April 2020 Steering Committee Meeting

Steering Committee Meeting

April 22-23, 2020

Virtual

Main Purpose

To discuss the embedded PCT (ePCT) ecosystem and its evolution, learn how to strengthen partnerships across the ecosystem, and identify approaches and lessons that will help inform and broaden the ecosystem.

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Helene Langevin, MD, PhD; Richard Hodes, MD; Lesley Curtis, PhD

The ePCT Ecosystem

Keynote Panel

Discuss the evolution of the ePCT ecosystem

Moderator: Kevin Weinfurt, PhD

Panel:
Josephine Briggs, MD
Catherine Meyers, MD
Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH

The Current Landscape of ePCTs

Learn about the work of other ongoing pragmatic trial programs and discuss opportunities for cross-learning

Moderator: Lesley Curtis, PhD

Panel:
PCORI: Anne Trontell, MD, MPH
IMPACT Collaboratory: Marcel Salive, MD, MPH
Mental Health Research Network: Michael Freed, PhD
National Cancer Institute: Ashley Wilder Smith, PhD, MPH

Closing Remarks

Helene Langevin, MD, PhD; Richard Hodes, MD; Lesley Curtis, PhD


NIH-Hosted Workshop: Advances at the Intersection of Digital Health, EHRs, and PCTs

This 5 part workshop series held from May to July 2020 covered the ePCT ecosystem and its evolution in greater depth.  This is a workshop series highlighting advances in digital health, new approaches and evolving standards for EHRs, and implications for researchers conducting PCTs. View all 5 parts of the Advances at the Intersection of Digital Health, EHRs, and PCTs workshop series.


 

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Helene Langevin, MD, PhD; Richard Hodes, MD; Lesley Curtis, PhD

Strengthening Partnerships in the ePCT Ecosystem

Food and Drug Administration

Discuss perspectives on generating real-world evidence and the importance of conducting ePCTs for knowledge dissemination and implementation

Moderator: Lesley Curtis, PhD

Speaker: Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, JD, MD

Introduction to the Ecosystem Grid

Review the grid, identify trials we have learned from, and learn ways to broaden our ecosystem through different types of outcomes and settings

Speaker: Kevin Weinfurt, PhD

ClinicalTrials.gov

Learn about updates and modernization to ClinicalTrials.gov

Moderator: Catherine Meyers, MD, MPH

Speaker: Stacey Arnold, PhD

Informing the ePCT Ecosystem

Novel Approaches from the Collaboratory

Identify and highlight projects that have used innovative approaches

Moderator: Richard Platt, MD

Panel:
Michael Ho, MD
Vince Mor, PhD
Keith Marsolo, PhD

20:20 in 2020

Discuss lessons learned from trials that are completed or nearing completion, followed by a panel discussion on how we translate lessons learned into suggestions for strengthening the ecosystem

Moderator: Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS

Panel:
Doug Zatzick, MD
Miguel Vazquez, MD
Vince Mor, PhD
Jerry Jarvik, MD, MPH
Lynn DeBar, PhD

Closing Remarks

Helene Langevin, MD, PhD; Richard Hodes, MD; Lesley Curtis, PhD

Citation:

April 2020 Steering Committee Meeting: April 2020 Steering Committee Meeting. In: Rethinking Clinical Trials: A Living Textbook of Pragmatic Clinical Trials. Bethesda, MD: NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory. Available at: https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/april-2020-steering-committee-meeting/. Updated October 20, 2023.