CCI4EU - Bringing research insights into clinical implementation


Chairs:  Giovanni Apolone, Simon Oberst
Host Chair: Iwona Lugowska
 
Introduction
CCI4EU (Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures for Europe) is a European project aiming to help Member States and Associated Countries improve or develop their existing or future Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures (CCIs), by helping develop their research & innovation-related capacities.
 
The CCI4EU project will run over 3 years. It has already defined and created a Maturity Model with quality indicators, to map the status of CCIs throughout the EU and potentially in five Associated Countries. 9 sites have been selected for Deep Dive interventions, with 3 onsite visits to help them build their capacity in particular domains. Along with this, tailored online courses, resources and conferences are being developed to open up the capacity building to a wider audience, with the overall aim of contributing to the Horizon Europe Mission of ensuring that 90% of eligible cancer patients have access to Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures by 2030.
 
The Conference Bringing Research Insights into Clinical Implementation was held in Warsaw, Poland, on 10 and 11 October 2024 and all interventions were recorded and are now available via these pages (to access the material, participants must register and login to the e-ESO platform). The event gave individuals and teams from developing CCIs direction in helping them build their capacity and develop their infrastructures. The conference was intended to widen the participation of this EU grant to all Member States. The gap between research findings and clinical implementation poses a significant challenge in healthcare. Bridging this gap is essential to ensure that the latest evidence is incorporated into patient care effectively. This material is aimed at professionals involved in translational research, clinical trialists, directors of science and hospital leaders.
 
Learning Objectives
Understand the importance of capacity building in research and innovation.
Learn how to develop a research programme.
Identify the ways to bring research findings into clinical settings.
Enhance collaboration between the Stakeholders and other research centres.
Explore real-world case studies and examples of successful/unsuccessful and ongoing research.

Official language
The material is provided in English. Translations will not be provided, but English subtitles can be found in the videos.
 
Registration
Registration to the course is free but mandatory. Registration will be confirmed by e-mail.
 
Certificate of attendance
Participants will be issued a certificate of attendance once they have completed a minimum attendance of 75% of the entire course. An online evaluation questionnaire must be completed in order to receive the certificate that will be issued by email. The evaluation questionnaire will appear in the right-hand column of the course page when participants have completed 75% of the course.
 
Organising secretariat
Sonia Bulgarelli: sbulgarelli@eso.net
Francesca Marangoni: fmarangoni@eso.net
Sarah Jennie Goldman: sgoldman@eso.net
 

Welcome and introduction

10/10/2024

Experts: Giovanni Apolone, IT - Iwona Lugowska, PL - Simon Oberst, DK

Session 1

10/10/2024

What is capacity building in research and innovation?

10/10/2024

Expert: Simon Oberst, DK

Session 2

10/10/2024

What are the main pathways to bring research insights into clinical practice

10/10/2024

Expert: Ralf Herold, NL
Discussion

Session 3

10/10/2024

Research and innovation in the diagnostic pathway

10/10/2024

Expert: Kjetil Taskén, NO
AI example in Poland
Expert: Jan Poleszczuk, PL

Discussion

Session 4

10/10/2024

Next generation design of clinical trials

10/10/2024

Expert: Ulrik Lassen, DK
Next generation of secondary prevention
Expert: Ugo Pastorino, IT

Discussion

Sessione 5

10/10/2024

Federated Data Hubs

10/10/2024

Expert: Peter Nagy, HU
Exemplar: the work of Digicore
Expert: Gennaro Ciliberto, IT

Discussion

Session 6

11/10/2024

Molecular diagnostics in practice

11/10/2024

Expert: Maud Kamal, FR
How to organise molecular tumour boards
Expert: Susana Aguilar, ES

Discussion

Session 7

11/10/2024

Research and innovation in radiation oncology

11/10/2024

Expert: Jozsef Lovey, NO
Leading examples of radiotherapy clinical trials
Expert: Cai Grau, DK

Discussion

Session 8

11/10/2024

How to develop a research programme in central/eastern Europe

11/10/2024

Expert: Peter Nagy, HU
Example from a central European country
Expert: Piotr Rutkowski, PL

Discussion

Session 9

11/10/2024

How to collaborate with other research centres

11/10/2024

Expert: Iwona Lugowska, PL
The example of Alleanza Contro il Cancro
Expert: Paolo De Paoli, IT

Discussion

Susana Aguilar

Vall d' Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain

Giovanni Apolone

Scientific Director, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Gennaro Ciliberto

National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy

Paolo De Paoli

Alleanza Contro il Cancro, Rome, Italy

Cai Grau

Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

Ralf Herold

Head of Workstream, European Medicines Agency, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Maud Kamal

Executive Director, Institut Hospitalo Universitaire PRISM - Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Paris, France

Ulrik Lassen

Head of Oncology Department, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jozsef Lovey

Oslo Universtiy Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Iwona Lugowska

Head of International Cooperation, MSC National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

Peter Nagy

National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary

Simon Oberst

Improving Cancer Services ApS, Bornholm, Denmark

Ugo Pastorino

Director of Thoracic Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Jan Poleszczuk

CliniNote, Lublin, Poland

Piotr Rutkowski

Plenipotentiary of Head Director for National Oncological Strategy and Clinical Trials, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

Kjetil Taskén

Head of the Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway