The National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research is pleased to present the Fundamentals of Oncology Treatment Clinical Trials course, an educational program designed for health care professionals involved in clinical research. The 2-day course will be held on October 24–25, 2006, at the following location:
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Lister Hill Center Auditorium
First Floor, Building 38A
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20894
For RN attendees: Contact hour approval is pending with the Maryland Nurses Association, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Partial credit will not be awarded.
For non-RN attendees: "The Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA - www.SoCRA.org) accepts documentation of candidate participation in continuing education programs for re-certification if the program is applicable to clinical research regulations, operations, or management; or to the candidate's clinical research therapeutic area. This program offers 14 hours of CE credit."
Session Topics Include:
Protection of Human Subjects, Clinical Trial Design and Protocol Development, Roles and Responsibilities of the Research Team and Sponsors, Patient Recruitment, Informed Consent Process, Data Management, Documentation, Adverse Events and IND Safety Reports, Drug Development Process in the United States, and Monitoring of Sponsored Treatment Clinical Trials.
For oncology research nurses and data managers working with CTEP-sponsored trials:
As a sponsor of cancer clinical trials, the NCI's Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) supports clinical research on a national level. To introduce you to CTEP's role as a sponsor and its processes related to clinical trials, a 1-day seminar will be offered on October 26, 2006, to cover the following topics: tour of CTEP Web site and Internet resources; adverse event reporting, including use of the CTCAE, a review of the expedited reporting guidelines, CAEPRS, and monitoring methods; and a review of the amendment guidelines. Agenda items are subject to change.
The registration site for the CTEP session on October 26, 2006, can be accessed at http://cteppio.demo.iqsolutions.com/. For questions, please contact Marcus Milbourne at CTEP Protocol and Information Office (PIO) at 301-496-1367.
