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Work Package Architecture
Data Harmonisation
Main aim: Create a central EU data registry for the harmonised collection of clinical data on patients treated with gene and cellular therapies from cells and tissues of hematopoietic origin to support collaborative studies and regulatory decision making.
Standards of Care
Main aims: Develop harmonised guidelines on patient and product management for health care professionals. Reduce inspection burden and redundancies by developing and implementing consensus-driven requirements and qualification standards for clinical teams delivering gene and cellular therapies from cells and tissues of hematopoietic origin.
Education
Main aims: Develop a central portal for both patients and caregivers as well as health care professionals to access training and educational materials on cellular therapies and to streamline the training supply to minimise duplication of efforts. Develop a consensus-based curriculum that meets the needs of multiple stakeholders.
Policy and Advocacy
Main aims: Represent and promote the interests of the GoCART coalition and its stakeholders in EU policy making by engaging with EU institutions and other relevant stakeholders.
Scientific Excellence
Main aims: Stimulate scientific discussion across stakeholders, facilitate the set-up of joint research projects and avoid duplication of scientific efforts.
Main achievements of 2020
- Launch of the multi-stakeholder coalition.
- More than 15 interviews with representatives of different stakeholder groups were held to get a better understanding of the interests, expectations and potential barriers for participation. The feedback received resulted in a revision of the Governance Charter, which will be further reviewed and finalised in 2021.
- Work package 1 on data harmonisation invited GoCART coalition stakeholders to participate in the review of the EBMT Cellular Therapy form to ensure the form is up-to-date with the latest developments in the field
- Work package 2 on standards of care, launched a committee working on the harmonisation of existing centre qualification schemes to reduce inspection burden for centres.
Main Goals for 2021 - 2022
- Consolidate the activities of work package 1 and 2 and to start-up activities for the other work packages on: education, health technology assessments, scientific excellence, and policy and advocacy.
- Consolidate GoCART Coalition governance structure and set-up Coalition management processes
- Expand GoCART Coalition network and align it with other initiatives