International Clinical Trials´ Day 2010

Date: 20-05-2010 - 20-05-2010

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Description:

ECRIN (www.ecrin.org) celebrating that it is 263 years since James Lind launched his controlled clinical trial in 1747 (www.jameslindlibrary.org)

20th May 2010, 13.00 to 15.45
Berns Salonger, Berzeli Park, Stockholm, Sweden
Conference room: Kammarsalen.

Chair: Christian Gluud

13.00-13.05 Christian Gluud, ECRIN Network Committee, DCRIN, and the Copenhagen Trial Unit, Denmark.
Welcome - why are we here?

13.05-13.10 Pierre Lafolie, ECRIN Network Committee, SweCRIN, and Karolinska Trial Alliance, Stockholm, Sweden.
Welcome to Stockholm - Public celebrations of ICTD: ‘Research and Health’.

13.10-14.00 Eva Nilsson Bågenholm, President Swedish Medical Association, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Declaration of Helsinki 2008 and ongoing work regarding the use of placebo in trials.

14.00-14.30 Cor Oosterwijk, Secretary General EGAN, European Genetic Alliances’ Network, Soest, The Netherlands.
Will patient involvement change the clinical trial landscape? Findings from the European PatientPartner project.

14.30-15.20 David Moher, Director of the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Lots of money spent, lots of trials conducted and analyzed: how far are we with reporting them?

15.20-15.45 Panel discussion.

More information: http://www.ecrin.org