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Board of Directors (Current List) Contact Us (Members of NMCCA Staff)
For financial information, please see our IRS Form 990 on the GuideStar database -- www.guidestar.org
Number of Patients Accrued to Trials
188 patients enrolled on NMCCA trials
NMCCA Site |
Number of Accruals |
| UNM Cancer Center |
120 |
| Hematology-Oncology Associates |
20 |
| New Mexico Cancer Care Associates |
18 |
| Lovelace |
13 |
| Radiation Oncology Associates |
13 |
| Southwest Gynecological Oncology Associates |
4 |
| Albuquerque Urology Associates |
1 |
| NM VA Medical Center |
1 |
| St. Vincent Regional Medical Center |
0 |
Time to Open Trials
is calculated from the receipt of the protocol in NMCCA offices
to IRB Approval
Goal - 11 Weeks
Range - 1.5 Weeks to 44 Weeks
Average - 14.8 Weeks
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Education Summary
Education Committee – Chaired Dr. Rob Hromas
Events - October 2006 to October 2007
October 4-6, 2006
– Oncology for the Primary Care Physician: Helping Your Patients
with Breast Cancer Make Informed Decisions
November 15, 2006
– Yehuda Patt, MD, topic TBD
March 30, 2007
- Kathy Miller, M.D., "The VEGF Pathway as a Therapeutic Target
in Cancer"
April 12-13, 2007
– James Armitage, M.D.
1)
Common Errors, Controversies and Recent Advances in the
Treatment of Lymphoma
2) Curability of Follicular Lymphoma
April 28, 2007
– Rob Hromas, M.D. " Meet the Doctor on Leukemia" (with the
L eukemia & Lymphoma Society)
September 14, 2007
- Jeffrey Weitzel, MD, New Developments in Genetics of Breast Cancer
Awareness Programs, Communications & Community Events
(Helping to Enhance Research in Oncology)
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educates the community
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raises awareness about the role of clinical trials in cancer care
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addresses health disparities in New Mexico by working to remove barriers to participation in the trials offered by our partners
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recognizes the contributions of cancer clinical trial participants at an annual breakfast
- Communications
- Community Newsletter
- Website updated regularly
- Community Events
- Cancer Services of New Mexico Fall Retreat
- Lovelace Women’s Hospital Breast Cancer Symposium
- Community Health Charities Cookie Walk
- Cancer Services of New Mexico Spring Retreat
- HERO Recognition Breakfast (February 15, 2008)
- Pink Shawl Project Seminars, Health Fair & Powwow
(May 23-24, 2008)
Moving Forward
2007-2008 Objectives
- The average time to open clinical trials will be < 11 weeks.
- NMCCA will accrue a minimum of 195 subjects with a minimum of 60% on pharmaceutical sponsored trials and 38% on NCI and 2% on unfunded investigator-initiated trials
- Meet the financial performance approved by the Board on May 3, 2007
- Develop Primary Prevention Trials
- Work with the NM Department of Health and with Physicians associated with NMCCA Institutional Participants to implement
- Work with NM Legislature and NM Department of Health to obtain funding to develop primary care models
- Expand beyond Albuquerque & Santa Fe for Participants
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updated 11/28/07
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