University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical Investigations Core

The UCCC Clinical Investigations Core (CIC) mission is to optimize the quality and quantity of cancer clinical trials research for UCCC. The specific objectives are to:

• Ensure the provision of exceptional patient care at UCCC sites by offering new approaches to cancer management through cancer clinical trials
• Support of all aspects of cancer clinical investigations headed by UCCC investigators
• Provide a conduit for activation of UCCC investigator-initiated cancer clinical trials
• Ensure opportunities for clinical trials education
• Offer a final common pathway for UCCC translational research applications

Almost 70 CIC clinical, regulatory and administrative staff manage performance of more than 400 clinical studies with a total accrual of nearly 7,500 subjects.

Services We Offer

• Regulatory submission and monitoring
• Protocol Development
• Budget development and contract negotiation
• Enrollment of eligible patients
• Data collection and monitoring
• Specimen procurement and processing
• Adverse event reporting
• Coordination of patient treatment
• Training and education of clinical and regulatory staff
• Training of Phase I oncology fellows
• General Good Clinical Practice Training
• Maintenance of the UCCC Clinical Trials Database
• Quality Assurance
• Protocol Review and Monitoring
• PQASC-audit schedule & Data Safety Management Plan