Focus Area: Capacity Building

Acupuncture for hot flashes in hormone receptor‐positive breast cancer: A pooled analysis of individual patient data from parallel randomized trials

Publication

Published on: June 24, 2024

Published in: Cancer

Description: Sylvia Baedorf Kassis and Barbara E. Bierer were co-authors on a paper published in “Cancer” entitled “Acupuncture for hot flashes in hormone receptor‐positive breast cancer: A pooled analysis of individual patient data from parallel randomized trials.” The MRCT Center helped advise the study teams in the coordination and conduct of multi-national, collaborative research.

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Response to E6(R3) Guideline for Good Clinical Practice; International Council for Harmonization; Draft for Guideline for Industry

Public Comments

Comments provided on: September 5, 2023

Comments provided to: US Food & Drug Administration

The MRCT Center submitted comments in response to the FDA/ICH E6(R3) Guideline for Good Clinical Practice; International Council for Harmonisation; Draft Guideline for Industry (FDA-2023-D-1955-0002). The MRCT Center applauds the overall structural redesign of the E6(R3) GCP guideline and enthusiastically supports the proposed changes. Our comments identified specific areas that we believe, with revision and improvement, will further protect the rights, safety and well-being of all trial participants.

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Incorporating Competencies Related to Project Management into the Joint Taskforce Core Competency Framework for Clinical Research Professionals

Publication

Published on: January 5, 2022

Published in: Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science

In 2014, the Joint Task Force for Clinical Trial Competency (JTF) published its Core Competency Framework. The Framework has been utilized internationally by academic institutions, corporate entities, professional associations, educational and training programs, and regulatory agencies and integrated into their activities. The JTF has continually updated and expanded the scope of the Framework to reflect changes in the scientific understanding and methodology utilized in conducting clinical research. In 2019, representatives from the Drug Information Association Professional Development and Project Management Leadership Communities approached the JTF reflecting the importance of clinical project managers and the project management skill set to the clinical research enterprise. In response, the JTF created a Project Management Competency Task Force to define and document these core competencies with recommendations for their inclusion as a revision to the Framework 3.0. Two new specific competencies with related examples were incorporated into Revision 3.1 and expressed at the Basic, Skilled and Advanced levels. In addition, the wording of several existing competencies was modified, and related examples added to reflect the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of clinical project managers.

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