European Medicines Agency – EORTC workshop on novel PRO and QoL approaches in cancer clinical research – Postponed

In light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the EORTC-EMA Quality of Life Workshop is postponed until further notice as our primary concern is for the health and welfare of all our participants and staff, as well as the wider community. We will announce new dates when they become available.

The objectives of this joint workshop are to discuss novel approaches to define and use instruments and tools for patient-reported outcomes (PRO) and quality of life (QoL) information that can be used in cancer clinical research, cancer medicine development and clinical cancer care.

The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) has developed an item library from which researchers and clinicians can select parts of existing, validated instruments that best fit a trial’s research questions and can add provisions to capture symptoms and adverse events not covered by existing instruments. Furthermore, international consortia have published recommendations concerning patient-reported outcomes, covering selection of measures, writing protocols, presenting and interpreting results.

During the workshop, academia, regulatory agencies, HTA bodies and patient organisations will present experience and views. The focus of the discussions will be how PRO and QoL instruments can become an integral part of a more patient-centred drug development of treatments for cancer patients.

Location: European Medicines Agency