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Job id 095426: £43,205 - £50,585/annum, Guy’s Campus, closing 13 Oct 2024. KHP-CTO seeks experienced monitor for GCP trials, assisting Quality Manager and R&D staff. Responsibilities include trial setup, monitoring, data QC, adverse event reporting, and regulatory inspections. Full-time, field-based with national/international travel. Essential criteria: GCP experience, degree, regulatory knowledge, strong planning/organisational skills, computer proficiency, attention to detail, willingness to travel.

Speakers at the 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer highlighted the use of new technologies and emerging end points in clinical trials, emphasizing the importance of relationships with investigators, patients, and families. They discussed the evolving role of end points like event-free survival and pathologic complete response, and the need for advanced technology in standardizing trial design. Successful trial design requires pragmatic and adaptive protocols, and strong relationships are crucial for patient participation and trial success.

Lung cancer is increasingly affecting never-smokers, particularly younger, healthy individuals and women of Asian descent, with genetics and environmental factors playing significant roles. Research focuses on understanding these trends, improving early detection, and developing targeted treatments, as traditional smoking cessation efforts alone do not explain the rise in non-smoking lung cancer cases.