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Data Monitoring Committee (DMC): When You Need One and When You Don't!
Program Code:
213
Date:
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Time:
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
EST
CHAIR
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Dr. Cobert is a gastroenterologist with over 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry with senior positions in drug safety and clinical research. He is now consulting in drug safety, quality and clinical research.
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PRESENTER
(S):
Ethel Kagan
Dr. Cobert is a gastroenterologist with over 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry with senior positions in drug safety and clinical research. He is now consulting in drug safety, quality and clinical research.
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Gil Price,
Drug Safety Solutions, United States
Over the past 25 years, Dr. Price has worked in various capacities including professional communications, clinical development, and pharmacovigilance in differing therapeutic areas including vaccines, oncology, and infectious disease. He is considered by many to be a KOL in pharmacovigilance
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Description
This session describes what a Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) is, how it is constituted, when it is needed, its duties, responsibilities, charter, actions, interim analyses and consequences of its actions. Ethical issues, complexities, examples and problems will be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
Identify what a data monitoring committee (DMC) is, how it is constituted and what its duties are
Explain how to write a charter for a DMC
Describe how to manage a DMC working with the company's clinical research team and the statisticians Discuss what the consequences are of a DMC's decisions.