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2/22/96 Study Organization page 16-5
16.3.1 Executive Committee Membership
The following individuals are permanent voting members of the Executive
Committee:
• Study Chairman
• Director of the Coordinating Center
• Director of the CLEK Photography Reading Center
• Consultant to the CLEK Photography Reading Center
• Director of the CLEK Topography Reading Center
• National Eye Institute Project Officer
The Study Chairman may appoint other individuals to the committee for
one-year terms as she deems necessary to assure the scientific quality of the
deliberations.
Any member who misses two consecutive meetings of the Executive
Committee is subject to replacement by the Study Chairman. All members are
expected to file statements with the Study Chairman describing any personal or
professional involvement with manufacturers or others who might benefit
financially from the findings of the CLEK Study.
16.3.2 Executive Committee Functions
Some of the specific functions of the Executive Committee are:
• To deal with day-to-day operational matters which do not involve
changes in the Study protocol or policy;
• To assign priorities for Study activities;
• To perform administrative and logistic functions for the CLEK Study,
including scheduling meetings, scheduling site visits, etc.; and
• To coordinate preparation of progress reports to the National Eye Institute
Director.
16.4 Data Monitoring and Oversight Committee
Responsibility for monitoring the conduct of the Study and for monitoring
the accumulating data is assigned to the Data Monitoring and Oversight
Committee. This committee provides recommendations to the Director of the
National Eye Institute and to the CLEK Executive Committee regarding when