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The Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU). Steve Riordan, Project Director Jenny Hopkins, Task Manager CTSU/Westat, Rockville, MD. June 26, 2007 Clinical Trials Break Out Session. Goals of the CTSU. Increase and simplify access to clinical trials
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The Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU) Steve Riordan, Project Director Jenny Hopkins, Task Manager CTSU/Westat, Rockville, MD June 26, 2007 Clinical Trials Break Out Session
Goals of the CTSU • Increase and simplify access to clinical trials • Offer a wide choice of clinical trials and speed enrollment to multi-site clinical trials • Consolidate/off-load duplicative administrative and regulatory activities across the adult Cooperative Groups • Provide necessary support services for accrual and centralization of services
Scope of the CTSU • United States and Canada • International Sites of US Groups • Phase 3 adult cancer treatment trials • Breast, GI, GU, GYN, Head & Neck, Leukemia, Lung, Lymphoma, Sarcoma, others • Selected Phase 2 adult cancer treatment trials • Over 65 active trials for adults with cancer • Over 22,000 enrollments since 1999
Patient Registrations Accrual Reimbursement Protocol Coordination Clinical Data Operations Regulatory Support Services Financial Management Information Technology Development Site Auditing Site Quality Assurance CTSU Help Desk CTSU Web Site Promotion, Education and Training CTSU Independent Clinical Research Sites (CICRS) Program Scope of CTSU - Activities
CTSU Study Activity:As of May 31, 2007 – Top 14 Trials in Accrual (* = Metastatic Trial)
For More Information… • CTSU Web Site • Public: http://www.ctsu.org • Member: https://members.ctsu.org (requires username and password) • CTSU Help Desk • 1-888-823-5923 • CTSUContact@westat.com