Basel Biometric Section of the Austro-Swiss Region of the International Biometric Society
First announcement BBS Webinar: Statistical challenges in the clinical development of CAR T-cell therapies
Date: Monday, 22nd March 2021, 15:00-18:00 (CET)
Webinar: dial-in details will be communicated to registered participants
Please register until 18th March via the following form; after registration, in due time, participants will receive a calendar invite with the dial-in details.
The webinar is free of charge.
Announcement & program (with abstracts) BBS Webinar: Graphics for decision-making in biomedical research and drug development
Date: Monday, 8th March 2021, 14:00-17:00
Webinar: dial-in details will be communicated to registered participants
Please register until 28th February via the following form After registration participants will receive a calendar invite with the dial-in details (in the first week of March).
The webinar is free of charge.
Final announcement BBS Training Series 2021: A gentle Introduction to Causal Thinking
Date: Tuesday, 2nd February 2021, 14:00-17:00 (CET)
Virtual event: dial-in details will be communicated to registered participants
This event is the first in the BBS Training Series 2021 and is free of charge. However, if you wish to attend, we kindly ask you to fill out the online registration form. Participants will receive an online meeting invitation shortly before the event, and slides will be made available to participants after the event.
Giusi Moffa, University of Basel and BBS board member, A gentle introduction to causal thinking: concepts and definitions
Björn Bornkamp, Novartis, Drug development, the ICH E9 addendum and causal inference
Dominik Heinzmann, Roche and BBS board member, Practical application with implementation details: Estimating the causal treatment effect in a subgroup defined by a post-baseline biomarker
Final announcement Joint EFSPI / BBS Webinar: The application of estimands from a Neuroscience perspective
Date: Tuesday, 3rd November 2020, 13:00-16:00
Webinar: dial-in details will be communicated to registered participants
If you’d like to attend please fill out the registration form. After registration, you will receive a calendar invite with the Webex details. Slides will be made available after the event. Some of the talks might be recorded, pending speaker approval.
The webinar is free of charge.
The organizing committee members are Hans Ulrich Burger, Khadija Rantell, Nikolaos Sfikas, Peter Quarg on behalf of the European working group on Estimands in Neuroscience.
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Link to recording
Hans Ulrich Burger (BBS president) Welcome and introduction to the estimand framework
Nikolaos Sfikas (Novartis) Outline of an estimand strategy in MS
Mette Krog Josiassen (Lundbeck) and Peter Quarg (Novartis) Outline of an estimand proposal in migraine prevention and neuropathic pain
Paul Delmar (Roche) Using the Estimand Framework to address challenges in AD clinical trial with a closer look at the hypothetical strategy
Carrie Li (Roche) Estimands in Huntington’s disease
Andrew Hartley (PPDI) Impact of Covid-19 on studies in Neuroscience
Joel Raffel (MHRA) and Khadija Rantell (MHRA) Regulatory aspects of the estimand framework: Clinical and statistical perspectives
Anja Schiel (Norwegian agency and CHMP member) Panel discussion including all speakers
Announcement & program (with abstracts) BBS Webinar: RCTs meeting causal inference: principal stratum strategy and beyond
Date: Monday, 7th September 2020, 14:00-17:00
Webinar: dial-in details will be communicated to registered participants
Please register via the following form After registration you will receive a calendar
invite with a webex link.
Attendees are invited to ask questions via the chat function in webex. These questions will either be
commented on during the event or answered in writing and posted online.
The webinar is free of charge.
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Link to recording
Questions from the webinar chat addressed by the members of the organizing committee and panelists
Kaspar Rufibach (member of BBS board and co-lead industry working group
“estimands in oncology”) Welcome and scene settingVanessa Didelez (Keynote speaker, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research
and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen) Time-Varying Treatments in Observational Studies: Lessons for Clinical TrialsJack Bowden (University of Exeter) Connecting Instrumental Variable methods for causal inference to the Estimand Framework
Kelly van Lancker (Ghent University) Efficient, doubly robust estimation of the effect of dose switching for switchers in a randomised clinical trial
Björn Bornkamp (Novartis) Principal Stratum Strategy: Potential Role in Drug Development
Dominik Heinzmann (Roche) Principal stratum strategy to investigate anti-drug antibody impact on cancer immunotherapy outcome
Aiesha Zia (Novartis) Exploring estimation approaches for principal stratum estimands in Phase III randomized trials in CAR-T anti-cancer therapy
Fabrizia Mealli (University of Florence) The ICH E9 addendum from an academic causal inference perspective and feedback on the previous talks
Giusi Moffa (member of BBS board) Next webinars and closure
The BBS and EFSPI planned to hold a one day HTA seminar on June 30 at Novartis, but due to the current COVID-19 situation, the organizers have decided to hold it this year as a shortened 2-hour webinar on the same date which is free to attend.
Flyer and full details on how to register
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Disclaimer: All comments which were made during the Webinar are from the speakers themselves, and do not necessarily represent the position of the companies and organizations which they represent.
Link to panel discussion recording
Chrissie Fletcher, GSK UK Celebrating 10 Years HTA SIG
Christoph Schürmann, IQWiG, Germany Health-related quality of life endpoints in benefit assessments: Demands and challenges as seen by IQWiG in Germany
Lara Wolfson, Merck USA Issues related to transparency with HTA dossiers
Mark Nuijten, A2M and Univ. of Maastricht, NL & ITU, Turkey An innovative pricing model to assess the price of expensive drugs with an orphan indication
Fred Sorenson, Xcenda, member of BBS board Introduction to moderated panel discussion
Final announcement & program Joint EFSPI / BBS Webinar: Estimands addendum is final: Anything new for oncology?
Date: Monday, 29th June 2020, 09:00-11:45
Webinar: dial-in details will be communicated to registered participants
After the publication of the final version of the ICH E9 addendum, the BBS jointly with EFSPI would like to offer a half-day webinar on the broad topic of estimands in oncology drug development.
The event will feature talks from statisticians and clinicians in industry, regulatory agencies, and academia.
Initially, this event was planned as a full-day seminar on the Novartis campus. Given the current COVID-19 situation we turn this event into a series of webinars.
If you’d like to attend please fill out the registration form. After registration you will receive a calendar invite with a webex link.
The webinar is free of charge.
The organizing committee members are Evgeny Degtyarev, Kaspar Rufibach, Bibiana Blatna, Marie- Laure Casadebaig, Lynda Grinsted, Lorenzo Guizzaro, Wolfgang Kothny, Giusi Moffa, Hans-Jochen Weber. The event is supported by the European special interest group “Estimands in oncology”, sponsored by PSI and EFSPI, which is also an ASA scientific working group: http://www.oncoestimand.org.
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Link to recording
Questions from the webinar chat addressed by the members of the organizing committee and panelists
Kaspar Rufibach, Roche, member of BBS board Welcome and scene setting
Anja Schiel, Norwegian Medicines Agency Experience with the estimand framework in oncology
Renaud Capdeville, Novartis Challenges and open questions in hematology: RATIFY
Tina Nielsen, Roche Challenges and open questions in hematology: GALLIUM
Hannes Buchner, Staburo & Ingolf Griebsch, Boehringer Ingelheim Treatment switching: challenges, estimands, and estimators
Stefan Englert, AbbVie Commentary on previous talks taking COVID-19 into account
Final announcement BBS Webinar: Aspects of COVID-19 pandemic
Date: Wednesday, 3rd June 2020, 10am – 12pm
Venue: Webinar
Please register via the following link
Please send questions for the panel discussion to Hans Ulrich Burger hans_ulrich.burger@roche.com (or use the chat room during the meeting)
Jean Lang, Sanofi Pasteur Overview on SARS-CoV2 & Challenges for COVID-19 Vaccine Development at Pandemic Speed
Christian Althaus, ISPM, University of Bern Early transmission, pandemic spread and severity of COVID-19
Karin Meiser, Novartis Specific aspects of a clinical trial targeting Covid-19
Jenny Devenport, Roche The influence of investigator initiated studies in the COVID-19 pandemic
Final announcement & program BBS Virtual Seminar: Impact of COVID-19 on clinical trials
Date: Wednesday, 6th May 2020, 10am – 12pm
Venue: Virtual event
Please register via e-mail to Laurence Guillier laurence.guillier@roche.com
Please send questions for the panel discussion to Hans Ulrich Burger hans_ulrich.burger@roche.com
Frank Pétavy, EMA EMA perspective and guidance on COVID-19
Natalie Dimier, Roche Industry perspective on COVID-19 (1/3)
Mouna Akacha, Novartis Industry perspective on COVID-19 (2/3)
Cristina Sotto, J&J Industry perspective on COVID-19 (3/3)
Marcel Wolbers, Roche Short Overview of Pharmaceutical Industry COVID-19 Biostatistics Working Group
Evgeny Degtyarev, Novartis Short overview on COVID-19 from the Cross-Industry Oncology Estimands Working Group
Final Announcement BBS Seminar Network meta-analysis: methods and applications
The BBS is pleased to host a half-day seminar on network meta-analysis methods and applications.
The talks will present recent methodological advances and challenges as well as case studies from
the pharmaceutical industry and academia. We welcome all quantitative scientists to this event, which
will be a great opportunity to meet with colleagues and exchange ideas on this emerging and vibrant
field.
The seminar is free of charge but registration is mandatory for organizational reasons. Please register
via email to fred.sorenson@xcenda.com by Tuesday, January 21st, 2020, the latest.
The seminar takes place on February 4th, 2020 from 13:00-17:30
Venue: Roche Auditorium Building 92, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel
Sylwia Bujkiewicz, Bivariate network meta-analysis for surrogate endpoint evaluation
Gerta Rücker, Component network meta-analysis compared to a matching method in a disconnected network: a case study
Georgia Salanti, CINeMA: a framework and web application to evaluate the confidence in network meta-analysis results
Mark Pletscher, Network meta-analysis of treatments for previously untreated
metastatic PD-L1-positive triple-negative breast cancerBartosz Jenner, An experience with indirect treatment comparisons using MAIC methods in a rare disease (slide deck not available)
Marius Thomas, A network meta-analysis to compare efficacy of treatment options for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
