Virtual Workshop April 30, 2022
The Pragmatic Trials Stream was launched at a virtual workshop on Saturday, April 30, 2022.
Presentations by local, national, and international researchers shared ways in which large-scale trials could be enabled through the Pragmatic Trials Stream of the Accelerating Randomized Trials platform.
For more information about the workshop, please review the agenda and speaker biographies below.
Video recordings from this event will be available for viewing here soon so check back often.
For further information on this platform, please contact pragmatic.training@uwo.ca.
Dr. John Yoo, Dean, and Dr. Amit Garg, Associate Dean, Clinical Research, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Introduction to the April 30th event, welcome, event overview, and land acknowledgement.
Dr. Merrick Zwarenstein, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
What Makes a Randomized Trial Pragmatic? Traditional clinical trial design assumptions as a barrier.
Dr. Sandra Eldridge - Keynote Presentation
Top 10 Practical Tips for Launching Pragmatic Trials.
Monica Taljaard, PhD. Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, and Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Pragmatic Trials: Methodological considerations and common pitfalls.
Stephanie Dixon, PhD. Staff Scientist, ICES Western
Leveraging Routinely Collected Health Care Data for Trials.
Dr. Anthony Tang, Professor, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
VIRTUES - An efficient method of collecting patient data.
Dr. Charles Weijer, Professor of medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Philosophy, Western University
The Ethics of Pragmatic Trials. Common pitfalls and a way forward.
Erika Basile, Director, Research Ethics and Compliance, Western University.
Ethica Considerations and Practical Tips: an REB Perspective.
Morning Panel Discussion
Moderated by Joe Gagnier, PhD., ND.
Dr. Amit Garg, Associate Dean, Clinical Research, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
S4 Platform Overview.
Dr. Vipul Jairath, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Large Simple Trials Conducted the Traditional Way: Examples from Gastroenterology.
Dr. Mahesh Nagappa, Assistant Professor, Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Implementation of a Multi-faceted Opioid-Use Reduction Strategy for South-Western Ontario: A Pragmatic Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial.
Joel Gagnier, ND, PhD. Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
A Pragmatic Trial of Recombinant Growth Hormone in Patients with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears.
Dr. Glenn Bauman, Professor, Departments of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
PSMA and Prostate Cancer - Clinical trial opportunities.
Dr. Kristin Clemens, Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Simplifying Randomized Controlled Trials of Drugs Using Individualized Consent Preferred.
