Underserved populations across the nation are less likely to have a chance to participate in clinical research. Rhode Island Hospital and Advance Rhode Island-Clinical and Translational Research (Advance RI-CTR), a National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) funded research partnership out of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, are now part of a new clinical trials resource center poised to change that. This National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded project is headquartered at West Virginia University.
Clinical research trials provide participants with access to the newest and most advanced treatments and offer hope and opportunity for researchers to discover better treatments and cures for diseases. Launched in fall 2023, the IDeA State Consortium for Clinical Research Resource Center (ISCORE-RC) will enhance training and resources to ultimately increase the number of clinical trials in Institutional Development Award (IDeA) states, those 23 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, that traditionally have relatively low rates of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and limited numbers of NIH funded clinical trials.