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Agenda

1. Definition of goals for this new subgroup
2. Learn from existing multicenter trials

Multicenter Clinical Trail Working group Meeting Minutes April 21, 2010

In attendance:

• Valerie Humblet
• Bob Lenkinski
• Clare Tempany
• Charles Guttmann
• Simon Warfield
• Jeff Yap
• Neil Rofsky

1. Goals

• The main goal of this group is to set up a imaging trial across Harvard. It could be a virtual trial (no need for funding) or a real trial. Several modalities must be considered.
• The goal is to start with a simple example and then go for more complicated examples.
• Being able to do a successful cross-Harvard imaging trial is be very good with the perspective of the CTSA grant renewal.

2. Discussion

• Validation is key, consistency of results is crucial. Reproducibility across sites and across vendors must be achieved.
• Jeff suggested to look at some of the existing, already funded multicenter trial and see if we could help them wirk on a better reproducibility across site. He cited the example of neuro-oncology trials with DCE-MRI. So far the acquisitions are not standardized across institutions. At DFCI they are now testing the sequences used by Greg Sorensen at MGH.
• Simon agreed, the same problems exist in pediatric neuro-oncology. He suggested to do a simulation to be able to show that by using protocols that are not standardized one gets different results.