Education and training

Do you work in clinical trials and want to know more about cancer trials?

If so you may be interested in our courses which are aimed at those new to academic cancer clinical trials.

Our courses give an introduction to this field of research. Places are limited, and priority is given to applicants actively involved in academic clinical trials working in a UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) or for the NIHR Clinical Research Network in the NHS. For example, trial assistants, data managers, trial managers, statisticians, clinicians and research nurses. If you do not fit this category then you can ask to be put on the waiting list for any unfilled places and, if a place is available you will receive notification 2 weeks before the course.

  • Statisticians new to cancer trials should attend the annual Introduction to Cancer Clinical Trials for Statisticians Course.
  • Clinicians may benefit from two of the Trial and data management courses: Running a Trial from Concept to Completion and Trial Outcomes.
  • Experienced trialists wanting to become more effective trainers from any discipline (statistical, regulatory, trial management) may be interested in attending our Train the trainer course
All courses take place at the Cancer Research UK & UCL Cancer Trial Centre.
Trial and data management courses and resources

These courses are aimed at trial managers, data managers, trial assistants, research nurses and trial practitioners new to academic cancer clinical trials. These are introductory courses aimed at those wishing to expand their knowledge.

Available courses and Materials

Cancer treatments and their side effects - compliance and adverse event reporting - 13 June 2022
Description:

This session is a basic introduction to common cancer treatments, such as surgery radiotherapy and chemotherapy and their most common side effects and adverse reactions. 


Participants will learn about the importance of collecting good quality data on treatment received and adverse events and how treatment compliance and adverse events are reported in cancer trial publications.


This course is not recommended for clinicians
Trainer:
Giulia Pellizzari
Start date:
13/06/2022
Start time:
10:00
End time:
13:00
Cost:

Fees & Registration

This course is free for staff from Units within ICTM  (CRUK-CTC, CCTU, MRC CTU at UCL, and PRIMENT). Attendees from outside the ICTM will be required to pay an attendance fee. Fees are based on the attendee's organisation as follows:


£50 for attendees from non-profit organisations

£100 for attendees from for-profit organisations 


To register (or if you have any queries about any of our courses) please complete the registration form and email it to the CTC Training Administrator at ctc.training@ucl.ac.uk The CTC Administrator will advise successful applicants of the fee payment process.

Please note: payment is by credit or payment card only. 
Course materials

Trial outcomes - what are we trying to measure? - 7th July 2022
Description:

This session, aimed at non statisticians, will cover the most common primary outcomes measures used in early and late phase cancer trials.


Participants will learn what makes a good outcome measure, how outcomes measures are defined and what data need to be collected to assess the outcome, especially for tumour response assessment and time to event measures such as survival and disease (or progression) free survival.
Trainer:
Amy Kirkwood
Start date:
07/07/2022
Start time:
10:00
End time:
13:00
Cost:

Fees & Registration

This course is free for staff from Units within ICTM  (CRUK-CTC, CCTU, MRC CTU at UCL, and PRIMENT). Attendees from outside the ICTM will be required to pay an attendance fee. Fees are based on the attendee's organisation as follows:


£50 for attendees from non-profit organisations

£100 for attendees from for-profit organisations 


To register (or if you have any queries about any of our courses) please complete the registration form and email it to the CTC Training Administrator at ctc.training@ucl.ac.uk The CTC Administrator will advise successful applicants of the fee payment process.

Please note: payment is by credit or payment card only. 
Course materials

Immunotherapy for Haematological Cancers - 29th June 2022
Description:
The focus of this morning is on haematological cancers, their relationship with healthy white blood cells, and how immunotherapies are being used to treat them. 

Our presenter, Dr Elaine Vickers, will focus much of her attention on two groups of treatments: The first group are the antibody-based treatments that attach to the surface of cancer cells and thenattract and activate several types of white blood cells through various means. Elaine will describe “naked” antibodies like rituximab, but she’ll also explain why other antibody-based strategies, suchas drug-conjugated antibodies and bi-specific antibodies, are being used against some cancers. 

The second group of treatments that Elaine will describe are CAR T cell therapies, in which some of the patients own T lymphocytes are harvested, modified, and then returned to their body. Elaine will explain the science behind CAR T cell therapies for people with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. But she’ll also provide an update on those being developed for other blood cancers, including multiple myeloma. 

Please note that the exact content of this course is still being confirmed, though the below should give you a good idea about what to expect from this session
Trainer:
Elaine Vickers
Start date:
29/06/2022
Start time:
09:30
End time:
12:30
Cost:
Free places allocated on a first come first served basis. Please sign up via Eventbrite
Course materials

Immunotherapy for solid tumours - 29th June 2022
Description:

The focus of this afternoon is on cancer’s relationship with the immune system, and how thisknowledge is being used to improve the outlook of people with various solid tumours. Elainedescribes how checkpoint inhibitors boost cancer-fighting T cells. She also highlights some of thelessons learned through the hundreds of clinical trials with checkpoint inhibitors that have takenplace over the past decade. Lastly, Elaine explains how other forms of immunotherapy aim to createan anti-cancer immune response. 

 
 
Trainer:
Elaine Vickers
Start date:
29/06/2022
Start time:
13:30
End time:
16:30
Cost:
Free - places are allocated on a first come first served basis. Please sign up for this course via Eventbrite
Course materials

Training resources and materials

To register for one of the above courses please download the registration form () and email the completed form to ctc.training@ucl.ac.uk

Statistician courses & resources

Available courses and Materials

There are currently no training courses available.

Statistical Monitoring Programs for R

Below are the programs used in Application of methods for central statistical monitoring in clinical trials. Clinical trials, Volume 10 Issue 5 October 2013 pp. 769 - 792.

The links give the R code and a word document with instructions on how to run the program and interpret the output.

Program nameInstructionsR Code
Dates: Order Checking
Dates: Weekends and National Holidays
Outliers
Digit Preference: Integers
Digit preference: Benford’s law and comparison with all other sites
Comparison of Means: Chernoff Faces and Star Plots
Inliers
Checking adverse event rates
Correlation checks
Variance checks
Categorical variables
Web applications

This online application allows the user to design randomised phase 2 trials (with either 2 or 3 arms) using a margin of practical equivalence. This work was done by Dr. Hakim-Moulay Dehbi and will be published in a scientific journal in the near future.

Training resources and materials

To register for one of the above courses please download the registration form () and email the completed form to ctc.training@ucl.ac.uk

Clinician courses and resources

Information on courses aimed at clinicians can be found here

For more information on partnering with a CTU

Train the trainer

Available courses and Materials

There are currently no training courses available.

Training resources and materials
no resources are available for this section right now

To register for one of the above courses please download the registration form () and email the completed form to ctc.training@ucl.ac.uk

Other education and training

CTC staff also collaborate with the Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology (ICTM) courses as well as undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and our statisticians run a number of UCL graduate skills courses aimed at researchers across UCL

There are currently no training courses available.

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