[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14208-14209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7648]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Medical Research Service Cooperative Studies Evaluation
Committee; Notice of Meeting
The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law
92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act), as amended, by section 5(c) of
Public Law 94-409, that a meeting of the Medical Research Service
Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee will be held at the Ramada
Hotel (Old Town) Alexandria, VA 22314, April 23-24, 1996. The session
on April 23 is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. and on
April 24 from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The meeting will be for the purpose
of reviewing five new protocols for multi-hospital clinical trial: one
on treatment of seizures in the elderly, one on treatment of cirrhosis
in patients with alcoholic liver disease; one on comparison of three
procedures for bleeding esophageal varices; one on naltrexone treatment
of alcoholism; and one on specialized medication and revascularization
therapy and progress of two on-going cooperative studies, one on risk
factors for colon cancer and one on genetic study on schizophrenia.
The Committee advises the Director, Medical Research Service,
through the Chief of Cooperative Studies Program on the relevance and
feasibility of the studies, the adequacy of the protocols, and the
scientific validity and propriety of technical details, including
protection of human subjects.
The meeting will be open to the public up to the seating capacity
of the room from 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. on both days to discuss the
general status of the program. To assure adequate accommodations, those
who plan to attend should contact Dr. Ping Huang, Coordinator, Medical
Research Service, Cooperative Studies Evaluation Committee, Department
of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, (202) 565-7154, prior to the
meeting.
The meeting will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 23, 1996,
and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 24, 1996, for consideration of
specific proposal in accordance with provisions set forth in section
10(d) of Public Law 92-463, as amended by section 5(c) of Public Law
94-409, and 5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(6). During this portion of the meeting,
discussions and recommendations will deal with qualifications of
personnel conducting the studies, staff and consultant critiques of
research protocols, and similar documents, and the medical records of
patients who are study subjects, the disclosure of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Dated: March 22, 1996.
By direction of the Secretary.
Heyward Bannister,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-7648 Filed 3-28-96; 8:45 am]
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