About the KCE Trials programme
KCE Trials is a funding programme for non-commercial clinical trials financed by the Belgian public authorities. These clinical trials address issues that are usually neglected by industry despite their high societal importance.
The KCE clinical trials are:
- non-commercial
- practice-oriented and focused on current standards of care: unlike commercial trials, these involve patients treated under real-life conditions (in hospitals, in the community and in nursing homes, etc…)
- comparative: they compare the efficacy of treatments which have already been used but which have never been directly compared to one another
- potentially able to lead to cost savings for health insurance
- not limited to drugs or medical devices: they can also involve lifestyle modifications, psychotherapies, diagnostic tests, surgical interventions, etc.
- guaranteed to generate databases that are made available for public interest research, for example to conduct detailed and independent cost-effectiveness studies.
KCE is responsible for the selection and funding of the clinical trials, but does not conduct them itself. Hospitals, universities or non-commercial research institution take on the sponsorship and coordination responsibilities.
More info: https://kce.fgov.be/en/kce-trials
The working language of KCE Trials is English. This ensures more efficiency in international cooperation. For all communications, publications and activities English is used.
If you wish to be kept informed about the activities of KCE Trials and the Calls, please register here.