[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10624-10625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5580]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Medical Research Service 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 of 
Public law 94-409, that a meeting of the Medical Research Service 
Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee will be held at the Balboa Bay 
Club, 1221 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach, CA 92663, April 10-11 
1997. The session on April 10 is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. and 
end at 5:00 p.m. and on April 11 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. The 
meeting will be for the purpose of reviewing the following four new 
protocols for multi-hospital clinical trial: groin hernia management, 
prevention of access thrombosis on hemodialysis patient, positron 
emission tomography (PET) imaging for lung neoplasm, management of 
bipolar mental disorder and the progress of on-going cooperative study 
on treatment of alcoholic liver disease.
    The Committee advises the Chief Research and Development Officer 
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 from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. 
on both days to discuss the general status of the program. Those who 
plan to attend should contact Dr. Ping Huang, Coordinator, Medical 
Research Service Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, Department 
of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, (202-273-8295), prior to April 3, 
1997.
    The meeting will be closed from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on April 10, 
1997, and from 8:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., on April 11, 1997, for 
consideration of specific proposals in accordance with provisions set 
forth in section 10(d) of Public Law 92-463, as amended by section 5 of 
Public Law 94-409, and 5 U.S.C. 552b6.

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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 disclosures of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy.

    Dated: February 26, 1997.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-5580 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am]
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