Join us for Part 1 of this two-part series on Clinical Trials from the Patient Perspective.  We review some of the basics about clinical trials for people living with MBC and share personal stories from our co-hosts Lisa Laudico and Sheila McGlown.  The team was joined by podcast members, Jim Kremens and Sarah Mann, as we spoke with patient advocates Lianne Kraemer and Christine Hodgdon.   The team then had a series of conversations with Lisa’s oncology team, Dr. Neal Fischbach of Yale New Haven Health, Dr. Corrie Painter of Count Me In and the Broad Institute, bioethicist Jill Manning of Mass General Brigham and Kirstin Schneeman of Faster Cures and the Milken Institute.  We spend time discussing the current challenges with clinical trials with each of these experts and set the stage for Part 2 of this series when we will discuss solutions to make clinical trials better for people living with MBC. 

Mentioned in this Episode
Learn more about Clinical Trials at Metastatic Trial Talk - Search for MBC Trials and follow them on X @bctrials. You can also find clinical trial information at Christine Hodgdon’s Stormriders website.
Learn more about the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project at Count Me In and find out how to register.
MBC Connect
Learn about guidelines (as of 2020) for clinical trial eligibility for brain metastasis. ASCO details several FDA changes here.
How is the pandemic reshaping healthcare - our guest Kristin Schneeman comments in The Post-Pandemic Life Sciences Landscape: How a crisis enabled innovation, collaboration and a new way forward from SmartBrief

Meet the Guests of this Episode

Lianne Kraemer
Lianne is on the MBC Alliance committee for The Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis Initiative (The Marina Kaplan Project).

Why the Women Most Likely to Die of Breast Cancer Have Gotten the Least Attention
Christine Hodgdon
Visit GRASP or follow on twitter. Christine is #HereAllYear talking about How Clinical Trials Can Treat Metastatic Breast Cancer.
Breast Cancer Survivor’s Journey from “What Did I Do Wrong” to “What Can I Do Now?”
Lisa Laudico
Lisa is #HereAllYear talking about Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Sheila McGlown
A Survivors Lens Website
Sheila is #HereAllYear talking about The Role Clinical Trials Can Play in Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment Real Pink hosted Clinical Trials from a Patient Perspective with Sheila McGlown
Dr. Neal Fischbach
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. Follow YaleMed on Twitter
Kristin Schneeman
Director of Faster Cures at Milken Institute. Follow Milken on Twitter

TRAIN -the Research Acceleration and Innovation Network
Jill Manning
Bioethicist and Assistant Director of the Mass General Brigham Institutional Review Board
Dr. Corrie Painter
Associate Director of Operations and Scientific Outreach for the Broad Cancer Program

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