UK-CAB 34 – Training: clinical trials and databases
Friday 18 June 2010
At the MRC Clinical Trials Unit, 222 Euston Road, London, NW1
| 09:30–10:00 | Registration, refreshments and expenses |
| 10:00–10:15 | Welcome, introductions and UKCAB updates |
| 10:15–10.45 | Introduction: What are observational studies, and how do they differ from clinical trials? – Caroline Sabin, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology Royal Free & University College Medical School |
| 10:45–11:05 | The UK Collaborative HIV Cohort Study (UK CHIC) – Caroline Sabin/Loveleen Bansi |
| 11:05–11:25 | The UK HIV Drug Resistance Database – David Dunn, Clinical Trials Unit, MRC |
| 11:25–11:40 | Break |
| 11.40–12.00 | National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood (NSHPC) – Pat Tookey, Senior Lecturer, MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health |
| 12.00–12.20 | The Collaborative HIV Paediatric Study (CHIPS) – Pat Tookey |
| 12:20–12:40 | HPA Surveillance databases – Dr Sam Lattimore |
| 12:40–14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00–15:00 | Community Discussion – Simon Collins |
| 15.00–15.15 | Break |
| 15:15–15.45 | New IT methods to protect data and how are they being used? – Nathan Lea, Research Fellow, UCL Centre For Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education (CHIME) |
| 15.45–16:15 | How do we analyse observational databases and what biases do we have to be aware of? – Caroline Sabin/David Dunn |
| 16.15 | Close |
Background Reading
Clinical trials and databases
Main types of trial design
http://i-base.info/ttfa/8-clinical-trials-and-research/8-6-main-types-of-trial-design
Other types of studies:
http://i-base.info/ttfa/8-clinical-trials-and-research/8-8-other-types-of-studies
Patient Involvement in clinical studies and research
http://i-base.info/ttfa/8-clinical-trials-and-research/8-11-patient-involvement-in-clinical-studies-and-research
Summary of different advocacy roles
http://i-base.info/ttfa/8-clinical-trials-and-research/8-13-summary-of-different-advocacy-roles
Glossary of other terms:
http://i-base.info/ttfa/8-clinical-trials-and-research/8-14-glossary-of-other-terms
Databases
UKCHIC
http://www.ukchic.org.uk/
UK HIV Drug Resistance Database
http://www.hivrdb.org.uk/
National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood (NSHPC)
http://www.nshpc.ucl.ac.uk/
The Collaborative HIV Paediatric Study (CHIPS)
http://www.chipscohort.ac.uk/default.asp
HPA Surveillance databases
http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/InfectiousDiseases/InfectionsAZ/SexualHealth/HIVAndSTIsLinks/
Financial support
The UK-CAB receives unrestricted funding from some pharmaceutical companies towards the direct costs of holding four meetings each year. This funding supports the travel and accommodation costs for members to attend from outside London, plus the cost of catering.
The content, programme and agenda for meetings is decided by the UK-CAB steering group in consultation with the wider membership. Funding is unconnected to meeting content.
We believe that manufacturers who currently develop and market medicines have a responsibility to actively engage with advocacy organisations and that HIV positive people and their advocates should be able to directly question manufacturers about the safety and efficacy of their products and proposals for future research.
For a list of companies that support the UK-CAB please see the “about us” page.