Focus Area: Clinical Trials & Research

Bringing data monitoring committee charters into the sunlight

Publication

Published on: May 25, 2023

Published in: National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH

Description: The authors address the lack of access to the charters of data monitoring committees (DMCs) and call on the NIH to allow their voluntary upload into ClinicalTrials.gov.  

DeMets DL, Zarin DA, Rockhold F, Ellenberg SS, Fleming T, Wittes J. Bringing data monitoring committee charters into the sunlight. Clin Trials. 2023 May 25:17407745231169499. doi: 10.1177/17407745231169499. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37231737.
Link to PubMed article

Returning Individual Research Results And Data To Participants: Experience From The Field

May 2, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Virtual

Description: Since the updated Individual Return of Results toolkit was released last year, the MRCT Center has continued collaborating with leaders from academia, patient advocacy groups, and industry to create a series of case studies. These cases detail the experiences of five organizations planning and implementing procedures to return individual research results and data to participants, highlighting ethical, scientific, operational, regulatory, and technical considerations that should be considered. In this webinar, case study authors shared their experiences, successes, and challenges in a moderated conversation.

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