[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 22076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11032]


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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 River Inn, 
924 Twenty-Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, on May 9-10, 2001. 
The session is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. A 
total of six studies and three sub-studies will be reviewed. One study, 
including its two sub-studies, ``Testosterone Treatment to Prevent 
Fractures in Aging Hypogonadal Men'' is a resubmission. Three studies 
are undergoing mid-term reviews: ``18-F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) 
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging in the Management of 
Patients with Solitary Pulmonary Nodules,'' ``Genetic Tissues Banking 
in VA Clinical Research: A Cooperative Studies Program Demonstration 
Project,'' and ``The Coronary Artery Revascularization Prophylasix 
Trial (CARP).'' The two new studies and one new sub-study submitted for 
review are: ``Veterans Affairs Open Versus Endovascular Repair (OVER) 
Trial for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm,'' ``Total Myocardial 
Revascularization On and Off Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Prospective 
Randomized Study,'' and a sub-study ``Homocysteinemia in Kidney and End 
Stage Renal Disease--DNA Bank.''
    The Committee advises the Chief Research and Development Officer 
through the Director 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 a.m. to 
discuss the general status of the program. Those who plan to attend 
should contact Ms. Denise Shorter, Coordinator, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Washington, DC at (202) 273-8265.
    The meeting will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This portion of 
the meeting involves consideration of specific proposals in accordance 
with provisions set forth in section 10(d) of Public Law 92-463, as 
amended by sections 5(c) of Public Law 94-409, and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 
During the closed session of the meeting, discussions and 
recommendations will deal with qualifications of personnel conducting 
the studies, staff and consultant critiques of research proposals, 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: April 27, 2001.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Robert W. Schultz,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration.
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