From Data to Decisions: Appraising Clinical Trials for Real-World Practice

SELF STUDY / ENDURING - ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE ACTIVITY: 90 Minutes

Overview

Watch this certified, on-demand webcast featuring Ellen Marin, PA-C, for a comprehensive review of the major types of clinical trials and their role in generating evidence for clinical practice. Participants will gain insights into the key elements of trial design and how to assess the validity and interpret the results of clinical trials. This session will also explore practical strategies advanced practice providers can use for applying these results in clinical settings.

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe the major types of clinical trials—including Phase I, II, III, and IV—and explain their distinct purposes in the development of evidence for clinical practice.
  2. Identify key components of clinical trial design, such as randomization, blinding, control groups, endpoints, and statistical power, and explain how each contributes to study validity.
  3. Critically evaluate Phase II clinical trials, with particular attention to single-arm designs, surrogate endpoints, and their role in accelerated FDA approval pathways.
  4. Interpret Phase III randomized controlled trials, assessing methodological rigor, potential sources of bias, and how results can be translated into patient-centered decision-making in clinical oncology.

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for oncology nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and other healthcare providers involved in the care of cancer patients.

 

This educational activity is supported by independent medical education grants from GSK and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Horizon CME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Horizon CME designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.50 ANCC
    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation through the joint providership of the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and Horizon CME. The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. NPHF is awarding the contact hours and is responsible for adherence to the ANCC criteria. Upon completion, NPs and RNs will be awarded up to 1.50 credit.
  • 0.25 Pharmacology
    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation through the joint providership of the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and Horizon CME. The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. NPHF is awarding the contact hours and is responsible for adherence to the ANCC criteria. Upon completion, NPs and RNs will be awarded up to 0.25 credit.
Course opens: 
09/08/2025
Course expires: 
09/08/2026
Cost:
$0.00
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Faculty

Ellen Marin, PA

Physician Assistant and APP Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Director
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA

Ellen Marin is a Physician Assistant on the inpatient BMT and Malignant Hematology service at Emory Healthcare's Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta, GA. In addition to her duties within malignant hematology, she acts as a Co-Director of the APP Hematology and Medical Oncology APP Fellowship. She is an active member of the education committee and runs the monthly journal club for both the inpatient advanced practice providers and the APP fellowship.

Prior to becoming a PA, Ellen was a division 1 collegiate swimmer while completing her bachelor's degree in biology at Florida Gulf Coast University. She went on to obtain her master's degree in physician assistant studies at the University of South Florida. Ellen has been published in textbooks, major journals, and has presented at national conferences.  Ellen is an active presenter and educator on a multitude of topics across malignant hematology and APP education and is always hoping to bring a new perspective to the learning experience.

Disclosures:

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Horizon CME (HCME) ensures that continuing education activities are balanced, independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous. 

All persons in a position to influence the content of an accredited continuing education activity provided by Horizon CME are required to disclose to HCME any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies within the past 24 months. All reported relevant financial relationships have been mitigated by Horizon CME.

Those others involved in the planning of this activity disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

Ellen Marin, PA discloses no relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients during the past 24 months.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Horizon CME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    Horizon CME designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.50 ANCC
    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation through the joint providership of the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and Horizon CME. The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. NPHF is awarding the contact hours and is responsible for adherence to the ANCC criteria. Upon completion, NPs and RNs will be awarded up to 1.50 credit.
  • 0.25 Pharmacology
    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation through the joint providership of the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and Horizon CME. The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. NPHF is awarding the contact hours and is responsible for adherence to the ANCC criteria. Upon completion, NPs and RNs will be awarded up to 0.25 credit.

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