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The Global Health Clinical Trials Programme
The goal of the Global Health Clinical Trials Programme is to promote and make
easier the conduct of non-commercial clinical trials across all diseases in resource-poor settings. It is an integrated collaborative programme using a
website as a platform.
• There are many excellent initiatives that are providing clinical trial training and capacity development
• This are at trial level (RTS,S vaccine trial), a regional level (EDCTP, SEAICRN) or disease network (AMANET, numerous HIV groups, AERAS etc.)
• It is quite difficult to think of any trial steps, processes, methods or issues that are truly specific to that disease or location. Even specific lab assay’s most problematic steps are generic (tracking and transporting samples, for example)
• Much of these efforts focus on the same diseases and externally sponsored studies. However the same knowledge and skills could benefit other trials, yet there are limited opportunities for knowledge and skills transfer.
• Sites often only have the experience of working on externally sponsored trials yet aim to diversify and run locally managed programmes. Disease management and product development trials are both important and could mutually gain.
• Could be addressed by better sharing across disease areas and within locations
The Global Health Clinical Trials Research Programme• Building on strength of many groups conducting trials in resource limited settings – sharing
knowledge to encourage independent and diverse trials
• A web-based platform for disseminating what we have learnt and collaborating to solve problems
• Providing free guidance, tools, resources and templates
• Offering free e-learning and Continuing Professional Development
• Building a professional Network of all types of trial staff working in differing disease areas and locations
• Ethos similar to Cochrane - ALL ABOUT SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND INCREASING SKILLS
Participatory Action Research
Guidance articles are a core
element. These provide
explanatory notes alongside
all the necessary tools such
as templates and exam
ples
A free and credible CPD
scheme could im
prove
careers, training and
professional
development for our
trial staff
On-line short
professional courses
would improve skills as
currently training is hard
to access as involved
travel to courses
The discussion
area is alre
ady
helping trial g
roups
improve and guide
their studies.
This discussion directly helped this user
establish a high quality data management system for his trial
Location of users providing content
Job roles of members
www.globalhealthtrials.org metrics
GlobalHealthTrials.org metrics January 2011
Members 832
Visits 8128
Number of different countries of origin of visits 64
Number of different developing countries of origin of visits 56
Member Conversion as % of new visits 27%
Page Views 38354
Pages/visit 7.48
Average time on site 7.04 min
New visits % 39%
Returning Visits % 61%
Reasons to establish Regional Faculties
• Bring the advantages of sharing knowledge and skills to a local level
• Provide face to face networking alongside online• Encourage external sponsors running studies in our
regions to increase their impact beyond ‘their’ studies• Share knowledge between disease areas and locations • We can do more and better research studies to improve
global health
Our own Global Health Trials Regional Faculty Could…• Provide a support platform to support more and better trials in our region• Enable more people to access training and mentoring opportunities• Allow for investment that overseas sponsors bring to a specific trial / disease to
be disseminated more widely in our region• Bring a local platform to help develop, guide and support partner research
organisations – so better able to have sustainable capacity development• Link local researchers across disease areas, job roles and research sites
In particular we could….• Share resources and attend each others training, meetings and workshops• Provide support and expert help face to face or online• Technical support and locally applicable guidance and resources• Access funding for collaborative projects
Division of Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape TownEuropean Developing Country Clinical Trials Alliance (EDCTP)The PRACTIHC CollaborationEast African Consortium for Clinical Research (EDCTP funded)Africa Malaria Network Trust (AMANET)Malaria Consortium, UgandaMedical Research Council, Clinical Trial UnitInternational Vaccine Access Center, John HopkinsMRC, The GambiaMalawi-Liverpool WT Research UnitSwiss Tropical InstituteThe Malaria Centre, LSHTMDrug for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)Liverpool Centre for Tropical MedicineLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineImperial University Centre for Tropical MedicineInstitute for Tropical Medicine, AntwerpFacultad de Salud Escuela de Salud Pública Maestría en epidemiología ColombiaCentre for Paediatric Research, Lucknow, IndiaMedical Research Unit of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lamberene,Gabon.KEMRI-Wellcome Programme, KenyaWorld-Wide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN)Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, ThailandOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamNuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine.Sri Jayewardenepura Teaching Hospital Sri LankaClinical Trials Transformation Initiative, Duke University. USAKEMRI/Centre for Disease Control, Kisumu. Kenya.Clinical Trial Laboratories, Kintampo GhanaCSH Medical University Uttar Pradesh, IndiaConsortium for National Health Research, Nairobi, Kenya
Current list of collaborators
Please get in touch at;
Or visit at;
www.globalhealthtrials.org