Clinical Research Directory

Personalized Medicine Decision-Making in a Virtual Clinical Setting

Background: -How people respond to drugs depends in part on their genes. For some drugs, doctors can use an individuals genetic background to help in dosing the drug. Researchers want to know how doctors incorporate personalized or genomic medicine into clinical practice. Objective: -To study how physicians make personalized treatment decisions Eligibility: -Healthy adult primary care physicians who are internal (or family) medicine residents. Design: * Participants will complete a screening form. * Participants will put on a headset, called a head-mounted display, showing a virtual reality environment. * The environment will contain an exam room and the virtual patient. * After interacting with the virtual patient, participants will complete a series of survey measures. * Participation will last for about 60 minutes. The virtual patient interaction and follow-up questions will be audio taped.

Cobas® Lumira Collection of Venous and Capillary Blood Samples for the Research, Optimization and Calibration of New Diagnostic Devices

This study is a blood sample collection study, collecting venous and capillary blood samples from adult patients in the UK, with a range of health conditions. The purpose of this study is to collect blood samples to help develop, improve, and fine-tune new and existing diagnostic tests for the cobas® lumira instrument. This instrument is a diagnostic medical device with single-use test strips, that allows diagnostic testing right at the patient's side. The aim is to improve doctors' ability to monitor health conditions more quickly and easily. Approximately 30,000 patients are expected to participate in this study, across multiple UK sites.