[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23755]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research and Development 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 Research and Development 
Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee will be held at the Marriott 
Residence Inn, 550 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, October 8-9, 
1997. The session on October 8 is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. and 
end at 5:15 p.m. and on October 9 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The 
meeting will be for the purpose of reviewing one new protocol for 
multi-hospital clinical trial on prophylaxis of medical patients for 
thromboembolism and the progress of five on-going cooperative studies 
on treatment of alcoholic liver fibrosis, betablocker for heart 
failure, cancer intervention versus observation trial, treatment of 
unstable angina and evaluation of geriatric cares.
    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 October 
3, 1997.
    The meeting will be closed from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on October 
8, 1997, and from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., on October 9, 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(c) 
of Public Law 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 disclosures 
of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy.

    Dated: August 26, 1997.

    By Direction of the Secretary-Designate.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-23755 Filed 9-8-97; 8:45 am]
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