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All About Clinical Trials

Training course of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy

22/03/2019 13:00 23/03/2019 17:30 Europe/Paris All About Clinical Trials

The European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy is proud to be delivering an engaging and interactive 2 day course to improve the professional knowledge and skills required to plan and deliver successful cardiovascular pharmacotherapy clinical trials. 

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Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy

Summary

The ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy is proud to be delivering an engaging and interactive 2-day course to improve the professional knowledge and skills required to plan and deliver successful cardiovascular pharmacotherapy clinical trials. 

This course is an excellent opportunity for education and networking.

Focus on

  • Methodological issues regarding the design, conduct and interpretation of clinical trials
  • New types and trends of trials required by regulators

At the end of the course delegates will have improved their knowledge in:

  • Designing and planning successful clinical trials
  • Evaluating and following the correct processes and regulatory procedures
  • Effectively analysing and interpreting trial data using clinical trials presented at the latest cardiovascular scientific meetings as examples

Course directors

Sven Wassmann, MD, PhD, FESC

Giuseppe MC Rosano, MD, PhD, FESC

 

Course venue

European Heart Academy

Brussels

Registration

  • Young Members fee (Working Group and/or Belgian Society of Cardiology under 40 years old): 50€
  • Members Fee (Working Group and/or Belgian Society of Cardiology Members): 100€
  • Standard fee: 300€

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Programme

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Friday 22 March 2019

Time

Title

REGISTRATION

13:15

Welcome, introduction and course objectives

S. Wassmann

13:20

The ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy - Perspectives of a Past-Chairman and Editor-in-Chief

S. Agewall

SESSION 1. HOW TO DESIGN AND RUN A CLINICAL TRIAL

13:30

An overview of the different aspects of clinical trials

G. Savarese

14:00

Planning and running a clinical trial: site perspective

B.S. Lewis

14:30

Traditional versus novel trial designing

J. Tamargo  

15:00

Refreshments and networking

SESSION 2. REGULATORY ASPECTS

15:30

Requirements from regulatory agencies and post marketing surveillance

G.M.C. Rosano

SESSION 3. Pharmacotherapy in special populations

16:00

Pharmacotherapy in older people

T. Schmidt

SESSION 4. ISSUEs IN CLINICAL TRIALS

16:30

Hypertension trials - challenges and current directions

G.M.C. Rosano

SESSION 5. WHAT´S NEXT – UPCOMING AND ONGOING CLINICAL TRIALS

17:00

ACS / Antithrombotics

S. Wassmann

17:15

Lipidology

B.S. Lewis

17:30

Diabetes

H. Drexel

17:45

Heart failure

G.M.C. Rosano

 

Saturday 23 March 2019

08:25

Welcome and objectives

S. Wassmann

GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE

8:30

GCP for the busy investigator (certificate included)

I. Cabrita - AIDFM-CETERA Portuguese Academic CRO

10:30

Refreshments and networking

WORKSHOPS

11:00

WORKSHOP: STATISTICAL ISSUES IN CLINICAL TRIALS I

·       Randomised controlled trials and subgroup analyses
A. Niessner

12:30

Lunch and networking

13:30

WORKSHOP: STATISTICAL ISSUES IN CLINICAL TRIALS II

·       Registries and meta-analyses
G. Savarese

15:30

Refreshments and networking

16:00

WORKSHOP: HOW TO INTERPRET CLINICAL TRIAL DATA

Examples from clinical trials

S. Wassmann, Panelists

17:00

WORKSHOP: THINGS TO KNOW FOR JUNIOR INVESTIGATORS

Parallel groups:

·       How to write a manuscript
S. Wassmann

·       Career Café: speed consultations
G.M.C. Rosano

17:25

Closing remarks

S. Wassmann

 

 

Support

This course is supported with an educational grant by AMGEN

The scientific programme has not been influenced in any way by its sponsor

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