Archives: Agenda

• Research and development initiatives have long acknowledged that patient participation in clinical research is driven by “hope for a cure” as a key incentive
• Patient reported outcomes, subgroup analyses, “exit” interviews at study conclusions, help contextualize the value of trial data within a scientific, clinical, and humanistic framework
• Within oncology indications particularly, selective patient targeting, innovative trial designs to accelerate approval, and assessments that reflect how patients “feel, function or survive” are highlighted as distinguishing characteristics.

• Why clinical trials matter for patients
• My Experience in Clinical Trials
• Importance of media, personal stories, outreach
• Lessons learned

• The Patient Selection Problem: Current biomarker-based strategies identify <30% of likely responders, leading to high failure rates and inefficient trial designs.
• The SAGE Oncotest Advantage: A best-in-class ex vivo functional profiling platform that tests patient-derived tumor cells directly against the investigational drug to identify true responders.
• Smarter Trial Design: Incorporating functional profiling to enrich responders into the study, thereby reducing required sample size while increasing clinical trial success rates

• The evolving ecosystem of cancer research: adapting trial design amid political and economic shifts
• Strategies for advancing patient-centric trials in 2025, focusing on innovative approaches to enhance trial design and execution
• Streamlining and improving patient involvement, communication, and the simplification of processes in trials to minimize patient burden
• Sharing best practices to foster an engaged patient journey, ensuring patient retention throughout the trial process
• Translating technology to tangible outcomes: What are the latest innovative technologies helping patients throughout the trial

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