Event Description
Identifying unpublished trial data: trial registers, clinical study reports and other information sources
Data about clinical trials are essential to answering many systematic review, health technology assessment, comparative effectiveness research, clinical and other research questions. Clinical trials registers such as ClinicalTrials.gov and portals such as the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) provide information on both ongoing and completed trials. Many registers include trial results for completed research, often before they are available through traditional, published sources and in many cases, they provide results for studies which are never published. Trials registers are in constant development and can be challenging to search and use. Data on trials are also increasingly available from clinical study reports produced by the pharmaceutical industry in support of drug marketing applications and regulatory agency sources such as the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These sources can also be challenging to search and document.
This
online course explores key sources of trial information and approaches to
searching those sources and managing and recording the process. The sessions
include presentations, demonstrations and opportunities for questions and
discussion.
The training will be in two sessions of 2.5 hours each, on 9 & 16 June 2022, 3pm-5:30pm.
Speakers
Julie Glanville, Independent Consultant in Information Retrieval
Carol Lefebvre, (Lefebvre Associates)
Program
Session 1
Welcome and introduction to the day
Why do we need to know about clinical trials and ongoing research?
What are trials registers? Background and brief history
Key trials and trials results registers - identifying and searching
Discussion
Session 2
Clinical study reports and obtaining trial information from regulatory agencies: the (US) FDA and (European) EMA
Other resources to identify unpublished trial data: preprints, HTA sources, other trial initiatives such as Crossmark
Record management issues: downloading results
Record management issues: documenting and reporting searches
Discussion
When
Thursday 9 & 16 June 2022 3:00pm - 5:30pm AEST (Vic, NSW, ACT, TAS, QLD)
Where
On Zoom - a link will be sent the day prior.
Cost
ALIA Members - $220
Non-Members - $330
More information
Cancellation Policy
Registrations up to 3 weeks prior = full refund
Registrations between 1-2 weeks prior = 50% refund
Registrations cancelled 1 week prior or later = no refund
Registrations can be transferred to other individuals at no cost (in the same registration category).
Contact [email protected] for information.