Programme

Day 1 – Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

08:30 – 08:50 Welcome address – Martine Extermann (USA) & William Dale (USA)

08:50- 09:00 Introduction to the course – Capucine Baldini (FR/USA)

09:00 – 11:00 Clinical trials presentations by participants

5 min for each, no Q&A

11:00 – 11:30 Networking break

11:30 – 12:00 Why dedicate trials for older patients with cancer? (20’+ 10’) – Grant Williams (USA)

12:00 – 12:30 Designs in GO trials (20’+ 10’) – Martine Extermann (USA)

12:30 – 13:00 Clinical Research in Low resources environment (community care) (20’+ 10’) – Cristiane Decat Bergerot (BR)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 17:00 Workshop

Consists in 3 working groups focusing on clinic trials protocols with faculty guidance.

Day 2 – Thursday, April 9th, 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Tools available to implement geriatric parameters in GO trials (20’+ 10’) – Friederike Van Den Bos (NL)

09:00 – 9:30 Digitalization in Geriatric Oncology Clinical Research (20’+ 10’) – Capucine Baldini (FR/USA)

9:30-10:00 Challenges of massive data and/or clinical data-warehouses use in GO (20’+ 10’) – Charline Jean (FR)

10:00 – 10:30 Networking break

10:30 – 11:30 Comparative Trial Design Through a Geriatric Assessment Lens (50’+ 10’) – Canlan Sun (USA)

11:30 – 12:30 Data interpretation and biases in observational studies (50’+ 10’) – Sophie Pilleron (LU) – Virtual

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 15:30 Round table How to improve representation in clinical trials?

• Industry point of view – TBD
• Regulatory point of view (FDA) – Bindu Kanapuru (USA)
• Academics point of view (CARG) – Heidi Klepin (USA)
• Patient point of view – Beverly Canin (USA)

20 mins presentation / Q&A – debate 50 mins

15:45 – 17:00 Working groups

Meet the expert sessions.

Day 3 – Friday, April 10th, 2026

08:30 – 09:00 Funding and Writing grants for Clinical Trials (20’+ 10’) – William Dale (USA)

09:00 – 09:30 How to integrate patient in GO clinical research (20’+ 10’) – Melissa Loh (USA)

09:30 – 10:00 Measuring Tolerability in Geri-Onc Research (20’+ 10’) – Supriya Mohile (USA)

10:00 – 10:30 Non-pharmacological interventions (20’+ 10’) – Nate Parker (USA)

10:30 – 11:00 Optimizing Clinical Trial Performance: Strategies for Start-Up, Recruitment and Retention (20’+ 10’) – Vani Katheria (USA)

11:00 – 11:30 Networking break

11:30 – 12:00 How to implement translational research in GO clinical trials? (20’+ 10’) – Capucine Baldini (USA/FR)

12:00 – 12:30 Nursing Research perspective (20’+ 10’) – Cassandra Vonnes (USA)

12:30 – 13:00 What Matters Most: Patient Values, Treatment Decision-Making, and Trial Design (20’+ 10’) – Daniel Richardson (USA)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00 Working groups

Protocol updates & last finalizations

15:00 – 17:00 Final presentations of clinical trials by participants

10 mins each (5 mins presentation, 5 mins Q&A)