Clinical Trials Office

The Clinical Trials Office (CTO) provides centralized management and support services for all aspects of clinical trials research at the Stephenson Cancer Center. The major functions of the CTO are to:

• Facilitate timely activation and administration of all cancer-related clinical trials, including oversight of the logistics related to scientific, ethical, operational review
• Ensure the research team is adequately trained to support each clinical trial
• Maintain a centralized web-based repository of all protocol-specific documents and consents
• Provide clinical assistance to facilitate the conduct of cancer-related clinical trials, including: enrollment and verification of patient eligibility; scheduling of appropriate tests, treatments, and assessments; and data reporting
• Provide data management support for cancer-related clinical trials
• Ensure a high level of data accuracy and integrity through internal review and monitoring

Clinical Trials Office Services

The CTO provides Stephenson Cancer Center physicians and investigators with a comprehensive array of services to help ensure the timely initiation and completion of clinical trials. These include:

• Regulatory submissions and monitoring
• Protocol design and development
• Monitoring protocol compliance
• Budget development and contract negotiation
• Screening and enrollment of eligible patients
• Data collection, monitoring and reporting
• Adverse event reporting
• Coordination of patient treatment on research study
• Maintaining an online library of up-to-date protocol, consent and amendment documents
• Biospecimen acquisition
• Training and education of staff
• Clinical research information systems management
• Quality assurance

Contact Information

Clinical Trials Office
Phone: 405-271-8777
Fax: 405-271-3112