The MRCT Center Podcast
The MRCT Center Podcast
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We are the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard.
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Content Themes
The content focuses on diversity in clinical trials, with specific episodes like 'Trials Beyond Borders: Sponsor Perspective' discussing how sponsor companies improve representation and 'Trials Beyond Borders: CRO Perspective' exploring communication strategies among stakeholders. Other topics include actionable diversity plans and challenges faced in global clinical trial setups.
We are the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard.
Episode Overview:
In this fifth episode of the MRCT Center podcast, Dr. Barbara Bierer, Faculty Director of the MRCT Center and professor of medicine at BWH and HMS, discusses the newly released Toolkit for Supporting the Design, Conduct, and Reporting of Long-Term Follow-Up (LTFU) Studies for Gene Therapies with Carolyn Chapman, Leader of the Cell and Gene therapies project at the MRCT Center, Lead Investigator at BWH and member of the faculty at HMS.
Key Discussion Topics:
- What are Long-Term Follow-up studies for gene therapies and why are they needed
- Who the LTFU toolkit designed for
- The development of the toolkit through diverse collaboration
- The timeliness and importance of this toolkit release
- A comprehensive walk-through of the sections and features of the toolkit
- What the porridge is the “Goldilocks issue”?
- In depth discussion on what it means for a patient to be part of a LTFU study and how to address the potential burdens
Learn More:
Access the full LTFU Toolkit and additional standalone resources at:
mrctcenter.org/LTFUToolkit
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