[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 25603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10154]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Enrollment and Retention of Participants in NIH-Funded Clinical 
Trials--Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold a 
teleconference with interested stakeholders to gather perspectives on 
issues related to the enrollment and retention of research participants 
in NIH-funded clinical trials. The stakeholder input will inform the 
planning of an NIH workshop on this topic that will be scheduled this 
summer.

DATES: May 16, 2014, from 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m., ET.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by teleconference. A teleconference 
agenda and logistical information will be posted in advance of the 
teleconference at the following Web site: http://osp.od.nih.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valery Gordon, Ph.D., Acting Director, 
Clinical Research Program, Office of Science Policy, NIH; email: 
[email protected]; telephone: 301-496-9838.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The stakeholder teleconference meeting will 
enable the NIH to gather perspectives from interested parties on issues 
related to the clinical trial recruitment and retention that could be 
explored in the workshop. For the purposes of planning the workshop 
agenda, the NIH is particularly interested in the perspectives of 
public foundations and other organizations currently working in this 
area. The topics that are to be explored in the workshop include the 
following: Outside coordination with NIH-supported clinical trials and 
public foundations; models to identify and support trial participants; 
potential public-private partnerships; methods to increase 
participation, including underrepresented and uninsured populations; 
and potential measures to track and monitor participation in NIH-
supported clinical trials.

    Dated: April 26, 2014.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Principal Deputy Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 2014-10154 Filed 5-2-14; 8:45 am]
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