[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47436-47437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22554]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Medical Research Services Cooperative Studies Evaluation 
Committee; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) as amended, by section 5(c) of 
Public Law 94-409 that a meeting of the Medical Research Services 
Evaluation Committee will be held at the Back Bay 

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Hilton Hotel, 40 Dalton Street, Boston, MA on November 7-8, 1995. The 
session on November 7 is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 
5:30 p.m. and on November 8 from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The meeting 
will be for the purpose of reviewing six new protocols for multi-
hospital clinical trials: one on treatment of PTSD; one on treatment of 
alcoholism; one on atherosclerosis; one on prevention of skin cancer; 
one on atrial fibrillation; one on vascular surgery and the progress of 
two on-going cooperative studies, one on aneurysm detection and one on 
cholesterol and heart diseases.
    The Committee advises the Director, Medical Research Service, 
through the Chief of the Cooperative Studies Program on the relevance 
and feasibility of the studies, the adequacy of the protocols, and the 
scientific validity and propriety of technical details, including 
protection of human subjects.
    The meeting will be open to the public up to the seating capacity 
of the room from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on both days to discuss the 
general status of the program. To assure adequate accommodations, those 
who plan to attend should contact Dr. Ping Huang, Coordinator, Medical 
Research Service Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, Department 
of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (202-565-7154), prior to October 
15, 1995.
    The meeting will be closed from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on November 
7, 1995 and from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on November 8, 1995 for 
consideration of specific proposal in accordance with provisions set 
forth in section 10(d) of Pub. L. 92-463, as amended by section 5(c) of 
Pub. L. 94-409, and 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(6). During this portion of the 
meeting, discussions and recommendations will deal with qualifications 
of personnel conducting the studies, staff and consultant critiques of 
research protocols, and similar documents, and the medical records of 
patients who are study subjects, the disclosure of which would 
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

    Dated: August 31, 1995.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-22554 Filed 9-11-95;8:45am]
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