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Imaging in Oncology
17 March - 18 March 2004
Imaging in Oncology
Medical imaging has become a critical part of the clinical trial process and is essential in terms of study outcomes. Imaging is also beginning to have more of an influence at the discovery and preclinical stages and the application of new techniques holds some exciting potential, particularly in the treatment of cancer.

SAE Media Group’s Imaging in Oncology Conference will provide up to date, practical information on the latest developments in this rapidly evolving field and how it can be applied to cancer drug development, bringing together leading researchers involved in all aspects of oncological research and those with a specific interest in image formation, analysis and interpretation of imaging data.

The event aims to assess the latest development in imaging technologies with a specific focus on how they can be applied for maximum effect to the drug development process both at the preclinical and clinical stages. The event will outline the latest regulatory requirements and provide a comprehensive overview of how to submit material to the regulatory authorities. It will look at the advances in techniques including perfusion imaging and will evaluate technological advances in internet imaging services and software for image evaluation.

A unique opportunity to learn from leading industry experts including:
· Dr Jonathan Allis, Vice President, Technology, Amersham Health
· Dr John Waterton, Director, Imaging, Discovery Enabling Science Technology & Information, AstraZeneca
· Dr Philip Murphy, Clinical Project Manager, Clinical Technology, Pfizer
· Dr Padmaja Yalamanchili, Senior Research Investigator, Bristol Myers Squibb Medical Imaging
· Dr Ellen Fiegal, Acting Director, Division of Cancer Treatment & Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute
· Dr Anwar Padhani, Consultant Radiologist & Lead, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital

Benefits of Attending:
· IMAGING IN ONCOLOGY: Assess the influence of imaging in oncology drug discovery and development
· CLINICAL TRIALS: Understand the practical application of imaging techniques through the clinical trials process
· TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS: Evaluate current imaging methods and technologies, including MRI, Ultrasound, PET and CT
· TECHNICAL ADVANCES: Assess the latest developments with a specific focus on how they can be applied
· KEY INDUSTRY PERSONNEL: Meet the leaders in the field and learn from their experiences

"An important opportunity to learn how to apply imaging for improved decision-making and for seeking accelerated approvals in Oncology."
Dr Craig Lipset, Senior Director, Perceptive Informatics

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration and Coffee

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9:00

RECIST and the independent Review Charter (IRC)

  • Role of imaging in cancer trials
  • Closing the gaps in the RECIST criteria
  • Role and development of the Independent Review Charter
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    10:00

    Image and data processing considerations

  • Masking and blinding imaging data
  • Redaction of clinical data
  • Quantitative Image Analyses
  • Image Archival and storage
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:15

    Independent Review Process

  • Selecting the independent reviewers
  • Role of the panel radiologist and oncologist
  • Panel training
  • Sequential data review process
  • Review systems and tools
  • Maintaining regulatory compliance
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    12:10

    Discussion and questions – review of the session

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    12:30

    Close of Executive Briefing

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    13:30

    Registration and Coffee

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    14:00

    Interaction with the FDA

  • Pre-study requirements and documentation
  • Meetings
  • Blinded reads
  • Image submission database
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    14:45

    Design of independent reads

  • Response assessment protocol
  • Lesion measurement protocols
  • Read protocols / mechanics
  • Systemic vs local therapies
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    15:30

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:45

    Pitfalls of imaging trials

  • Pros and cons of different response protocols
  • Ambiguous imaging characterizations
  • Selection of the proper imaging modality
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    16:30

    Managing the imaging component

  • Standardization of image acquisition
  • Standardization of image review
  • Data export
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    17:15

    Discussion and questions – review of the session

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    17:30

    Close of Executive Briefing

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Dr Donald Rosen

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

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    9:10

    KEYNOTE ADDRESS

    Dr Jonathan Allis

    Dr Jonathan Allis, Vice President, Technology, Amersham Health

  • Cancer imaging - improving the quality of detection and more precise therapy and surgery
  • Supporting various tumour - destroying approaches such as chemicals, radiation and gene therapy
  • Understanding the molecular make up of cancer drives the direction of current imaging research
  • New technologies and new opportunities
  • The application of recent imaging technological advances
  • The importance of quantitative imaging in drug development and monitoring therapy
  • Looking to the future - the development of biosensors
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    9:40

    NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE AND IMAGING

    Dr Ellen Feigal

    Dr Ellen Feigal, Acting Director, Division of Cancer Treatment & Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute

  • NCI’s role in catalyzing and fostering cancer imaging
  • Specific initiatives and illustrative examples in probe development, biomarkers and clinical trials
  • Interactions with FDA and CMS to foster technology development and the lessons learned to date
  • Financial investment in imaging
  • Future directions
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    10:20

    WEAVING IMAGING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DRUGS FOR ONCOLOGY

    Dr P David Mozley

    Dr P David Mozley, Medical Advisor, Eli Lilly

  • Imaging in early development
  • Proving that drugs can penetrate the tissue of interest, hit the intended target and quantify the fraction of dose hitting non-intended tissues as a consequence
  • Imaging as an aid to enhancing human research subject safety, the quality of data and the speed of development
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    IMAGING MOLECULAR TARGETS: PRECLINICAL STUDIES

    Dr Padmaja Yalamanchili

    Dr Padmaja Yalamanchili, Senior Research Investigator, Bristol Myers Squibb Medical Imaging

  • Selecting relevant targets in cancer tissues
  • Identifying small molecule inhibitors to biological targets
  • Developing radiolabeled small molecule inhibitors
  • Imaging tumours with radiolabeled small molecules
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    12:00

    FROM PRECLINICAL TO CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT

    Dr John Waterton

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

  • Translational science to deliver imaging biomarkers for clear go-no go decisions in Phase I/II oncology development
  • Devising an integrated programme of clinical and preclinical work
  • What do “validation” and “reproducibility” really mean?
  • Finding a signal: target, pathway, cell, physiology, morphology…?
  • MRI, PET or other imaging technologies?
  • Future implications for the drug development process
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    14:00

    INCREASING SPEED AND PRODUCTIVITY OF PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE USE OF AUTOMATED QUANTITIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS

    J Mikael Totterman

    J Mikael Totterman, Chief Operating Officer, Virtual Scopics

  • Improving quality of imaging protocols and data acquisition used in clinical development
  • Automated quantitative image analysis in oncology: structural and perfusion imaging
  • Lowering cost and increasing the speed of early development for early go/no go decision making
  • Improving precision of RECIST and WHO criteria through automation
  • Impact on cost and time of drug development achieved through increased quality of imaging and application of automated quantitative image analysis
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    14:40

    MEDICAL IMAGING INFORMATICS

    Dr Ted Gastineau

    Dr Ted Gastineau, Chief Executive Officer, Beacon Bioscience

  • Comprehensive design from preclinical to approval
  • Standardized imaging protocols
  • Management and compliance for multi-center trials
  • Image analysis: match the questions with the tools
  • Image management platforms and information integration
  • Long and short term strategies
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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    THE ROLE OF MRS AND MRI IN VIVO AS TOOLS IN TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE TO AID DRUG DEVELOPMENT

    Dr Paul McSheehy

    Dr Paul McSheehy, Lab Head & International Project Team Representative for EPO906, Novartis

  • MRS (1H, 31P, 19F)
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • DCE-MRI
  • DCE-MRI
  • Preclinical
  • Clinical
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    16:20

    MULTI-FUNCTIONAL NMR IN ANTI-CANCER RESEARCH

    Dr Philip Murphy

    Dr Philip Murphy, Clinical Project Manager, Clinical Technology, Pfizer

  • Exploiting intrinsic tissue contrast to study tumours
  • Advances in paramagnetic contrast agents
  • Clinical spectroscopy for monitoring treatment response
  • High-field clinical systems: 3T and beyond
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Re-registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Dr John Waterton

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

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    9:10

    EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

    Dr Helen Young

    Dr Helen Young, Imaging Specialist (PET), AstraZeneca

  • The current status of PET imaging
  • The application of this technology to oncology clinical trials
  • The ability to understand the success rate of cancer therapy at a very early stage
  • Bottlenecks in PET imaging
  • PET vs CT or MRI - advantages, shortcomings applications and cost
  • Future prospects of PET technology
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    9:40

    COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

    Prof Ken Miles

    Prof Ken Miles, Professor, Imaging, Brighton & Sussex Medical School

  • Combined morphological end-points (eg RECIST) with functional imaging in a single widely-available examination
  • Technical validation and reproducibility of functional CT
  • Simplifying functional CT for multi-centre protocols
  • Advantages of multi-detector CT
  • The potential for CT to identify patient groups enriched for response
  • Functional CT/PET
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    10:20

    TARGETING TUMOUR BLOOD VESSELS

    Dr Anwar Padhani

    Dr Anwar Padhani, Consultant Radiologist & Lead, Magnetic Resonance Imaging & Imaging Research, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital

  • The use of serial dynamic resonance imaging (MRI) to ascertain the effects of anti-angiogenics and anti-endothelial on tumour blood flow
  • MRI kinetic parameters and what they mean
  • Considerations for multi-centre studies
  • Results of MRI: do blood flow measurements predict efficacy?
  • Impact of this technique during the clinical trials process
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    PANEL DISCUSSION

    Prof Ken Miles

    Prof Ken Miles, Professor, Imaging, Brighton & Sussex Medical School

    Professor Fiona Gilbert

    Professor Fiona Gilbert, Professor, Radiology, University of Aberdeen

    Dr Anwar Padhani

    Dr Anwar Padhani, Consultant Radiologist & Lead, Magnetic Resonance Imaging & Imaging Research, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital

    Dr John Waterton

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

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    12:00

    MANAGING THE IMAGING COMPONENT OF PHASE III ONCOLOGY STUDIES

    Dr Klaus Noever

    Dr Klaus Noever, Director, Business Development & Clinical Affairs, Europe, Bio-Imaging Technologies

  • Response assessment
  • Pitfalls in multi-centre studies
  • Regulatory requirements
  • Review designs
  • Process management
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    14:00

    RECIST IN ONCOLOGY IMAGING

    Dr Oliver Bohnsack

    Dr Oliver Bohnsack, Associate Medical Director, Perceptive Informatics

  • Why RECIST?
  • RECIST or WHO, RECIST and WHO?
  • Shortcomings of RECIST
  • Modification and adaptation of RECIST for the design of your trial
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    14:40

    EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTING RECIST CRITERIA

    Dr Robert Ford

    Dr Robert Ford, Chief Medical Officer & Co-Founder, RadPharm

  • Learn the practical methods of applying RECIST and standardising imaging processes in a clinical trial situation
  • Choose the best technique to measure the targeted tumor
  • Determine the best study-wide interval to use between measurements for time to tumor progression
  • Standardise the process of tumor measurement and analysis
  • Predict and learn how to overcome the complexities
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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF TUMOR RESPONSE IN NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS

    Dr Yves Miaux

    Dr Yves Miaux , Vice President, Radiology Services, Synarc

  • Definition of ‘normal’ sized lymph nodes and consequences on response rates and time to progression
  • Residual masses
  • Role of image charter
  • Role of imaging to detect side effects of treatment
  • Need for an oncologist review
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    16:20

    DATA MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

    Gretchen Leigh-Rhodes

    Gretchen Leigh-Rhodes, Senior Manager, Clinical Data Programs, Millennium

  • Current data management practices
  • Optimal data management platforms
  • Data management strategies
  • Establishing a credible interpretation
  • Trouble shooting
  • Case studies
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

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