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The Participant's Story

The Participant's Story focuses on the individual experiences of people who have participated in clinical trials,  hosted by Dave Hanaman. The podcast is comprised of one-on-one interviews, done remotely, with semi-structured, directional questions that  allow participants to tell their stories in their own voices.

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    The Participant's Story #5 with Ella Balasa

    In this episode of The Participant's Story, we meet Ella Balasa and learn about her battle with cystic fibrosis and how she turned her diagnosis into a mission to to advance research and health as a patient advocate.   Ella shares her unique dual-perspective as a scientist and a Cystic Fibrosis patient, detailing a pivotal point in her mid-20s when she was disqualified from a landmark CF trial because her lung function sat just below a rigid 40% threshold—despite being part of the exact demographic that desperately needed the therapeutic.Key Industry Insights Shared:The Shift toward Digital Endpoints: Why the clinical research infrastructure must move beyond static lab measurements and leverage wearables, remote monitoring, and AI to track patient outcomes.Optimizing Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCTs): Reflecting on her experience with an early, fully-remote phase four medical device trial, Ella highlights why decentralized trials need innovative trial designs to maintain high compliance and reduce patient burden.Co-Designing with Communities: The strategic business and ethical advantages of bringing patient populations to the table before protocol design begins.👉 Listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast platform to hear how patient centricity and digital evolution are transforming drug development.The Participant's Story is sponsored by Curavit www.curavit.io

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The Participant's Story focuses on the individual experiences of people who have participated in clinical trials,  hosted by Dave Hanaman. The podcast is comprised of one-on-one interviews, done remotely, with semi-structured, directional questions that  allow participants to tell their stories in their own voices.

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