A presentation delivered by Derick Mitchell, IPPOSI CEO at the event to celebrate International Clinical Trials Day on May 10th, 2018 in the Mansion House, Dublin, organised by HRB-CRCI.
1. IPPOSI? Who?IPPOSI
A patient-led organisation
that works with patients,
government, industry,
& science to put patients at the
heart of health innovation
2. The Impact of Patient Education
Role Before EUPATI After
Member of patient organisation, not actively involved 17% 2%
Active role in a patient organisation 62% 71%
Leadership role in a patient organisation 62% 71%
Employee of a patient organisation 25% 23%
Volunteer role in a patient organisation 60% 67%
Presenting at conferences, workshops etc. 63% 83%
Advising a pharmaceutical company 13% 44%
Advising a regulatory agency 21% 42%
Advising a reimbursement agency 4% 8%
EUPATI Fellows are increasingly taking leadership roles and are engaging with
pharma, regulators and HTA bodies. Role changes also imply identity shifts.
3. Patient & Public Involvement in 2018
Research Leadership
5 PPI Ignite awards (€1.75m)
University of Limerick – Prof Anne MacFarlane
University College Dublin - Prof Thilo Kroll
NUI Galway - Prof Sean Dinneen
Dublin City University - Dr Veronica Lambert
Trinity College Dublin - Prof Mary McCarron
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
University College Cork
Irish College of General Practitioners
Clinical Research Centres / Facilities
Many other Irish researchers and research orgs
Health Agency Leadership
Dept. of Health
Muiris O’Connor, Head of Research &
Analytics, Assistant National Director
HSE
Ana Terres – HSE Head of Research and
Development, Assistant National Director
HRB
Anne Cody – Head of Pre-Award, Public
Reviewers of proposals
4. 2018- Where are we?
Patient / Patient Org. Leadership
• Umbrella Groups:
• IPPOSI - Derick Mitchell, CEO
• MRCG - Avril Kennan, CEO
• Condition-specific patient orgs:
• Retina International – Avril Daly, CEO
• Irish Cancer Society – Averil Power, CEO
• MS Ireland – Ava Battles, CEO
• CF Ireland – Philip Watt, CEO
• Rare Disease Groups
• 9 Irish EUPATI Fellows (+4 more)
• Irish Health Research Forum
Links to International Leadership
• EUPATI
• European Patients Forum
• EURORDIS
• Several UK groups (NIHR, INVOLVE,
James Lind, COMET, CRUK, etc.)
• PCORI (USA)
• CIHR (Canada)
• Cochrane
• EU Projects - H2020, IMI
6. Wow!.....passionate and knowledgeable
about PPI in research
Early Adopters
Constituency 2
Constituency 3
“Hmm . . . show me the evidence
that all this works and is helpful”
“Well …. PPI is a good idea but
where on earth do I start?”
7. Current Challenges
• Research not (yet) embedded in Irish healthcare system?
• Support & Training for Patients for specific roles in research?
• Equality, Inclusiveness & Sustainability of current efforts?
• How to shift the power balance between researchers and patients?
• Qualitative research tends to be at bottom of research hierarchy?
• Evidence of the value and impact of PPI?
• An over-arching vision for PPI in Research?
8. Metrics of Value of Involvement
• Anecdotal ----Qualitative----Quantitative
• Time / Cost savings
• Improved relationships
• Outcomes of relevance to patients
9. Assessing the Financial
Value of PPI
From:
A Quantitative Approach from CTTI’s Patient Groups and Clinical Trials Project. Levitan B et al., Drug Inf J : Therapeutic
Innovation & Regulatory Science. Published: July 17, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1177/2168479017716715
10. “A unique framework that enables structured, effective, meaningful, ethical, innovative, and
sustainable patient engagement (PE) and demonstrates the ‘return on the engagement’
for all players.”
Research priority setting
Early dialogues with regulators
and HTA bodies
Design of clinical trials
11. Building Capacity of ‘Patient Leaders’
• Patient Ambassadors
• to actively engage to represent a patient perspective in medicines development processes by
interacting with scientific committees, HTA agencies, industry, regulatory bodies, academia
and other relevant actors.
• Patient Journalists
• to contribute to raising awareness on patient involvement in medicines R&D amongst lay
patients, hard-to-reach patients and the lay public.
• Patient Facilitators/Trainers
• to become engaged in training activities supporting the dissemination of the education and
information programmes to patient communities, general public
12. Irish Patient Education Programme
Module Educational Partner IPPOSI Pilot
1. Understanding
Clinical Trials
University College
Dublin CRC
6 weeks blended
learning
2. Regulatory Affairs,
Medicines Safety,
Pharmacovigilance
Health Products
Regulatory
Authority
6 weeks blended
learning
3. Health Technology
Assessment
Dept. of Pharm +
Ther. TCD
+ NCPE + HIQA
7 weeks blended
learning
Blended Learning
150 hours e-learning in
total:
www.patientsinvolved.ie
Each Module begins and
finishes with half-day
face-to-face workshop
Online Mentoring,
Quizzes, Weekly Tasks
13. Three Modules – different approaches
MoU WITH UCD CLINICAL
RESEARCH CENTRE
• Created 40 purposely
designed online lectures,
• Significant support from CRC
administration + School of
Medicine IT dept.
• Certificate of completion with
UCD + IPPOSI logo
IPPOSI COLLABORATION
WITH HPRA
• Engaged 10+ HPRA staff in
pre-existing EUPATI content
• Generated Irish-specific
content.
• Certificate of completion
with HPRA + IPPOSI logo
MoU WITH TCD DEPT. OF
PHARM + HTA AGENCIES
• Engaged senior TCD +
NCPE + HIQA staff in pre-
existing EUPATI content
• Generated Irish-specific
content
• Certificate of completion
with NCPE + IPPOSI + HIQA
logo
14. Applications
• Total Applications: 36
• Applications Rejected
(i.e. after checking for completeness,
mandatory letter of motivation, etc.): 7
• Valid Applications: 29
15. Patient Organisations applying
• Alpha -1 Action Group
• Arthritis Ireland
• Irish Children's Arthritis Network
• Irish Cancer Society
• National Council for the Blind, Ireland
• Fighting Blindness (4)
• Vasculitis Ireland Awareness (3)
• Migraine Association of Ireland
• Spinal Injuries Ireland
• Irish Neonatal Health Alliance
• FibroIreland
• Tick Talk Ireland
• Cancer Trials Ireland PAAG
• ISGO PPI (Gynae Oncology)
• Patients for Patient Safety Ireland
• EASO Patient Council (Obesity)
• Sound Advice (Hearing)
• Order of Malta
• Chronic Pain Ireland
18. Student Feedback –
most valuable aspect?
The empowerment that the course provides cannot be
underestimated. At the end of the course I felt that my
knowledge of an area that I have worked in for many years
has been enriched and I would gladly have accepted even
greater detail in the course content.
Being introduced to the world of patient advocacy in
Ireland and EU and giving me a confidence that this
is an area that I can be a part of and make changes.
The commitment given by all those
preparing the material for the course
was much more than I could possibly
expect. I felt very privileged at the
attention to detail and the need to make
sure we were getting the best from the
course and understanding all the
segments. HPRA input gives me the
confidence to understand the way the
system works in Ireland, I understand
their website and feel confident that I
can contribute information / use it in the
future.
The tutors that were made available. To have that quality of
expertise available to us was exceptional.
A patient-led platform that provides a structured way of facilitating interaction between patients, government, industry, science and academia to put patients at the heart of policy and medicines development. In pursuit of this we hold workshops, discussion groups, training days and conferences on policy, legislation and regulation around the development of new medicines, products, devices and diagnostics for unmet medical needs.
The visible top represented the early adopters already passionate and knowledgeable about PPI in research. But under the water lurks a larger two part constituency. The “well PPI is a good idea but how on earth do you do it?” group, and the “Hmm . . . show me the evidence that all this works and is helpful” group. A warning was then issued that the network must avoid preaching to the converted and ensure it reaches out to the hearts and minds of those “below” the water line.
“The Irish paradox.” Louise Locock, professor of health services research at the University of Aberdeen, pointed out that while Scotland is widely seen as a leader in patient centred care, it only funds one (part time) person to embed PPI in research. Victoria Thomas, head of public involvement at NICE, pointed to another conundrum: the persistent tendency to put qualitative research—which is relevant and important in relation to a lot of the work around PPI—down the bottom of the research hierarchy. One issue where all were in agreement was that there is a need to shift the power balance between researchers and patients, for it still remains firmly skewed towards the former.
“the Scottish paradox.” Louise Locock, professor of health services research at the University of Aberdeen, pointed out that while Scotland is widely seen as a leader in patient centred care, it only funds one (part time) person to embed PPI in research. Victoria Thomas, head of public involvement at NICE, pointed to another conundrum: the persistent tendency to put qualitative research—which is relevant and important in relation to a lot of the work around PPI—down the bottom of the research hierarchy. One issue where all were in agreement was that there is a need to shift the power balance between researchers and patients, for it still remains firmly skewed towards the former.
Convincing the health economists
Focus: the three decision-making points
Expectations from students beforehand:
Information, Knowledge, Understanding
Uncertainty
What students got out of it:
Confidence
Credibility - Certificate of completion
Connections
Insights
Students have asked IPPOSI to create a private facebook group so they can communicate with themselves
When someone tells you that patients cannot understand or just do not want to know, just look at the data…..
Our relationship is fragile, dynamic, uncomfortable, ambitious, and goal-oriented
Healthcare Environment is changing….are you?