JING resources: Patient and Public Involvement
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Patient and Public Involvement is when patients or members of the public use their experiences of cancer to help shape research. so that it is carried out with or by patients, rather than to or for them. You can consult, collaborate or partner with patients at all stages of the...
The Industry engagement work of the ECMC Programme Office
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The ECMC Industry Engagement team, since 2018 has focused on promoting the network externally (via national and international conferences) and building relationships not just with Pharma, Biotech, Medtech and CROs but with key stakeholders including our sites, UK regulators and the various teams within the NIHR infrastructure who engage with...
Tackling slow set up times for paediatric clinical trials
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Challenge Clinical trials set up through the NHS is perceived to be slow, creating a barrier to initiating research, particularly with Industry sponsors. How do we address this issue to ensure we remain clinically competitive in the global clinical research landscape. Piloting standard of care guidance to support trial costing...
Paediatric Reports
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Read the Study Set Up report Read the Report on Investigating Paediatric Oncology REC Review
Information for New Users
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What is EC Trial Finder and how will it benefit me? Piloted by over 200 NHS users, EC Trial Finder increased the speed, ease and feasibility matching patients to clinical trials within the ECMC network 55% in just six months, EC Trial Finder allows you to quickly and easily search...
Accelerated Pathway for Early Phase Trials: November 2022 Update
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In October the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) programme office held a webinar to outline the ECMC accelerated study set-up pathway project . A recording of this session, including Q&A session can be accessed here . The talk highlighted the urgent need for this project and set the scene for...
New recommendations for conducting complex innovative design trials - hear from the authors
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The ECMC’s Complex Innovative Design (CID) trial consensus paper was published in January 2020 and has since been one of the BJC’s most popular downloads. At the time of its publication the authors were unaware that the pandemic was only weeks away and that complex innovative design (CID) studies like RECOVERY would become household names in combatting COVID-19. In honour of BJC’s recent 75th anniversary the writing group has recently published a follow-up commentary. We invited the authors to discuss these publications and the future for CID trials.
Funding boost for experimental treatments for cancer
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Scientists and clinicians will receive £47.5 million over the next 5 years from a partnership between Cancer Research UK, NIHR, the health departments of the devolved nations and The Little Princess Trust to deliver early phases of clinical research, with the aim of generating new treatments for future generations.
Welcome to new members of the ECMC Programme Office - February 2023
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Over the past few months, the ECMC Programme Office has welcomed three new members to the team. Eleanor Davies (ED), ECMC Project Liaison Intern, Neil Bhattacharjee (NB), Project Officer and Amy Wiles (AW), Project Officer. Find out more about them.
Join our ECMC Clinical Trial Coordinator Network
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The ECMC programme office is happy to announce the opening of a new Clinical Trial Coordinator network for all trial coordination staff working on ECMC trials within the ECMC network.