Clement has had his article regarding the outcome of his workload issues for RAs published in the January and February issues of Applied Clinical Trials. After a general overview of the study, Dr. Turner solicited input regarding obstacles to accrual. Evidently, several IRBs are concerned about this as well. Another enrollment obstacle is that the study precludes enrollment of subjects with an unknown primary tumor. Deborah Scott will be stepping down as Co-Chair of the Research Associates Committee, with Roseann Bonanni assuming this role.
Several institutions have data management scores that are lower than is acceptable.
Dr. Curran is asking that a mentoring program be developed that will lend assistance to these institutions. The RA poster competition session will now be held once per year at the summer group meeting. At the winter group meetings, there will be a how-to poster roundtable. This meeting, the RA Scientific Session was on Translational Research, and received very favorable comments. As always, input about ideas for future sessions are welcome.