April 29, 2016: PCORnet and CTSA Network

April 29, 2016: PCORnet and CTSA Network

Topic

PCORnet and CTSA Network: Synergizing National Initiatives

Presenters

Rachael Fleurence, PhD, Program Director of Research Infrastructure at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Redonna K. Chandler, PhD, Ken Gersing, MD, and Monica Shah, MD, of the Division of Clinical Innovation at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Lesley Curtis, PhD, Center for Pragmatic Health Services Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI)

Keith Marsolo, PhD, Division of Biomedical Informatics at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Keywords

Translational research; Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA); National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS); PCORI; PCORnet

Key Points

  • A new initiative from PCORI and NCATS leverages research infrastructure work being done within PCORnet and CTSA programs.
  • The PCORnet/CTSA dyad explores pathways for collaborative national clinical research infrastructures focusing on streamlined contracting, centralized IRB review, informatics, common data elements, and dissemination of best practices.
  • PCORnet is growing and now includes 130 health systems across the country, more than 60 data marts, and data on more than 110 million patients.
  • The Trial Innovation Network unifies 64 CTSA programs, Recruitment Innovation Centers, and Trial Innovation Centers for multisite research.

Discussion Themes

How do you handle glitches (odd data) that emerge in the data characterization process?

The quality of the data is associated with the questions being asked of the data.

How do NCATS and PCORnet link data across data marts within and across centers, both longitudinally and for deep, granular clinical data?

How do you centralize the privacy board aspect of clinical trials? Centralizing the IRB handles the ethics review, but privacy board issues are often separate.

For More Information

Read more about NCATS/CTSA Program: http://www.ncats.nih.gov/ctsa

For more information on PCORnet: http://www.pcornet.org/

Tags
#PCORnet; #CTSA; #NIH; #pctGR
@ncats_nih_gov; @NIH; @PCTGrandRounds, @Collaboratory1, @PCORnetwork