Activities

CRIGH activities will be based on strategic plans adopted every two years by the Management Board. Initial focus areas will include six projects: 

  1. Infrastructure and funding: developing a network of high-quality and interoperable clinical trial centres supporting investigation and trial management, with national, regional and global networking, and promoting funding sources for independent, international trials. 
  2. Global core competencies: promoting harmonised education, training and careers for investigators and clinical research professionals.
  3. Research ethics: promoting quality, consistency and training for research ethics committees.
  4. Patient involvement: fostering the involvement of patients as trial participants and in trial design, definition of outcome measures, and establishment of research priorities.
  5. Comparative effectiveness research and socio-economic impact: promoting methodologies for efficient comparison of treatment strategies, and assessing the medical, social and economic impact of evidence generated.
  6. Clinical trials data management: addressing the emerging issues for data sharing and developing common standards for clinical data management (national level).

 

Activities will aim to facilitate international cooperation for both commercial and non-commercial trials. However, CRIGH will primarily focus on investigator-initiated trials and clinical research conducted by public research organisations for the benefit of global health, where the need to support international collaboration is the highest. At the same time, a substantial amount of the initiative’s proposed work is also relevant for the health industry and especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).