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Presenting CTTI Recommendations: Effective Engagement with Patient Groups Around Clinical Trials

CTTI Project: Patient Group Engagement

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Webinar Presenters

  • Sharon Hesterlee (Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation)
  • Patricia Cornet (Bristol-Myers Squibb)
  • Scott Weir (KUMC)

*The views and opinions expressed in this video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of CTTI.

Webinar Objective

Team members from CTTI’s Patient Groups & Clinical Trials project presented the official recommendations on effective engagement with patient groups around clinical trials. Released on October 7, 2015, these recommendations identify evidence-based best practices for engaging with patient groups, as well as provide case examples and tools.

Sentinel IMPACT-AFib: Transforming Pragmatic Clinical Trials Using a Nationwide Distributed Claims Database

CTTI Project: Electronic Healthcare Data

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Webinar Presenters:

  • Chris Granger, MD, FACC, FAHA, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center
  • Sean Pokorney, MD, MBA, Cardiology Fellow, Duke University

Webinar Objective:

This webinar provides an update on the Uses of Electronic Healthcare Data project. Through this project, CTTI is helping the FDA evaluate the use of its Sentinel System as a national resource for generating evidence that can guide medical decision-making. The Sentinel System was designed as a distributed database of claims data for conducting safety surveillance; the data remain in participating partners’ secure environments for analysis.

Using the Sentinel System for clinical trials has the potential to reduce the time and costs of participant enrollment and follow-up compared with conventional clinical trials. This webinar discusses the Implementation of a Multicenter Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial to imProve Treatment with AntiCoagulanTs in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (IMPACT-AFib). This proof-of-concept trial will be the first conducted using the Sentinel infrastructure and will serve as a pilot for future intervention studies that address critical public health needs.

IMPACT-AFib will randomize 40,000 patients and providers to test whether a multi-level educational intervention can increase the initiation of oral anticoagulation use among patients with atrial fibrillation meeting guidelines for stroke prevention who have not received such therapy in the preceding year. The trial will also assess outcomes associated with the treatment, including stroke.

CTTI Presents Recommendations for Strengthening the Investigator Site Community

CTTI Project: Investigator Community

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Webinar Presenters:

Presenters:

  • Christine Pierre (Society for Clinical Research Sites)
  • Matthew Roe (Duke Clinical Research Institute)
Panel members sharing their perspectives on these recommendations include:
  • David Ciavarella (C.R. Bard)
  • Robin Douglas (QuintilesIMS)
  • Terri Hinkley (Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses)
  • Kaitlin Malone (Amgen)

Webinar Objective:

Attendees will learn how:
  • Workload, reporting burdens, time allocation challenges, and financial issues contribute to high rates of investigator turnover;
  • Investigators and study staff can benefit from improvements to research infrastructure and training and educational opportunities;
  • All stakeholders can contribute to optimizing trial conduct and to developing more efficient and transparent approaches to budgeting and contracting; and
  • Investigators can connect with opportunities to remain engaged in clinical research.

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