{"id":1974855,"date":"2023-07-17T05:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-entrepreneurs-turn-to-ai-to-improve-access-to-clinical-trials\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T05:14:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:14:57","slug":"college-entrepreneurs-turn-to-ai-to-improve-access-to-clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-entrepreneurs-turn-to-ai-to-improve-access-to-clinical-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"College entrepreneurs are using AI to enhance clinical trial accessibility."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcollege-entrepreneurs-turn-to-ai-to-improve-access-to-clinical-trials%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974855&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>American University Students \u2063Launch Product to \u200dIncrease \u2064Accessibility to Clinical \u200bTrials<\/h2>\n<p>A group\u2062 of \u200cstudents at\u200b American \u200dUniversity\u200b is \u2064revolutionizing the \u2063way patients \u200band\u200b physicians\u200b access clinical\u200d trials \u2064by \u200bleveraging \u2062artificial intelligence.\u2063 Their \u2063company, FindMyClinicalTrial,\u200d aims\u200d to make\u200d finding a clinical trial\u2062 as\u200b easy\u2064 as \u2063having a \u200dconversation,\u200d rather than \u2064a burdensome search.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing Personal\u200c Experience and \u200cthe\u2062 Need\u2064 for Change<\/h3>\n<p>Killian\u2064 Lozach,\u2062 a \u2062rising \u2062junior at \u2062AU and the founder of FindMyClinicalTrial, came\u200c up with\u200d the idea\u200d after reflecting \u2063on\u200c his own experience\u2064 with the \u2064medical\u2062 system. He witnessed his family&#8217;s struggle to get a close\u2063 friend \u2063into a\u2063 clinical trial for ovarian \u2064cancer. \u200bInspired\u2064 by this,\u2063 Lozach envisioned \u200dcreating the \u2062&#8221;Zillow of the clinical\u200d trial\u200c world&#8221;\u200b in October \u20642022.<\/p>\n<h3>Making \u2063Clinical\u2063 Trials\u200b Accessible\u200b and User-Friendly<\/h3>\n<p>The Food and \u200dDrug Administration (FDA) \u200cadministers the\u200c ClinicalTrials.gov database, \u200cbut it\u2062 is\u2062 primarily designed\u200d for\u2062 research physicians. Recognizing\u2063 the need for a \u200dplatform \u2063that \u200dsimplifies\u2064 the process, \u200cLozach and \u2062his \u2062team\u200b developed FindMyClinicalTrial. \u200bTheir platform \u2063transforms \u2064the search for \u2063clinical\u200b trials into an\u200d online \u2062shopping-like\u2064 experience, eliminating\u200d the \u2063need to navigate\u2063 complex\u2064 medical jargon and research.<\/p>\n<p>With\u2062 hundreds\u2062 of \u2062thousands \u200dof \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">clinical trials<\/a> available, \u2062it can \u200dbe \u2062overwhelming to \u200bknow \u2062where to start. \u2064FindMyClinicalTrial solves \u200bthis\u2063 problem by \u200cdrawing data exclusively \u2063from\u200b the\u200c FDA\u2063 website on actively enrolling trials. \u2063This \u200callows doctors\u200c and patients to search\u200b for programs in \u2063their\u200b region that \u2064match\u200c their demographic and disease characteristics.\u2062 The \u2062platform\u2063 is designed\u200c to be user-friendly, particularly\u200b for patients \u2064with\u2063 limited medical\u2062 literacy.<\/p>\n<h3>Enhancing the Search\u200b Process with\u200c AI and \u200bChatbot Features<\/h3>\n<p>FindMyClinicalTrial incorporates\u2063 artificial intelligence\u200b to \u200bstreamline the search process further.\u2063 Genevieve Satzinger, a rising\u200c junior and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/womens-college-in-california-closing-down-becoming-institute-amid-economic-downturn\/\" title=\"Women\u2019s College In California Closing Down, Becoming Institute Amid Economic Downturn\">computer science major<\/a> \u200cat\u200d AU, \u200cis\u200c working \u200con the\u2063 coding\u200b aspects \u2064of\u2062 the \u200dproject. She explains that AI relieves\u2062 the \u2062stress \u2064of\u2064 exhaustive exploration\u2062 for \u200bclinical trials. \u2063Additionally, \u2062the \u200dplatform includes a \u2062chatbot feature\u200c to facilitate a \u2064conversational\u200c process in finding the right\u2063 trial.<\/p>\n<h3>Partnering \u200cfor \u2062Growth and Increasing Diversity<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2062 team of four AU students has been \u200dworking\u2062 closely with\u2063 AU&#8217;s \u2064Entrepreneurship\u2063 Incubator \u200bProgram \u200cat \u2062the Kogod \u2063School of\u2064 Business\u2064 to\u2062 bring their\u2062 project to\u200c life. \u2062They\u200b are\u200b now \u200bseeking partnerships with\u2064 larger software \u200bdevelopment \u200ccompanies to \u2062make their \u2063product widely available.<\/p>\n<p>FindMyClinicalTrial aims \u2064to increase the\u200c diversity \u2064of clinical \u200ctrial \u2062participants by improving \u2063access. The \u2064team&#8217;s \u200cultimate\u200b goal is\u2063 to \u200cprovide\u200c their product \u200bfor \u2062free \u200bor at\u2064 reduced\u2064 cost to smaller community healthcare centers, \u200cparticularly benefiting\u200b ethnic\u2064 and \u200cracial\u2062 minorities \u200band\u2062 individuals from various \u200bincome \u2063backgrounds.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing\u2064 Gaps \u2064in Knowledge \u200band Impeding Quality Healthcare<\/h3>\n<p>Lack of diversity in\u200b clinical trials\u200c creates gaps \u2063in knowledge \u200cthat\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-entrepreneurs-turn-to-ai-to-improve-access-to-clinical-trials\/\" title=\"College entrepreneurs are using AI to enhance clinical trial accessibility.\">hinder quality\u200d healthcare \u200ddecision-making<\/a>, optimal\u2062 treatment\u2064 responses, and the\u2063 development of\u2063 more \u2064effective\u200c medications\u2062 or \u200dinterventions. \u200dFindMyClinicalTrial aims\u2063 to bridge\u200d these gaps \u200band improve\u200b healthcare\u2063 outcomes\u200b for \u2062all.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking \u200dTowards \u2064the Future<\/h3>\n<p>While seeking\u200d angel \u200cinvestors \u200dand \u200blarger partners to\u200c grow their\u200d platform, \u200cLozach \u2062remains \u200bhopeful about \u200bthe future of \u200cFindMyClinicalTrial. He believes their platform\u2064 has the potential to become the go-to service\u200d for accessing\u2063 clinical trials\u2064 across various medical\u200d fields.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click\u2064 here<\/a>\u2063 to read \u2062more\u2062 from The \u200cWashington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American University students are developing an AI-powered product to enhance clinical trial accessibility. Killian Lozach, founder of FindMyClinicalTrial, believes finding trials should be a conversation rather than a burden on families. 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