The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation was selected as one of two patient organizations to participate in an U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Real-World Evidence Program demonstration project using the FDA MyStudies App through the FDA-Catalyst system. The FDA Real World Evidence Program will inform the assessment of the fitness for use of real-world data to support real-world evidence generation for ...

Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC) has collaborated with Flatiron Health to develop a smartphone application for its Late-Stage, MSS-CRC Clinical Trial Finder. The first-of-its-kind app — now available for both iOS and Android — enables patients with late-stage Microsatellite Stable (MSS) colorectal cancer to research relevant clinical trials via their phone. The Fight CRC Clinical Trial Finder was the work of stage IV colorectal cancer survivor, Dr. Tom Marsilje, who originally ...

Clinical trial recruitment is a challenging step toward FDA approval of new treatments for patients across all disease states; this is especially true for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation (the Foundation) launched today a dedicated Clinical Trials Community (the Community) for IBD. The Community is designed to educate patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers about the clinical ...