2022 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Korean Society of Heart Failure

CTC Asia 2025 Detailed Program

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Clinical Trials in HF Course Asia 2025

Date: Saturday, September 13, 2025 ~ Sunday, September 14, 2025
Venue: Day 1 - Room C (Rose, 5F) / Day 2 - Orchid Room (2F)

* Program may be subject to change.
* The schedule below is based on KST (UTC/GMT+9).
* To participate in CTC Asia, you must first register for HF Seoul 2025.
Once registered, you will be eligible to apply for CTC Asia.

Day 1 - Saturday, September, 13 / Room C (5F)

13:10-13:15 Welcome from Course Organizer Byung Su Yoo (Yonsei Wonju Univ., Korea)
13:15-13:45 Keynote Lecture 1:
The Rationale of Conducting Clinical Trials and How They Changed Clinical Practice		 Speaker
13:45-16:05 Session 1:
Focus on Procedures, Selection Criteria and Outcomes		 Chairpersons Byung Su Yoo (Yonsei Wonju Univ., Korea), Gianluigi Savarese (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
13:45-14:05 Clinical Trial Procedures: Clinical Trial Phases, Randomization, Blinding and Ethical Considerations Speakers Sung-Hee Shin (Inha Univ., Korea)
14:05-14:35 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria in HF Clinical Trials: How to Maximize Results with Appropriate Strategies Gianluigi Savarese (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
14:35-14:50 Coffee Break
14:50-15:05 Hard Endpoints: Which Ones and When? Speakers Wilfried Mullens (Hospital Oost-Limburg, Belgium)
15:05-15:20 Surrogate Endpoints: Which Ones and When?
15:20-15:35 Quality of Life and Patient Reported Outcomes
15:35-16:05 Discussion
16:05-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-16:30 RCTs in Specific Settings - Devices (CRT and ICD) Speaker Wilfried Mullens (Hospital Oost-Limburg, Belgium)
16:30-17:50 Session 2:
Statistical Issues - Part 1 (Including Workshop)
- The Essentials of Statistical Analysis and Reporting		 Facilitators Nicola Orsini (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden),
Robert Thiesmeier (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
17:50 ~ Wrap-up and Cheers & Chats

Day 2 - Sunday, September, 14 / Orchid Room (2F)

08:30-08:35 Welcome from Course Organizer Wook-Jin Chung (Gachon Univ., Korea),
Gianluigi Savarese (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
08:35-10:00 Session 3:
Statistical Issues - Part 2
- Subgroups, Multiple Outcomes, Win Ratio, Pooled Analysis of Clinical Trial		 Facilitators Nicola Orsini (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden),
Robert Thiesmeier (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Session 4: RCTs in Specific Settings Chairpersons Seok Min Kang (Yonsei Univ., Korea)
10:30-10:50 Acute Heart Failure Speakers
10:50-11:10 Percutaneous Valve Procedures Chi Young Shim (Yonsei Univ., Korea)
11:10-11:30 Advanced Heart Failure Min-Seok Kim (Ulsan Univ., Korea)
11:30-12:00 Discussion
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Session 5: Other Study Designs Chairpersons Wook-Jin Chung (Gachon Univ., Korea)
13:00-13:30 Registries and Registry-Based Randomized and Pragmatic Trials Speaker Gianluigi Savarese (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
13:30-14:00 Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses?
14:00-14:30 Coffee Break
14:30-16:00 Critical Appraisal for RCTs and Meta-analyses Facilitators Seok Min Kang (Yonsei Univ., Korea),
Byung Su Yoo (Yonsei Wonju Univ., Korea),
Wook-Jin Chung (Gachon Univ., Korea)
Gianluigi Savarese (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
16:00-16:05 Closure of the Day Byung Su Yoo (Yonsei Wonju Univ., Korea)
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