DCRI Faculty Members Recognized as ‘Pioneers’
The annual list, which examined papers published over the last decade, honors researchers who were in the top 1 percent of citations in their fields.
AHA 2020: AHA COVID Registry Sheds Light on Pandemic’s Impact on Racial Minorities
Two presentations on the American Heart Association COVID Registry shared data about COVID-19 hospitalizations collected from over 100 hospitals.
DCRI’s CEC Group Contributes to AHA Late-Breakers
Through new ways of working and collaborations across Duke, the DCRI’s Clinical Events Classification group is continuously improving on its processes.
AHA 2020: RIVER Shows Rivaroxaban Safe for Patients with Bioprosthetic Valves
The study, which is the only randomized trial testing rixaroxaban in this patient population, builds on previous evidence established by the DCRI-led ROCKET-AF and ARISTOTLE studies.
AHA 2020: GALACTIC-HF Finds Investigational Therapy to be Effective
Patients assigned to the treatment, omecamtiv mecarbil, experienced a statistically significant difference in a composite endpoint of time to cardiovascular death or time to first heart failure event.
PROVIDE-HF Finds Early Improvements in Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure Treated with Sacubitril/Valsartan
By evaluating patient-reported and electronic health record data, the pragmatic clinical study adds important real-world evidence to inform clinical practice.
DCRI Selected as U.S. Coordinating Center for NIH ACTIV-1 Trial
The DCRI has received $44 million in funding to examine whether three immune modulators help prevent overactive immune response in moderate or severe cases of COVID-19.
TCT 2020: New One-year Follow Up Results Shed Light on Optimal Care After PCI
DCRI’s Manesh Patel, MD, presented the late-breaking science at TCT Connect 2020.
Clinical Trials ‘System is Working,’ Hernandez Says
Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS, weighed in via STAT News on the recent pauses of three clinical trials that are working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
DCRI, UNC Center for Health Equity Research, and Partners Receive $80 Million Award from NIH to Help Expand COVID-19 Testing
The nationwide program aims to build innovative and sustainable solutions to expand test access and uptake in underserved and vulnerable communities.