Future & Young Trialists

The need to bolster clinical trial experience among CV fellows and junior faculty is ever-increasing, and yet options to pursue rigorous training and solid experience in clinical trials are limited. To this end, the MSc in Clinical Trials is a postgraduate course proposed by the European Society of Cardiology that provides participants with in-depth training and understanding of how to plan and conduct randomized clinical trials (for more information, click here 🡪).

One of the objectives of the Cardiovascular Clinical Trials (CVCT) Forum is to promote the young leaders of the future in clinical trial research. To this end, the CVCT Forum leadership has created the CVCT Young Trialists (CVCT-YT) grant (applications for CVCT 2024 are now closed, applications for CVCT 2025 will open in June 2025) and the CVCT Future Trialist (CVCT-FT) fellowship, with the overarching objective of educating a new generation of investigators in the CV field. The aim of these initiatives is to cater the needs for improving skills on clinical trial performance and comprehension (for more information, click here 🡪).

The distinct features of CVCT training opportunities offered to future trialists are : 
🡪 learning at master classes organized at each annual Forum by leaders in clinical trial methodology and statistics;
🡪 attending or participating as a faculty member at the annual Forum scientific sessions;
🡪 networking with critical trials’ stakeholders;
🡪 hands-on training, beyond theoretical courses, participating as a full member in major trial’s steering committees; and
🡪 promoting diversity among future trialists with emphasis on gender and racial/ethnic diversity, partnering with organizations dedicated to this endeavor, such as Women As One.