Last update: 12 December 2016
Introduction
This EUPATI Mini-course starter kit is designed for patient involvement in data monitoring committees.
EUPATI Mini-course starter kits have been derived from content found in the EUPATI toolbox and EUPATI Patient Expert Training Course. The starter kits are thought to address roles that patients play in medicines development for example those shown in the figure below.
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- Patients can be involved across the process of medicines R&D. This diagram created by Geissler, Ryll, Leto, and Uhlenhopp identifies some existing areas in which patients are involved in the process. It distinguishes between the level of expertise in a disease area that is required and the different areas where involvement can take place.
The starter kits provide you with links to relevant background reading in the toolbox and associated PowerPoint slide decks and media in order to prepare a single or multi-day training on the subject. Each of the starter kits contains a selection of PPT slides which you may use to educate patients/advocates about the “basics” in that area, e.g. in a two-hour to one-day seminar.
The starter kits are based on existing content from the EUPATI Toolbox, plus additional links to add-on Toolbox material. None of the “starter kits” are “ready-made course” modules – they are a ready-to-reuse resource for an experienced trainer to prepare and execute a course. You will need to edit them and put them into context.
Before you begin please download and review the ‘Manual for Trainers’.
- Presentation: Manual for Trainers
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A manual for trainers describing how to use the EUPATI mini-course starter kits to create trainings on patient involvement.
Data Monitoring Committees
This starter kit provides background reading, slides, and quizzes to create training for patients who intend to become involved in data monitoring committees.
Core reading
Phases of clinical development
Basics of Early Clinical Development
Types of Study in Early Clinical Development
Within-trial decisions: Unblinding and termination
Clinical Trial Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB)
Data collection in clinical trials
Statistics in Clinical Trials - Key Concepts
Assessing the value of clinical trial results
Efficacy and safety of medicines
Critical reading of clinical study results
Presentations
Early clinical development [coming soon]
Data collection in clinical trials [coming soon]
- Within-Trial Decisions Unblinding and Termination
Size: 375,386 bytes, Format: .pptx
A presentation describing Within Trial Decisions, Unblinding (Code Breaking), Termination.
- Presentation: Statistics in Clinical Trials: Key Concepts
Size: 381,778 bytes, Format: .pptx
A presentation describing the key concepts of statistics in clinical trials, which can be adapted for own use.
- Assessing the Value of Clinical Trial Results
Size: 367,550 bytes, Format: .pptx
A presentation describing how to assess the value of clinical trial results, which can be adapted for own use.
- Presentation: Efficacy and Safety of Medicines
Size: 373,525 bytes, Format: .pptx
A presentation describing the efficacy and safety of medicines, which can be adapted for own use.
- Presentation: Critical Reading of Clinical Study Results
Size: 399,949 bytes, Format: .pptx
A presentation describing how to do a critical reading of clinical study results, which can be adapted for own use.
- Presentation: (Pharmaco)Epidemiology
Size: 409,953 bytes, Format: .pptx
A presentation describing epidemiology, which can be adapted for own use.
- Presentation: Evidence-based Medicine
Size: 454,790 bytes, Format: .pptx
A presentation describing evidence based medicine, which can be adapted for own use.
Additional Learning Resources
Are you ready to elevate your expertise with certifications in areas like Clinical Development, Medicine Discovery, and HTA Evaluation?
Explore the links below to access the EUPATI Open Classroom, choose the courses that match your interests, and embark on your learning adventure today!
- Learn more about the Steps of Making a Medicine!
- Explore Clinical Trials and delve in the Rights & Obligations of trial participants!
- Don't Miss out on the Epidemiology Essentials!
- Grasp key concepts of Statistical Methods used in Clinical Research!
- Deepen Your Understanding of Data Collection!
- Uncover the Practical Application and Vital Role of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs).
- Discover the Fundamentals of Early Clinical Development!
Videos
An introduction to clinical research [ECRAN] can be downloaded from EUPATI on Youtube.
Explore the history of clinical trials stemming back to 1747 and learn more about how they work today in this short video from the ECRAN project.
“Clinical Research” by ECRAN Project is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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