News and Information

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE CIBMTR


I've got some big news to post- although hopefully people have heard
about it so it's not BIG news...


CIBMTR Milwaukee is moving on Wed., May 7, 2008 to a single location in
the new Cancer Center. All staff are getting new phone numbers
(different phone system), but E-mail addresses should remain the same.
Don't expect much in the way of communication on Wed, May 7, and it is
advisable to not send faxes that day. As of the next day we should be
up and running.

December 12 2005

Contact information to the CIBMTR on the Internet.

The new web address to the CIBMTR is www.cibmtr.org (and not www.ibmtr.org)

August 17 2005

Contact information to the CIBMTR

3 August 05 The CIBMTR-Milwaukee Data Entry Department moved to another building on campus. If you need to communicate urgently, please use the general E-mail address: mailto:ibmtr@mcw.eduand specify who you are trying to reach. We should all be back on-line very soon!

Well publish everyone's new phone # as soon as they are confirmed. I believe there will be a recording for about 6 months giving the new #'s.

Best regards,

Diane Jacobi Knutson

Sr Research Associate

July 18 2005

SOP for good clinical practice:

If your center is in need of a template for SOP's the "STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP) FOR GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE AT THE INVESTIGATIVE SITE'S" WEB SITE http://www.ccrp.com/sop.shtml is something that you might be interested in.

Denise Bellmann (mentor)

April 13 2005
Important message from CIBMTR
We've undergone some computer upgrades and as a result, all of CIBMTR-Milwaukee are having some glitches in sending and receiving e-mail to MCW accounts - as of yesterday (11Apr05). If anything is urgent and you have not received a reply or the message was bounced back to you, please send by fax 414-456-6530. We are here!

Diane Knutson
Sr Research Associate
CIBMTR

January 14. 2005
Important change for those who submit copies of NMDP Forms for CML HSCT recipients:

The NMDP Follow-up Form 150 is a little to abbreviated for collecting disease specific follow-up information for the disease CML. Any recipient who had their initial HSCT for CML, for whom an NMDP Form 150 is submitted, must also include the 095-CMLFU (available from http://www.ibmtr.org/). Thank you for your cooperation!

Diane Knutson
Sr Research Associate
CIBMTR

January 12. 2005
Auto UCB:
Most umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplants (TX) are allogeneic, but on a rare occasion an autologous UCB TX takes place. If you are registering an AUTOLOGOUS cord blood TX, please make an special note that you confirm the TX was autologous and not allogeneic. Due to the rarity, if you don't alert us upfront, we will be contacting you to confirm.

Diane Knutson
Sr Research Associate
CIBMTR

January 12. 2005
Novel indications for HSCT:
We recently had a Team contact us about using autologous PB to treat heart disease (directly injecting auto PB into the heart). We do want you to let us know about any new therapies that are being implemented. We might not always have a code in place on the Registration documents (Pre-Reg/TED), but almost all fields have an "other" into which new options can go. Upon revision, a field can be created if the new idea catches on. In the example above, we would not have a specific diagnosis code for 'heart disease', hence no appropriate disease classification page. Submit a short note explaining the new procedure and details instead of a Disease Classification page.

Diane Knutson
Sr Research Associate
CIBMTR

November 25 2004

Tandeem BMT meeting, Keystone, Colorado.
Tuesday, Feb 8, 2005:
An Overview of Oncology Trials - BMSO Clinical Research Coordinator WorkshopThis one-day workshop is designed to teach research coordinators the fundamentals of managing oncology clinical trials with an emphasis on ICH guidelines and FDA regulations (CFS).
The target audience consists of oncology clinical research staff with less than two years experience. Nurse and non-nurse coordinators welcome. Teaching methods include didactic presentation, small group assignments and large group discussion. Continental breakfast, breaks and lunch provided.
For registration please contact Danette Schutjer by email at danette.schutjer@bms.com with name, address and title (CRA, RN). Attendance limited to the first 40 participants.
Registration deadline is January 24, 2005. CEUs provided.
(Supported by Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology)

July 14 2004
Important request from CIBMTR – update contact information

Please let the CIBMTR know if there have been any staff changes at your institution in relation to Data Managers and Clinical Research Assistance or if “anything” else changes. The CIBMTR would also like to know new contact information, if contact information changes or if someone should be deleted form the list. This is especially important in relation to whom the CIBMTR should contact for data queries The CIBMTR prefer to send queries directly to the correct person, but can't when they haven't been informed of changes. Changes in contact information should be send to ibmtr@mcw.edu, rather than to specific staff people at CIBMTR.
Thanks!

Diane Knutson
Sr. Research Associate
CIBMTR

April 25, 2004
Concerning Pre-Registering patients
Author: Diane Knutson, Sr Research Associate, IBMTR/ABMTR
When completing the Pre-Reg Form, if a piece of data is not known, e.g. what GVHD prophylaxis will be used, leave the section blank. Do NOT answer "none". It is better to send the Pre-Reg when all of the data points can be completed, but if on rare occasions you need to send the Form without all the data, please do not give a wrong answer just because the correct answer is not known. If you leave a question blank, you will need to create a reminder system to send the data once it is obtained. Thank you for your data collection efforts.
Diane

Feb, 25 2004
Information update from the IBMTR/ABMTR
Author: Mark Reitz, Program Director, Data Core. IBMTR/ABMTR Statistical Center

The IBMTR/ABMTR would like to remind you that the Series 2002 Reporting
Forms version of our CORE Inserts, Graft Inserts and newly created DCI
Inserts are released. The new Series 2002 Inserts are currently available on
our website at
www.instruct.mcw.edu/IBMTR/BWebServer/datacollec/dc_reportforms.html. The
"Instructions for Completing the Series 2002 Reporting Forms" can be found
at www.ibmtr.org/datacollec/dc_managmanu.html.

For those teams that use Stemsoft Software, they have released BMTbase®
Suite V3.1 to correspond to all the new Series 2002 Reporting Forms, except
the DCI inserts. They will release the DCI insert software soon, please
contact StemSoft for details.

Also, some StemSoft Centers print out their forms and mail them to us. For
accuracy and efficiency reasons, the IBMTR/ABMTR prefers that all data is
submitted electronically rather than paper. Please contact me with any
questions.

The IBMTR/ABMTR and StemSoft have worked together, and are pleased to
announce the release of Ted on the Web. This allows online data entry for
all TED forms. Please visit www.ibmtr.org/datacollec/datacollec.html for
more information.

Thank you for your continued participation with IBMTR/ABMTR.

Manual for Clinical Research Professionals release.
The IBMTR/ABMTR have just released the new Data Management Manual that will provide your with information regarding the registration process, information on electronic reporting, answer all your questions when filling out Core Inserts, Core Follow –Ups and DCI inserts and much more.
To get access to the Data Management Manual use the link IBMTR/ABMTR on this web site or go to www.ibmtr.org. Click on “Data Collection” and a drop down menu appears, here you click on “Data Management Manual”. On the first page you will find a general introduction to the “Manual for Clinical Research Professionals”. To get access to the entire manual click on “Manual for Clinical Research Professionals”, it may takes a minute to down load it.

On the first page of the manual you have 5 options:
- An introduction on how to use the manual “how to use”.
- A “Table of Contents” (TOC) that allows you to enter a specific page in the manual (if you want to return to the TOC, left click and select “return to previous view”).
- “Section I” (describe general reporting rules).
- “Section II” (list all questions in the 002- Core Insert).
- “Section III” (helpful appendices and information on electronic reporting).

You should enter the Manual for Clinical Research Professionals every few months; to be sure you have the latest version. If you have any questions, suggestions or comments directly related to the Manual, please contact Sr. Research Associate Diane Knutson at the IBMTR/ABMTR.

Information:
The IBMTR/ABMTR has just announced the release for the Series 2002 Report Forms for Core Insert, Graft Insert, and new DCI Insert forms. You can access the new forms at www.ibmtr.org/datacollec/datacollec.html or use the link IBMTR/ABMTR. Stemsoft Software will soon be updating the software with these form changes. Disease Specific Inserts are still in progress and will be released soon.

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