The ECFS is pleased to announce a second wave of expansion of the ECFS-Clinical Trials Network (ECFS-CTN). The ECFS-CTN is a network of 30 Specialist Cystic Fibrosis Centres from 11 countries in Europe who are committed to a coordinated strategic approach to CF clinical trials in Europe and worldwide. This is done by sharing expertise, reviewing clinical trial protocols, maintaining high quality within sites, standardising outcome measures, validating new and alternative endpoints, providing training to the site’s staff and involving and cooperating with all stakeholders.
The ECFS is inviting further applications from CF Centres to become Clinical Research Centres in this Network. An Evaluation Board will be appointed by the Board of the ECFS. The Evaluation Board will be responsible for the ranking of the received applications. The Evaluation Board will not include physicians from centres applying to participate in the network. It is expected that 10 new sites will be selected. Applications will be reviewed for eligibility criteria and scored according to the following criteria: quality of the centre (#50%), experience in clinical research (#30%), resources for clinical research (#20%).
The deadline for submission of the application form is January 15th 2015. The results of the selection will be officially announced at the ECFS conference in June 2015. The new centres will officially join the network in January 2016.
Please download the application form (see the Associated Documents panel on this page) where you can find further information on the application process.
ECFS-CTN coordinating centre
ECFS-CTN@uzleuven.be
+32-479 983839