DCTF Annual conference 2010 unrivaled success

With a record number of 203 subscriptions, representing all the mayor stakeholders in the field of clinical research, the fourth annual conference of the Dutch Clinical Trial Foundation was a great success. The conference was under supervision of the chairman Niek Klazinga. He confirmed the importance of transparency in clinical research in his welcome speech and provided the audience with a short symmary of the conference day that was to follow.

The central theme this year was transparency within clinical research. The development of innovative drugs is getting ever more complex and thus demands for streamlined processes. To understand this complexity and these processes, transparancy is essential. In the plenary session speakers from different fields of expertise acknowledged the importance of transparency. The subsessions were focussed on central themes within transparency: patientparticipation, risk mangement and benchmarking. The goal of the debate was to collect insights gained during the day and to use these to come up with a plan how transparent trials should be designed.

Evaluation of the DCTF annual conference - Analysis of 123 evaluation forms

 Beoordeling

General judgement 8,2

Meet expectations 8,0

Organisatorische aspecten Grade

General organisatoion 8,4

Conference brochure 8,1

Documentation 7,9

Location 8,2

Some facts on the DCTF annual conference 2010:

• 203 subscriptions to the event (approximately 15% ^more than last year)
• The evaluation form was filled in by a record number of 123 participants. This is approximately equal to a response level of 70% (!)
• The general judgment of the conference was a 8,2. This high grade was confirmed on the day itself, because of the very good atmosphere and the many compliments the organising team received in organising the conference
• During subsessions II en IV a interactive voting system was used. Many participants really liked this system, which contributed to a very high level of interactivity in the sessions- Hiddo Lambers Heerspink (UMC Groningen) and Jacquelien Noordhoek (NCFS) were choses this year in the category 'best presentation'.

Summarizing, on the 23th of June the foundation was layed down for the near future. The report on the 4th DCTF Conference can be found on the DCTF website (www.clinical-trials.nl). Here you can also find the presentations that were presented during the day. DCTF and Science Alliance wants to thank all the participants for their presence on the annual conference. Especially, gratitude goes out to the speakers that contributed to the conference. 

Report phase I benchmarkstudy as agreed upon delivered to Life Sciences & Health

The report on the first phase of the benchmarkstudy, the bibliometric analysis on the publication-output of the Netherlands in the field of clinical research in comparison to other countries worldwide, was distributed to the instructing party Life Sciences & Health. The main findings of the report were presented during the DCTF annual conference by Hiddo Lambers Heerspink. The presentation can be found on the DCTF website (www.clinical-trials.nl).