A Vision for the Integration of Clinical Research and Care

Drs Janet Woodcock and Laura Esserman discuss why integrating clinical research and care is so critical and explore how we can get patients more access to clinical trials. Together they address:

• What is missing for the vision of integrating care and research
• Real world data
• Platform trials and adaptive design solutions
• Harmonizing data collection
• New models for covering cost
• Developing a centralized IRB
• Simplifying the trial activation process
• Integrating data collection with clinical care help from community settings
• Early endpoints and their ability to drive de-escalation and escalation
• Workforce development
• Mindsets, models, tools and more

Speakers:

• Laura Esserman, MD, Professor of Surgery & Radiology, University of California, San Francisco / Director, UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast, Cancer Center
• Janet Woodcock, MD, Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, FDA