More than Skin Deep: Considerations for Dermatology and Drugs Administered to the Skin
Grass & Birch Allergy Phase II Parallel Studies
About the Case Study Pharm-Olam was contracted to provide a full-service solution for two Phase II, dose escalation allergy studies that required a total of 500 patients in Europe and were run in parallel. With two different indications required, Grass Pollen Allergy and Birch Pollen Allergy, Pharm-Olam completed a comprehensive feasibility program and presented the […]
Autoimmune Clinical Trials: A Brief Review of Recent Autoimmune Research
In 2020 and 2021, the clinical research had an almost singular focus on COVID-19. They wanted to understand it, create a vaccine, and develop ways to treat the virus. It was a worldwide pandemic – and the research community was “all hands, on deck.” Many (if not most) trials that were open at the time were temporarily […]
Important Milestones in Autoimmune Research: A Timeline of Autoimmunity
Autoimmunity can take many different forms, and that complicates matters. Autoimmune diseases and conditions often do not manifest homogenously – different people may experience very different symptoms. This inconsistency makes a diagnosis difficult, but it also means that identifying the specific autoimmunity is a challenge. As such, progress in autoimmune research is often not linear […]
Better Clinical Trials: How Does Location Impact Autoimmune Research Studies?
Autoimmune research is continually evolving as the scientific community uncovers the mechanisms and unravels the pathogenesis of these conditions. While not everything is understood about autoimmune disorders, one fact that does seem to be apparent is the influence of location. Living in a specific area or eating certain foods can expose people to microflora that […]
Autoimmune Research in Review: Microbiome, Microbiota, and Immune System Conditions
Microbiome and microbiota are attracting an increasing amount of attention in the world of medical research. Recently, we have reviewed some literature that link microbiome with allergy. However, microbiome is associated with autoimmune disorders just as often (Google scholar search results 14,000 for microbiome and allergy, 12,300 for microbiome and autoimmune). In this article, we will review some of […]
Current Trends in the Clinical Development of Combination Therapies with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
In the last decade, the use of cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) as monotherapy was defined by durable responses in numerous indications and paved the way for novel therapeutic strategies to improve treatment outcomes. Allucent identified the clinical development trends in this field that clearly favour ICIs being assessed primarily as part of […]
Future Proofing Inflammatory Bowel Disease Diagnosis & Clinical Trials
Original Air Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Time: 12:00 PM EST Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) encompasses a cluster of disorders that cause chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) are the most common forms of this prototypically complex disorder that presents multiple diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The advent of machine learning, […]