Online Registry Improves Clinical Research Study Participation
LOS ANGELES (July 13, 2015) -
Historically, fewer women have participated in clinical research and only 3 to 5 percent of patients nationally enroll in trials.
"Research for Her is committed to changing these statistics and improving patient lives," said
A total of 322 women were enrolled in the Cedars-Sinai Research for Her registry over a 14-month period - a 4.3 fold increase over the paper-based registry. Of these 322 women, 263 were matched to at least one study and of those, 39 eligible individuals went on to enroll. The enrollment process increased in speed by 27 percent.
The Research for Her registry also spurred a 50 percent increase in enrollments for the
Research for Her, created in 2013, is currently open to all women over the age of 18 with or without a prior history of cancer. It soon will expand to also enroll and link men to available clinical trials or research studies at Cedars-Sinai.
"The early successes of Research for Her are encouraging," said
Next steps also include identifying innovative methods to capture complex data from patients - such as molecular tumor profiling - to further decrease the time to enrollment for studies and provide more comprehensive prescreening for patients.
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