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In today’s ACT Brief, we examine persistent barriers limiting cancer trial participation and emerging approaches to address them, outline new guidance clarifying investigator versus sponsor ownership of IRT data, and review evidence highlighting sub-Saharan Africa’s capacity to support controlled clinical trials.

Unclear boundaries between investigator-controlled and sponsor-managed data in IRT systems are creating avoidable compliance risk, particularly around investigational product inventory and quality actions.

Explore early data from the ACTS program that reveal the volume and types of patient-reported barriers to cancer care and clinical trial participation, highlighting the critical role of support services in sustaining enrollment.

In today’s ACT Brief, we examine new data from the American Cancer Society on how transportation and lodging support affect cancer trial participation, review the most-viewed Applied Clinical Trials video interviews of 2025, and break down key trial results supporting the FDA approval of narsoplimab for transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy.

Funding uncertainty, legal and political pressures, trade policy shifts, site collaboration strategies, and leadership perspectives were central themes across Applied Clinical Trials’ most-watched video interviews.

Learn why combining AI-enabled trial matching with transportation, lodging, and financial assistance is essential to turning trial eligibility into actual participation—and why matching alone is not enough.

Examine how the American Cancer Society’s national ACTS expansion is designed to simplify trial discovery, reduce logistical barriers, and help patients, caregivers, and providers navigate cancer clinical trials through a centralized support model.

Generative AI adoption, regulatory scrutiny, DEI policy shifts, real-world evidence, and rare disease economics emerged as key themes across these most-read Applied Clinical Trials articles shaping clinical research and drug development today.

Persistent recruitment delays, high dropout rates, and missed timelines continue to slow global clinical trials, while data show that sub-Saharan Africa offers a largely untapped opportunity with established research capacity, large patient pools, and strong enrollment and retention performance.

The FDA approval of oral semaglutide marks the first GLP-1 pill for chronic weight management, supported by Phase III OASIS 4 data demonstrating substantial weight loss, favorable safety, and improvements in cardiometabolic risk factors.

Review the performance, engagement, and satisfaction metrics sponsors and CROs should track to determine whether operational improvements are reducing burden and strengthening site relationships.

In today’s ACT Brief, we look at how AI-enabled workflows can automate existing site processes, review the FDA approval of subcutaneous Lunsumio VELO for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma, and examine early clinical development activity for a pan-KRAS inhibitor licensed by AstraZeneca.

The FDA has cleared subcutaneous mosunetuzumab for adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more prior therapies, supported by Phase I/II data showing durable responses and a manageable safety profile with markedly reduced administration time.