Objectives and Activities
Rationale for establishing the ESSO Clinical Research Committee (CRC)
- Quality improvement in surgery goes hand in hand with improvement in research
- Collaboration is needed to overcome the hurdles of surgical research
- New ideas for prospective clinical research must be generated
- Education on clinical research methodology must be integrated in surgical training
- Expanding the role of ESSO on research is the way to move forward
The Vision for Surgical Clinical Research
Goals of the Clinical Research Committee
- Involve ESSO in a new mission: to generate research ideas that are prospective, high-quality but feasible
- Expand the network of surgeon researchers
- Collaborate with established groups to initiate and drive surgical research (EURECCA, EORTC, JCOG, etc.)
- Facilitate education of young surgeons on clinical research methodology
Clinical Research Activities
Initiation phase
- Run a feasibility survey: to further develop and assess the needs for Pan-European surgical research platform
- Define the Charter of the committee
- Define the network of surgeons willing to engage in collaborative research
- Collaboration with EORTC through the SURCARE initiative “High Quality Standards for Prospective Surgical Clinical Research”
Implementation phase
- Defining quality parameters of a surgical trial
- Addressing the obstacles to surgical research
- Using the website to be a capacity building tool to develop surgical research
- Develop the first pilot research project of the CRC
- Conduct a surgical clinical research course for young trainees
- Facilitate and international observership, mentorship or exchange programs for young surgeons interested in clinical research
- Evaluation of the impact of first year projects
Survey results
ESSO Clinical Research Committee Survey on Challenges of Conducting Surgical Trials Results
New deal for Clinical Research in Surgical Oncology - interview with Professor Serge Evrard