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Berlin

 


THURSDAY, June 21, 2007

Session 1: OPENING SESSION (h. 13.30 - 15.25)
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13.30-13.50 Opening Remarks Rainer Dietz (Berlin, Germany)
Valentin Fuster (New York, NY, USA)
Rodolfo Paoletti (Milan, Italy)

13.50-14.30 Opening Lecture
INTEGRATION OF BIOIMAGING AND BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: STATE OF THE ART, OPEN QUESTIONS AND PROPOSALS

Valentin Fuster
(New York, NY, USA)

14.30-14.45 LEGACY OF THE 1ST AND PRESENTATION OF THE 2ND SYMPOSIUM Santica M. Marcovina (Seattle, WA, USA)
14.45-15.05 BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS: STATE OF THE ART. QUALITY ASSURING CARDIAC BIOMARKERS TO FACILITATE CORRELATIONS WITH IMAGING Allan S. Jaffe (Rochester, MN, USA) 19
15.05-15.25 BIOIMAGING MARKERS: STATE OF THE ART Jean-Claude Tardif (Montreal, Canada) 19
15.25 End of the Session    
15.25-15.45 Coffee Break    

 

Session 2: PRESENTATION OF CLINICAL CASES (h. 15.45 - 18.45)

Purpose of this session: practical presentation of selected clinical cases, recorded in the Charitè Cardiology Department prior to the Symposium, to highlight open questions, critical issues, verified usefulness, and effectiveness of the use of integrated bioimaging and biochemical markers in the clinical decision-making.

Stroke

Chairs:
Jan Sobesky (Cologne, Germany)
Arno Villringer (Berlin, Germany)

hour:     abstract page ref.:
15.45-16.15

USE OF INTEGRATED BIOMARKERS IN STROKE: STATE OF THE ART

Jan Sobesky (Cologne, Germany)
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16.15-16.30 ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE Gerhard J. Jungehülsing (Berlin, Germany) -
16.30-16.45 Panel discussion    
16.45-17.00 CHRONIC CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA Christian H. Nolte (Berlin, Germany) 20
17.00-17.15 Panel discussion    
17.15-17.35 General Discussion    

Pulmonary Embolism

hour:     abstract page ref.:
17.35-18.05 USE OF INTEGRATED BIOMARKERS IN PULMONARY EMBOLISM: STATE OF THE ART Evangelos Giannitsis (Heidelberg, Germany)  
18.05-18.20

ACUTE PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Jörn Vollert (Berlin, Germany)
 
18.20-18.35 Panel discussion  
18.35-18.45 General Discussion    
18.45 End of the Session    
18.45 Poster visit and reception    

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FRIDAY, June 22, 2007

Session 3: PRESENTATION OF CLINICAL CASES (h. 8.30 - 13.00)

Purpose of this session: practical presentation of selected clinical cases, recorded in the Charitè Cardiology Department prior to the Symposium, to highlight open questions, critical issues, verified usefulness, and effectiveness of the use of integrated bioimaging and biochemical markers in the clinical decision-making.

Acute Chest Pain

Chairs:
Rainer Dietz (Berlin, Germany)
Jean-Claude Tardif
(Montreal, QC, Canada)

hour:     abstract page ref.:
8.30-9.30

USE OF INTEGRATED BIOMARKERS IN ACUTE CHEST PAIN
State of the Art Lectures

W. Frank Peacock (Cleveland, OH, USA)
Frank H. Wians, Jr. (Dallas, TX, USA)
Martin Möckel (Berlin, Germany)
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9.30-9.45 TYPICAL ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME Malte Schröder (Berlin, Germany) 22
9.45-10.00 Panel discussion    
10.00-10.15 ACUTE HEART ATTACK Martin Möckel (Berlin, Germany) -
10.15-10.30 Panel Discussion    
10.30-10.45 General Discussion    
10.45-11.05 Coffee Break    

Inflammatory Disease of the Heart

Chairs:
Wilhelm Haverkamp (Berlin, Germany)
Juan Carlos Kaski (London, UK)

hour:     abstract page ref.:
11.05-11.45

USE OF INTEGRATED BIOMARKERS IN INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF THE HEART
State of the Art Lectures:

USE OF IMMUNOLOGICAL BIOMARKERS IN INFLAMMATORY CARDIOMYOPATHY
Bernhard Maisch (Marburg, Germany)

INFLAMMATORY DISEASE. NON INVASIVE IMAGING CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Hassan Abdel-Aty (Berlin, Germany)

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11.45-12.00 MYOCARDIAL INVOLVEMENT IN SYSTEMIC DISORDER Ralf Wassmuth (Berlin, Germany) 24
12.00-12.15 Panel discussion    
12.15-12.30 MYOCARDITIS: A CASE OF A 55-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH MYOCARDITIS DIAGNOSIS USING CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING Andre Rudolph, Jeanette Schulz-Menger (Berlin, Germany) 24
12.30-12.45 Panel Discussion    
12.45-13.00 General Discussion    
13.00 Coffee Break    
13.00-14.15 Lunch and Poster Discussion    

 

Session 4: THE ROAD TO THE INTEGRATED BIOMARKER APPROACH IN PRIMARY
AND SECONDARY PREVENTION AND IN TREATMENT MONITORING

(h. 14.15 - 18.15)

Purpose of this session: to present the method and tools to support clinical decision-making through an integrated approach

Chairs:
John J. Albers (Seattle, WA, USA)
Michael E. Mendelsohn (Boston, MA, USA)

The Integrated Approach: Added Value

hour:     abstract page ref.:
14.15-14.35

THE INTEGRATED BIOMARKER APPROACH: ADDED VALUE IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION?

Wolfgang Koenig (Ulm, Germany)
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14.35-14.45 Discussion    
14.45-15.05 BIOMARKERS OF INFLAMMATION AS MARKERS OF TREATMENT OUTCOME Juan Carlos Kaski (London, UK) 25
15.05-15.15 Discussion    
15.15-15.35 ROLE OF BIOMARKERS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS Udo Seedorf (Münster, Germany) 26
15.35-15.45 Discussion    
15.45-16.05 Coffee Break    

The Integrated Approach: Critical Issues

hour:     abstract page ref.:
16.05-16.35

ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE BIOMARKERS: THE USE OF LOGISTIC REGRESSION AND CLASSIFICATION TREES (CART)

Reinhold Mueller (Townsville, Australia)
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16.35-16.45 Discussion    
16.45-17.05 DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF BIOMARKERS FOR GENDER-SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF CVD Michael E. Mendelsohn (Boston, MA, USA) 26
17.05-17.15 Discussion    
17.15-17.35 METHODOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INTEGRATION OF MULTIMARKER ANALYSIS Alan H.B. Wu (San Francisco, CA, USA) 27
17.35-17.45 Discussion    
17.45-18.05 ASSESSING LDL LOWERING THERAPY Allan D. Sniderman (Montreal, QC, Canada) 27
18.05 -18.15 Discussion    
18.15 End of the Session    
18.15-19.00 Poster visit    

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SATURDAY, June 23, 2007

Session 5: QUALIFICATION OF INTEGRATED BIOMARKERS (h. 8.30 - 13.00)

Purpose of this session: to discuss the main issues and obstacles to qualify the use of integrated bioimaging and biochemical markers

Chairs:
Wolfgang Koenig (Ulm, Germany)
Peter Libby (Boston, MA, USA)

General Issues

hour:     abstract page ref.:
8.30-8.50

THE FUTURE OF THE INTEGRATED APPROACH USING NONINVASIVE IMAGING (MR, PET, CT)

Zahi A. Fayad (New York, NY, USA)
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8.50-9.00 Discussion    
9.00-9.20 MOLECULAR IMAGING: INFLAMMATION IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS Peter Libby (Boston, MA, USA) 28
9.20-9.30 Discussion    

Application in Disease

hour:     abstract page ref.:
9.30-9.50

GENOMICS IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Maria Benedetta Donati, Licia Iacoviello, Giovanni de Gaetano
(Campobasso, Italy)
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9.50-10.00 Discussion    
10.00-10.20 ISSUE WITH MODELS OF INTEGRATION: “THE IMPROVE STUDY” Elena Tremoli, Damiano Baldassarre on behalf of the “IMPROVE Study Group”
(Milan, Italy)
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10.20-10.30 Discussion    
10.30-10.50 Coffee Break    

Application in Clinical Trials

Chairs:
Zahi A. Fayad (New York, NY, USA)
Ernst J. Schaefer (Boston, MA, USA)

hour:     abstract page ref.:
10.50-11.10

QUALIFICATION OF INTEGRATED MEASURES FOR ADVANCEMENT OF NEW THERAPIES

Stephen A. Williams (New London, CT, USA)
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11.10-11.20 Discussion  
11.20-11.40 BIOMARKERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG DEVELOPMENT. AN EU REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE Gonzalo Calvo (Madrid, Spain) - Representative from EMEA-CHMP 29
11.40-11.50 Discussion    
11.50-12.10 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFICATION (US) Thomas A. Marciniak (Silver Spring, MD, USA) - Representative from FDA 29
12.10-12.20 Discussion    
12.20-12.40 NEEDS AND BENEFITS IN LARGE CLINICAL TRIALS Ernst J. Schaefer (Boston, MA, USA) 30
12.40-12.50 Discussion    
12.50-13.00 General Discussion    
13.00 End of the Session    
13.00-14.00 Lunch    

 

Session 6: PANEL DISCUSSION AND CONSENSUS ON
QUALIFICATION OF INTEGRATED BIOMARKERS (h. 14.00 - 18.20)

Purpose of this session: to define the road to the qualification of integrated biomarkers. Representatives from regulatory agencies, scientific societies, pharma, imaging, and diagnostic industries, CROs, and health organizations are invited to discuss criteria for the qualification of integrated biomarkers and to define the basis for consensus on the validation of the integrated approach.

1st part - Scientific Issues

 
Chairs:
Santica M. Marcovina (Seattle, WA, USA)
Filippo Crea (Rome, Italy)
hour:     abstract page ref.:
14.00-14.20

INTRODUCTION TO THE DISCUSSION

Filippo Crea (Rome, Italy)
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14.20-16.00 PANEL DISCUSSION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONSENSUS

QUALIFICATION VERSUS VALIDATION OF BIOMARKERS
Mauro Panteghini (Milan, Italy)

CHARACTERISATION, VALIDATION AND EVALUATION OF NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS
Thomas A. Metcalfe (Basel, Switzerland)

Can we agree that the level of evidence and the technical performance required for qualification are dependent on the context of the proposed use?

INTEGRATED - WHAT’S INTEGRATED?
Herbert Sucka (Hennigsdorf, Germany)

MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Nicoletta Kahya (Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

IMAGING BIOMARKERS FOR MOLECULAR MRI

Arne Hengerer (Erlangen, Germany)

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16.00-16.20 Coffee Break    

 


2nd part- Critical Issues and Regulations
 
Chairs
Gonzalo Calvo (Madrid, Spain)
Thomas A. Marciniak (Silver Spring, MD, USA)
 
hour:     abstract page ref.:
16.20-18.00

PANEL DISCUSSION

HUPO HUMAN PLASMA PROTEOME PROJECT (HUPO PPP)
Gérard Siest (Nancy, France)

BOTTLENECKS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED BIOMARKERS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS
Miriam Bayés (Barcelona, Spain)

BOTTLENECKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED BIOMARKERS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS

Pierre Braquet (Plaisir cedex, France)

HOW CAN QUALIFICATION/VALIDATION PROJECTS IN TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE BE SUPPORTED MORE EFFECTIVELY?

Mario Plebani (Padua, Italy)

ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR METHOD QUALIFICATION

Joseph P. McConnell (Rochester, MN, USA)

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18.00-18.20 General discussion  
18.20-18.30 CONCLUDING REMARKS Rodolfo Paoletti (Milan, Italy)
Santica M. Marcovina (Seattle, WA, USA)
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18.30 End of the Session    

 

 


SCIENTIFIC-ORGANIZING SECRETARIATS

Main Office
Biomarkers 2007
Fondazione Giovanni Lorenzini
Medical Science Foundation
Via Appiani 7 - 20121 MILAN (ITALY)
Phone: + (39) 02 29006267
Fax + (39) 02 29007018

E-mail:
biomarkers@lorenzinifoundation.org
Branch Office
Biomarkers 2007
Giovanni Lorenzini
Medical Foundation
6535 Fannin, M.S. A-601
Houston, Texas 77030 (USA)
Phone: (+1) 713 7970401
Fax: (+1) 713 7968853

E-mail:
biomarkers@bcm.tmc.edu


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