FRENCH-ARMENIAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
Activities Newsletter № 5
June 2024
3rd Anniversary
We at FAARO are excited to share our fifth newsletter featuring our 3-year anniversary.
We thank all who have collaborated with us and look forward to furthering our partnership.
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NATIONAL REGISTRIES
FAARO has successfully launched two national registries, NAREG (NCT05904301) and ARMI (NCT06048003).
These registries have been established entirely, from A to Z, since 2021 :
- Protocol
- Informed Consent Forms
- Creation of 10 Case Report Forms (CRFs)
- Creation of electronic 8 eCRFs on REDCap
- Translation of questionnaires from French/English to Armenian
- Preparation of submission packages to the Ethics Committee
- Setting up study centers – 6 participating centers opened
- Data entry / Data verification (monitoring)
10 CRAs / project managers of FAARO, 1 IT volunteer specialist, 1 biobank Project manager have been involved in the creation of the National registries, with the support of Prof. Arsène Mekinian and other experts from France and Armenia.
SYMPOSIUMS AND CONGRESSES
FAARO organized two French-Armenian
Research Symposiums, one in 2022 and
another in 2024, in Yerevan, Armenia.
These events united numerous healthcare
professionals from different countries,
fostering collaboration in medical research
and advancing clinical studies in Armenia.
MATERNITY PROJECT
Santé Arménie provided maternity equipment to 7 medical centers in the regions of Armenia. Data on equipment usage, deliveries, and medical interventions for difficult cases are collected by FAARO to analyze public health challenges, focusing particularly on the Syunik region.
FAARO also conducts monthly Obstetrics & Gynecology webinars for local doctors, featuring specialists from France and other countries who lecture on diverse topics. Regional doctors participate by discussing cases during these sessions.
SANTÉ ARMÉNIE BIOBANK
In 2023, Santé Arménie launched a Biobank in Armenia. This initiative gathers biological samples from Armenian patients enrolled in several medical registries, including ARMI, NAREG, EUSTAR, and GFM MDS. Currently as of June the Biobank has collected more than 350 blood samples from the registries.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTRIES
FAARO supports Armenian medical and clinical researchers in joining international medical associations by facilitating their participation in various international registries, such as :
•ROPAC – Registry of European Society of Cardiology
•JIR – Juvenil Inflammatory Rheumatism cohort
•GFM – (Groupe Francophone des Myélodysplasies) MDS Registry
•EUstar – EUropean Scleroderma Trial and Research
CLINICAL TRIALS
At FAARO, our goal is to extend our efforts and initiatives to contribute to Armenia becoming a prominent country for advanced medical research and healthcare.
As part of these contributions, we are currently working on 2 academic clinical studies initiated by investigators, one in infertility and the second in cardiology.
