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ECTS
Training
Course:
Clinical
Trials
Saturday
26
June,
09:30-17:30
New
-
Travel
grants
available
to
ECTS
members
Course
Overview
Information
from
well-conducted
clinical
trials
underpins
clinical
decision
making
in
routine
practice
and
all
new
drugs
are
required
to
be
evaluated
in
clinical
trials
before
marketing
authorisation
can
be
granted.
The
aim
of
this
course
is
to
provide
delegates
with
an
introduction
to
the
design,
management,
analysis
and
reporting
of
clinical
trials,
as
well
as,
an
update
on
the
current
legislative
framework
for
conducting
clinical
trials
within
Europe.
The
course
is
relevant
for
physicians,
basic
scientists
and
allied
health
professionals
who
want
to
improve
their
understanding
about
the
practical
aspects
of
the
design,
conduct
and
analysis
of
clinical
trials,
as
well
as,
an
introduction
to
the
regulatory
hurdles
that
need
to
be
negotiated.
Organisers
Stuart
Ralston
(Edinburgh,
Scotland)
Bente
Langdahl
(Aarhus,
Denmark)
Roland
Baron
(Boston,
USA)
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Chairs
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Stuart
Ralston
(Edinburgh,
Scotland)
Jon
Tobias
(Bristol,
UK)
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09:00
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Registration
and
coffee
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09:30
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Pathways
of
drug
development:
from
lead
identification
to
marketing
authorisation
Leonard
Freedman
(Philadelphia,
USA)
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10:10
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Key
elements
of
clinical
trial
design
Peter
Sandercock
(Edinburgh,
Scotland)
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10:50
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Coffee
break
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11:10
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Streamlining
clinical
trials
using
record
linkage
Tom
MacDonald
(Dundee,
Scotland)
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11:50
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Pragmatic
trials
and
trials
of
complex
interventions
John
Norrie
(Glasgow,
Scotland)
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12:30
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Lunch
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13:30
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Workshops
(4
x
20
minutes
plus
5
minute
changeover
time;
speakers
rotate)
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Workshop
1:
Statistical
analysis
of
trial
data
–
what
to
do
and
what
not
to
do
Graeme
MacLennan
(Aberdeen,
Scotland)
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Workshop
2:
Strategies
for
recruiting
to
target
Anne
Langston
(Dundee,
Scotland)
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Workshop
3:
How
to
collect
and
store
your
data
Sharon
Kean
(Glasgow,
Scotland)
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Workshop
4:
Research
governance,
GCP
and
EU
legislation
tbc
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15:10
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Coffee
break
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Chairs:
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Bente
Langdahl
(Aarhus,
Denmark)
Eugene
McCloskey
(Sheffield,
UK)
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15:30
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Current
and
future
challenges
of
performing
trials
in
rare
bone
diseases
Östen
Ljunggren
(Uppsala,
Sweden)
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16:10
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Current
and
future
challenges
of
performing
trials
in
osteoporosis
Michael
McClung
(Portland,
USA)
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16:50
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Clinical
trials
–
past,
present
and
future
Sir
Gordon
Duff
(London,
UK)
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17:30
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CLOSE
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Registration
Fee
The
following
registration
fee
is
payable
for
the
training
course:
€95
-
ECTS
members
€145
-
non-members
The
ECTS
Training
Course:
Clinical
Trials
has
been
accredited
by
the
European
Council
for
Continuing
Medical
Education
(EACCME)
to
provide
6
hours
of
European
external
CME
credits.
Each
medical
specialist
should
claim
only
those
hours
of
credit
that
he/she
actually
spent
in
the
educational
activity.
The
EACCME
is
an
institution
of
the
European
Union
of
Medical
Specialists
(UEMS),
www.uems.net.
EACCME
credits
are
recognized
by
the
American
Medical
Association
towards
the
Physician’s
Recognition
Award
(PRA).
To
convert
EACCME
credit
to
AMA
PRA
category
1
credit,
contact
the
AMA.
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