Fewer than 1% of clinical trials include pregnant people

"When pregnant women are excluded from drug trials, it is harder to know if the medication is safe for mothers and their children."

Brown University • futurity
Feb. 22, 2025 ~5 min

Clinical trials often exclude people with intellectual disabilities

An expert explains why excluding people with intellectual disabilities from clinical trials is a problem and what can be done to change it.

Daryl Lovell-Syracuse • futurity
Nov. 18, 2022 ~8 min


Many middle-age adults are hesitant to test new dementia drugs

Only a small number of middle-age adults would be very likely to test new dementia prevention drugs, researchers report.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Nov. 4, 2022 ~6 min

COVID-19 vaccine is showing promise in phase 1 trial

"These interim results are very encouraging," says Evan Anderson of a COVID-19 vaccine in a phase 1 clinical trial.

Quinn Eastmann-Emory • futurity
July 20, 2020 ~5 min

Despite inequities, studies still overlook minorities

Of the roughly 1,500 COVID-19 research studies registered on clinicaltrials.gov, only a handful currently report collecting data on ethnicity. That's a problem.

Rajee Suri-Emory • futurity
June 24, 2020 ~4 min

Clinical trial tests drug for COVID-19 ‘cytokine storms’

"Cytokine storms" cause the immune system to attack organs, such as the lungs, that they should be protecting. Can the drug EDP1815 help?

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
May 7, 2020 ~4 min

Remdesivir shows promise in ongoing COVID-19 clinical trial

In a clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of remdesivir, the antiviral drug shows promise in treating adults diagnosed with COVID-19.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
May 6, 2020 ~4 min

Can remdesivir treat COVID-19 effectively?

Results from a clinical trial for treating COVID-19 with the antiviral drug remdesivir come back next week. Will it turn out to be an effective treatment?

Texas A&M University • futurity
April 9, 2020 ~4 min


Ethicist: Hydroxychloroquine hype could bungle the science

"Before we encourage widespread use of a drug, we need better evidence that it's worth it," says ethicist Alex John London of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19.

Jason Maderer-Carnegie Mellon • futurity
April 9, 2020 ~5 min

Bioethicists: Run human challenge study for coronavirus vaccine

Three bioethicists call for a human challenge study, which they say could bring us a coronavirus vaccine months sooner.

Neal Buccino-Rutgers • futurity
April 2, 2020 ~3 min

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