick Arlow, Complion, and Dr Len Rosenberg, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, discuss their collaboration on a LLS master trial, and how adopting Complion’s a purpose-built design optimized site functions and reduces startup time. Some specific discussion points included: The challenges sites face today with arduous manual tasksHow to pick the right point solution technology for your studyWhat the impacts of their collaboration have been on study progressHow this all benefits patients For more information about optimizing clinical research for the patient benefit and for improving care, visit the Clinical Research as a Care Option webpage. The 2021 Clinical Research as a Care Option event will be held April 26-28, virtually.

Evolution of Regulatory Policy For Cell/Gene Therapy Nov 03, 2020

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In this podcast, first recorded at the 2021 IO360° Summit, Dr Peter Marks, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA, moderated a panel on the evolution of regulatory policy for cell/gene therapy. Discussion points include: What are the greatest challenges to the expeditious development of cell and gene therapies at this time?How does the existing regulatory framework mesh with the current state of development of cell and gene therapy products?What adaptations or adjustments to the regulatory framework that might further advance manufacturing or clinical development of these products?Are there scientific developments coming that will require further adaptation or adjustment to the regulatory framework? Panelists include: Jeff Allen, PhD, Friends of Cancer Research Anne Chew, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Alberto Santagostino, Lonza Pharma & Biotech To learn more about the upcoming 2021 IO360° conference, please visit www.io360summit.com

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