MEETING INFORMATION

6th Annual Scientific Meeting Materials available in the ISCTM Library
Public Viewing:  Awardee posters and Poster Abstracts are available for public viewing
Member Only Viewing:  Released Presentations are being posted week of 8 March
Video production of released session should be completed by end of April

SAVE THE DATE
2010 Autumn Conference
13-14 October 2010
Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor - Baltimore, Maryland
Preliminary Agenda

 

Clinical Trials in the Prodromal Phase of Alzheimer's Disease – Methodological Challenges and Clinical Outcomes Are Addressed at ISCTM Annual Meeting

A half-day session, characterizing the validity and utility of clinical trials designed to assess treatments for prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), chaired by Michael Davidson, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Tel Aviv University and George Garibaldi, M.D., Clinical Development, Roche Pharmaceuticals was held on February 24,2010, at the 6th Annual Meeting of the International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM) in Washington, DC.

Recent advances into AD pathology and accompanying biomarker technology have suggested that early intervention in neurodegenerative diseases prior to the emergence of overt clinical symptoms is advantageous and should result in a greater impact on disease progression.  However, assessing the therapeutic index of a prodromal phase of disease is often beset by a number of methodological challenges which were expertly addressed by an expert panel of clinical, industry and regulatory scientists who provided tactical and procedural advice regarding the implementation of these approaches in future clinical trials of prodromal AD.  Read more . .

ISCTM Announces New Executive at Annual Business Meeting

The results of ISCTM balloting for the 2010- 2011 Executive Committee were announced at the 5th Annual Business Meeting of the society, 22 February 2010, Washington D.C.  The ISCTM wishes to welcome Charles Bowden MD, who has been elected to serve a second term, Amir Kalali MD,  Barry Lebowitz PhD, John Messina PharmD, and Steven Romano MD, who have been elected for first terms.  Newly selected officers were also announced: President-Elect-Richard Keefe, PhD; Treasurer - Larry Ereshefsky, PharmD; Secretary - John Messina, PharmD.

We also wish to extend thanks to outgoing members, Stephen Marder MD, and Mary Kujawa MD, who also served the past two years as the society's Treasurer. 

We had an excellent voting turnout of over 50% of the membership.  Thanks to all who agreed to stand for election as well as those who took the time to vote.