Nadine Housri, Co Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Mednet, shared on LinkedIn:
“Flashback to August of 2019, when my brother Samir Housri and I took the Amtrak down to Bethesda for a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Workshop.
At the Workshop, we were asked to speak about Mednet’s work to take on one of oncology’s most challenging problems: clinical trial enrollment.
Roughly 1 in 5 cancer trials close because they can’t enroll enough patients. We had two theories…
- Trials aren’t top of mind in a busy clinic. Nothing in the day prompts a search, so it never happens.
- When trials are top of mind, the search tools out there are clunky and slow. Sifting through eligibility criteria takes time and oncologists just don’t have it.
So.. today I’m super excited to announce Mednet TrialMatch, a tool that addresses both.
When trials aren’t on your mind, they now find you. Relevant enrolling trials surface inside Mednet’s community Q and A, when you’re already researching a topic.
And when you need to search, it works the way you’d talk to a colleague. Describe your patient in plain language and TrialMatch checks eligibility criteria to find the best-fit trials in less than a minute.
As a radiation oncologist, I’ve seen what a trial can mean for the right patient. Sometimes it’s the best option on the table, and the difference is whether anyone knew it existed. My hope is that TrialMatch means no one has to find out too late.
Free sign-up link to try it in the comments. I’d love to hear what you think.”
