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CURRENT I/C PRACTICES ON INVOLVEMENT OF CONSUMER ADVOCATES IN PEER REVIEW NIH PEER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE January 23, 2006 Olivia Bartlett, Ph.D. Chief, Research Programs Review Branch, NCI, and Chair, NIH Review Policy Committee
SUMMARY OF I/C PRACTICES • I/C RPC reps surveyed in December 2005 • Responses from 16 I/Cs • 7 responding I/Cs have involved consumer advocates in peer review of clinical research • Routinely: • NIAID – since ~ 1990 • NCI – since ~1997 • NIDA -- since June 2001 • NIMH – since 2001 • Occasionally/sporadically: • NINDS • NCMHD • NICHD
REASONS FOR NOT INVOLVING CONSUMER ADVOCATES IN PEER REVIEW • Basic research portfolio (3 I/Cs) • Diverse constituency groups/disease areas (2 I/Cs) • Use other “non-research” reviewers, such as nurses or clinician-assistants, to represent patient/human subject perspective • Competing advocacy groups in disease areas • Don’t review clinical trials applications “in house” • Lay persons not likely to have adequate expertise or training to evaluate according to the review criteria • Poor experience with involvement of consumer advocates/lay members in the past • Concerns about confidentiality • “No special reason”
ROUTINE INVOLVEMENT OF CONSUMER ADVOCATES IN PEER REVIEW BY 4 I/CS • Involved in review of clinical research, treatment research/clinical trials, and health services research • Terminology varies • NIAID, NCI: Consumer advocates • NIDA: Community reviewers or public members • NIMH, NICHD: Public reviewers/participants • Goals • Provide perspective of patients/target populations • Provide expertise about feasibility of proposed intervention, recruitment, retention in “real world” situations • Comment about HS protection and G/M/C inclusion
ROUTINE INVOLVEMENT OF CONSUMER ADVOCATES IN PEER REVIEW BY 4 I/CS • Identification and Recruitment • NCI – CARRA program • NIAID, NIMH, NIDA – SRAs identify through meetings, internet searches, recommendations, and personal knowledge • Special Training • NCI – CARRA program; orientation book and glossary • NIMH – 1-day training; conference call before review • NIAID, NIDA – SRA provides standard and adapted review instructions
ROUTINE INVOLVEMENT OF CONSUMER ADVOCATES IN PEER REVIEW BY 4 I/CS • Review Assignments • Given specific assignments • Write and post critiques in IAR • NCI has template for comments, focusing on HS issues • Scoring • Consumer advocates/public members score applications • Proportion of Review Committee • Generally 1 or 2 per committee • Membership on Standing Committees • NCI, NIDA, NIMH – yes, on clinical review committees • NIAID – no; reviews by SEPs