Ministry of Health: evaluation of the method is in progress Stamina - ilVelino / AGV NEWS

Into With regard to the statement of Deputies of 5 Star Movement, members of the Social Affairs Committee of the House, announced today, in which it is asked the Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin “to comment on the official protocol of treatment Stamina Foundation”, is states: “It is the obligation of the Ministry of Health to strictly and consistently implementing the procedures specified by the Ordinance of July 1 last year. The silence of the Minister is respectful of Parliament who voted, including the 5 Star Movement, a measure that should be implemented and now that is no longer subject to political considerations, the word now is to science and its assessments. Just to establish with the utmost transparency and rigor, even with respect to inappropriate outbursts media, paragraph 4-bis of art. 2 of the Decree Law 24/2013 determines that the Ministry of Health, at least twice a year, send to the competent parliamentary committees and the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano, the information transmitted by the structures that will carry out the testing and which concern the therapeutic indications for which was initiated treatment, the health status of patients and any other relevant information on outcomes and adverse events, in such a way as to guarantee the confidentiality of the patients. “

” In this key – continues the note of the Ministry of Health – after an initial delay in delivery of the Protocol by Stamina Foundation, not determined by Parliament it ‘by the Ministry of Health, the President of the Institute of Health, Dr. Fabrizio mills, who chairs the Scientific Committee, presented a report this week in the Senate Health Commission. At that time the president Oleari announced that on August 1 prof. Vannoni presented to the Scientific Committee of the experiment Stamina Protocol relating to the method of production. At the same meeting we also started the discussion on the conditions to be included in the trial. To facilitate the work of evaluation by the Committee, the IT sector of the Institute has set up a portal from which you can access the documentation from the outside in protected mode. On the day of Wednesday, August 7 were completed its test and evaluation work by the Committee has already started. “

” With the start of the trial – concludes the statement of the Ministry of Health – evaluations will be extended to the observatory of the families, as required by the Ordinance signed by the Minister last July 1. With regard to requests for publication of the protocol presented by the representatives of Stamina Foundation, please note that the arrangement has been predicted that ‘all components must perform under their own responsibility a statement of confidentiality and conflict of interest with respect to the trial’. It follows that the Protocol drawn up on the basis of the method made available to the Foundation Stamina will only be used in the experimentation promoted by the Ministry. It is therefore ruled out any publication of the same. “