Topic outline

  • M306: Clinical Trial Design and Protocol Writing

    February 24, 2026 – June 9, 2026

    Course Director

    Alexia Iasonos, PhD     

    iasonosa@mskcc.org 

    646-227-3557    

               

    Teaching Assistant

    Brenden Bready           

    breadyb@mskcc.org 

     

    Class Times:   Tuesday: 9:00am-11:30am.

                             Thursday (4/23): 8:00am-10:30am – class does not meet Tuesday this week (4/21)

                             No class on 6/2.

    Location:         ZRC-104, Thursday class on Teams

    Credits:            4 credits

    Grading:          Letter grade

  • Tuesday, February 24, 2026- Introduction to Protocol Development

    Speakers: Alexia Iasonos and Paul Chapman

  • Tuesday, March 3, 2026- Phase I Trials

    Speakers: Yonina Murciano-Goroff and Alexia Iasonos

  • Tuesday, March 10, 2026- Phase II Trials

    Speakers: Audrey Mauguen and David Aggen

  • Tuesday, March 17, 2026- Phase III Trials

    Speakers: Marinela Capanu and Geoffrey Ku

  • Tuesday, March 24, 2026- Basket Trials

    Speakers: Andrea Arfe and Robert Maki

  • Tuesday, March 31, 2026- Roundtable Discussion – Clinician Feedback | Lecture: Pediatric Trials

    Speakers: Alexia Iasonos and Julia Glade Bender

  • Tuesday, April 7, 2026- Randomization

    Speakers: Elyn Riedel, Jessica Lavery and Colin Begg

  • Tuesday, April 14, 2026- Review of proposals – Clinician Feedback | Lecture: Trials with multiple modalities

    Speakers: Kay See Tan and Greg Riely

    Draft proposal due from scholars April 12th.

  • Thursday, April 23, 2026 *Virtual Lecture* - Patient Report Outcomes | Radiology Trials (Imaging)

    Speakers: Ray Baser and Chaya Moskowitz

  • Tuesday, April 28, 2026- Roundtable Discussion – Clinician Feedback | Lecture: Time to event endpoints in single arm trials

    Speakers: Zhigang Zhang and Gopakumar Iyer

  • Tuesday, May 5, 2026- Pragmatic Trials

    Speakers: Andrew Vickers and Fiyinfolu Balogun

  • Tuesday, May 12, 2026- Behavioral Science Trials

    Speakers: Yuelin Li and Chris Nelson

  • Tuesday, May 19, 2026- Review of proposals roundtable | Lecture: Early drug development - sponsored trials

    Speakers: Alexia Iasonos and James Harding

    Draft proposal due from scholars May 17th

  • Tuesday, May 26, 2026- Committee Review Process/IRB – from design to activation

    Speakers: Irina Ostrovnaya and Mark Dickson

  • Tuesday, June 9, 2026- Final Presentations

    Speakers: Li-Xuan Qin and Alexander Shoushtari

    Final proposals due from scholars June 7th