In the July 10, 2000 issue of the Washington FAX, they report on a
Clinical Research Roundtable meeting convened by the Institute of Medicine. This
roundtable is apparently an outgrowth of the Clinical Research Summit Project
that held a meeting in Nov 1998. At that time they identified nine clinical
research issues in a consensus document known as the Graylyn report. Among the
nine issues identified, the first was "There is no agreed-upon definition of
clinical research"
The recent meeting of the roundtable was an effort to begin to address the
nine items including a definition of clinical research. The next meeting of the
roundtable is Sept 25-26, 2000. Maybe they will come up with something then.
Kari Hastings
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From: Adcock, Constance [SMTP:xxxxxx@STJUDE.ORG]
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 5:08 PM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: Definitions
Does anyone have the current NIH definitions of "basic research" vs
"clinical" research?" I emailed several NIH offices about a week ago
but
have not received a response from any of them.
Also, are there standard definitions to differentiate between "grants,"
"contracts," and "sponsored agreements?" Do these definitions vary with
the
institution? At our institution, grants (no substantial programmatic
involvement per NIH Grants Policy Statement) are either federal or
non-profit (though at my former institution, there were also
industry-sponsored grants), contracts are usually federal, and sponsored
agreements are usually industry-sponsored or non-profit agencies other
than
federal.
These may sound like dumb questions, but I must submit definitions to a
hospital committee; some members do not use these terms as household
words
as we do (and I don't have much time to do it!).
Thanks for any help anyone can provide. (I have the NIH Grants Policy
Statement Definitions but they are slanted only toward NIH and do not
give
definitions of "contract" and "sponsored agreement.")
Constance N. Adcock
Manager, Research Services
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
332 North Lauderdale Street
Memphis, TN 38105-2794
Telephone: (901)495-4473
FAX: (901)527-8054
Email address: xxxxxx@stjude.org
<mailto:xxxxxx@stjude.org>
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