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The trial, which was terminated early due to slow enrollment and low number of events, did not conclusively show whether different modes of a common treatment for prostate cancer were associated wi

Research conducted remotely presents a number of benefits to clinical research—along with unique challenges.

Web and phone-based enrollment allows people anywhere in the United States diagnosed with COVID-19 as outpatients to help test potential COVID-19 treatments without leaving home.

A “validity argument” approach takes into account that the context of each trial is different and attempts to overcome barriers historically associated with measuring and reporting patient-reported

Despite a surge in community cases in winter 2020, within-school transmission remained low, with most transmission within high schools occurring in school-sponsored sports. New data analyzed and published by the DCRI-led ABC Science Collaborative sheds new light on school safety during a COVID-19 surge and reinforces the message that masking is an effective strategy to mitigate within-school transmission.

DCRI Executive Director Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS, and co-authors recently published a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine advocating for new ways to incentivize health care systems t

Top scientists and physicians from the ABC Science Collaborative have shared insights from North Carolina schools, coupled with a science-based blueprint for all schools to resume full, in-person instruction safely. A new report issued today by the DCRI-led ABC Science Collaborative shows that North Carolina schools were highly successful in preventing the transmission of COVID-19 within school buildings and offers science-based learnings for the nation’s schools to limit COVID-19 spread.

The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) and HumanFirst announced today the creation of a new Digital Measures Evaluation Center for assessing sensors and other digital measures used in clinical research. HumanFirst, previously known as Elektra Labs, is a technology company leading the development of digital platforms to evaluate and enable the deployment of connected technologies in decentralized trials and virtual care.

A large pragmatic study in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) found that antimicrobial therapy did not have a statistically significant effect on respiratory hospitalization or death compared with usual care alone.

Following the presentation of results from DCRI’s ADAPTABLE