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Medical Imaging: Benchmarking for Clinical Trial Efficiency
13 June - 14 June 2001
Medical Imaging: Benchmarking for Clinical Trial Efficiency
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Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Welcome and Introductions

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9:15

The Regulatory Environment for Diagnostics and Therapeutics

  • European Union - overview and discussion of the latest guidelines
  • FDA, diagnostics and therapeutics and biologics - an overview of the current trends and requirements
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    10:15

    Coffee

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    10:30

    The Issues of Site Training and Certification

  • Current challenges
  • Involving the radiological department
  • Central or local training
  • The differences between imaging in the clinic and for clinical trials
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    11:30

    Discussion of the Trends for the Centralised Review for Medical Imaging

  • Where do the local radiologists fit in?
  • The challenges of central inclusion/exclusion reads
  • Patient management versus central read
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    12:30

    Finger Buffet Lunch and Networking

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    13:15

    An Interactive Session: Designing a Clinical Trial with and Imaging End Point

  • Which time points?
  • Which imaging modalities?
  • Film or digital imaging?
  • Using a central core lab
  • Site training issues
  • Collecting the medical image data and Where does the source data reside?
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    14:30

    Optional Visit to the PET Imaging Centre and Cyclotron Unit at the Hammersmith Hospital (please tick the box on the registration form if interested

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks Prof Mike Smith, Co-Director, CoMIR

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    9:10

    APPLICATIONS OF IMAGING TO CLINICAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT

    Dr Colin Miller

    Dr Colin Miller, Vice President, Business Development, BioImaging Technologies

  • The path taken from preclinical studies into the clinical evaluation of drug candidates using imaging modalities
  • What is the value added in early phase trials of drug candidates
  • Application of imaging in clinical evaluation
  • Benefits of imaging in early phases
  • The issues surrounding imaging data in trial management
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    9:40

    THE USE OF IMAGING TO ACCELERATE CLINICAL TRIALS

    Dr Peter Steiger

    Dr Peter Steiger, Chief Executive Officer & President, Synarc

  • How to choose the best technology to achieve your clinical trial goals
  • Does the expense of the technology justify the savings to be made in real time?
  • Development and validation of new imaging end points and surrogate markers
  • Where is the technology going to take the drug development process: what is the next step?
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    10:20

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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    THE VALUE OF IMAGE DATA

    Dr Sanjay Santi

    Dr Sanjay Santi, Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

  • New developments in Oncologic Radiology -Multislice CT -PET -Perfusion imaging
  • Trends in data analysis and management -Tumor volumes -Electronic image management
  • Critical success factors -Up-to-date imaging protocols -Early radiologist involvement
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    12:00

    SURROGATE ENDPOINTS IN MEDICAL IMAGE DATA

    Dr John Waterton

    Dr John Waterton, Director, Imaging, Discovery Enabling Science Technology & Information, AstraZeneca

  • Better choice of drug targets in discovery
  • Earlier go/no decisions on compounds
  • Determine the right dose
  • Shorten time to market
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    14:00

    MEDICAL IMAGE ASSESSMENT

    Dr Donald Rosen

    Dr Donald Rosen, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, RadPharm

  • Pitfalls in oncology imaging in clinical trials
  • What are the differences between RECIST (Response Criteria in Solid Tumours) and WHO (World Health Organisation) standards for tumour evaluation by imaging
  • State of the art imaging technology
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    14:40

    RADIOTRACER DEVELOPMENT

    Dr David Dutka

    Dr David Dutka, Senior Research Fellow, PET Imaging Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

  • The ability of PET to obtain information on drug distribution and binding in the living human
  • The individual challenges presented by PET chemistry -short half-life -the need for specific radioactives
  • The design or choice of radioligands for imaging particular target cardiac receptors
  • Possible future applications of PET
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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    MYCOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING

    Dr Luiz Belardinelli

    Dr Luiz Belardinelli, Vice President, Drug Research and Pharmacological Sciences, CV Therapeutics

  • Pharmacology of adenosine receptors
  • Rationale of adenosine (Adenoscan) in mycocardial and perfusiin imaging studies
  • Features of the ideal pharmacological agent for mycocardial perfusion imaging
  • Pharmacological principles applied to the development of CVT-3146
  • Pharmacological characterisation of CVT-3146
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    16:20

    THE REGULATORY BOTTLENECKS

    Dr Jim Sumner

    Dr Jim Sumner, President, WorldCare

  • What are the regulatory requirements unique to medical imaging in clinical trials
  • How to design your imaging trial to survive an audit: what to expect from the FDA
  • What does the FDA guidance document mean to industry?
  • How to work within the “rules” to speed up your clinical trial programs
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    17:10

    Networking drinks reception

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    8:30

    Re-registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman’s Opening Remarks

    Dr Sandra Chica

    Dr Sandra Chica, Associate Medical Director, Perceptive Informatics

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    9:10

    QUANTITATIVE IMAGING

    Dr Venkatesan Thangaraj

    Dr Venkatesan Thangaraj, Chief Technology Officer, Enmed

  • Clinical benefits of developing imaging technology to diagnose disease
  • Implementing quantitative imaging protocols
  • Cross platform protocol validation whilst maintaining quality assurance
  • Data analysis and archival
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    9:40

    INTEGRATION OF COMPUTER MODELING AND MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES

    Dr David Steinman

    Dr David Steinman, Senior Scientist, The John P. Robarts Research Institute

  • Techniques currently being used to elucidate the biophysical factors involved in atherosclerosis development
  • Determine whether local blood flow patterns can be used to better predict the risk of stroke and optimize bypass grafting surgical techniques
  • The implications of including medical imaging in trial design for drug development
  • The increasing need for digitalisation of images and centralised laboratory analysis
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    10:20

    ADVANCES IN CLINICAL TRIAL DESIGN TO YIELD EFFECTIVE THERAPIES TO TREAT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

    Dr Claudio Marelli

    Dr Claudio Marelli, Clinical Research Director, Nycomed Amersham

  • Overview of imaging in cardiology -Current status and future perspectives
  • Integrating cardiac imaging techniques into the drug discovery process
  • Value of cardiac imaging in clinical trials -preclinical development -clinical trials
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    SPEEDING UP DRUG DEVELOPMENT

    Dr Ian Wilding

    Dr Ian Wilding, Chief Executive Officer, Pharmaceutical Profiles

  • Using scintigraphic imaging to visualize product performance in the gastrointestinal tract and lungs
  • Candidate drug selection using human absorption studies
  • Bridging the gap between in vitro and full clinical development using human imaging studies
  • Targeting drug delivery through product visualization
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    12:00

    IMAGING IN NEUROLOGY

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    12:40

    Lunch

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    14:00

    MRI MONITORING OF FEMALE SEXUAL RESPONSE

    Dr Ken Maravilla

    Dr Ken Maravilla, Principal Investigator, University of Washington

  • Rationale for using MRI to assess response
  • Early studies to evalute feasibility of MRI
  • MRI response versus other methods
  • Studies for evaluating reproducibility of MRI method
  • Possible future role of MRI for clinical trial evaluations of new drug therapies for female sexual response
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    14:40

    3D ULTRASOUND

    Dr Leonard Avecilla

    Dr Leonard Avecilla, Director, Education Services, BioImaging Technologies

  • What is 3D ultrasound and how will it impact on the clinical trial sector?
  • The new modalities being developed in non traditional imaging areas
  • The therapeutic areas that make use of 3D imaging technologies
  • Cost effectiveness of using ultrasound techniques as a diagnostic tool
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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    THE PARTNERSHIP ISSUES

    Prof Mike Smith

    Prof Mike Smith, Co-Director, CoMIR

  • Overview of the NHS and University policy on R&D
  • IPR issues with public sector organisation
  • Available knowledge base to support drug development
  • Potential resource base in terms of equipment and expertise
  • Existing trial facilities and clinical networks to support clinical trials
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    EXPLORING THE LOGISTICAL ASPECTS OF IMAGE ASSESSMENTS

    Dr David La Point

    Dr David La Point, Executive Director of Business Development and Strategic Planning, Intelligent Imaging

  • What is the role and responsibility of a core laboratory, regulatory personnel, CRO and sponsor?
  • The need to have immediate clinical information from the imaging modality in order to properly care for the patient but not compromise the study (i.e. bias from ‘preliminary’ reads)
  • The feasibility of maintaining blinded personnel performing image acquisition but still insure complete image acquisition which provides adequate data
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    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

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