NCI NCTN- Network Lead Academic Participating Site: USC

描述（由申请人提供）：南加州大学诺里斯综合癌症中心于1987年首次参与SWOG的研究活动，并于1992年获得初步资助。这个为期五年的资助周期增加了行政和学术参与，保持了高临床和相关试验的进入，与现有的SWOG资金和南加州大学增加的资源相称。南加州大学团队的主要重点是：（a）领导NTCN设计和有效地进行临床试验，以评估新方案或现有方案的修改的安全性和有效性;（B）在生物标志物开发和将新技术整合到NCTN试验中方面提供领导，利用系统方法收集、处理和储存血液、正常组织，（c）评估特殊病人群体（例如罕见癌症、长者及少数族裔）的癌症治疗方案。南加州大学的研究人员不仅为SWOG试验做出了广泛的贡献，而且表现出了行政/学术领导力，促进了将特定的研究主题转化为SWOG。最近的SWOG试验评估了ERCC 1表达在转移性胃癌患者预后中的预测作用，以及CTC计数和端粒酶活性在前列腺癌中的作用，突出了南加州大学研究人员在NCI合作组系统中提供的科学领导力的一个方面。他们还在国家癌症研究所工作队和指导委员会中发挥了积极作用。作为其致力于癌症临床研究的一部分，南加州大学通过SWOG青年研究者奖（10）成功地指导了年轻的研究人员，并扩大了其机构培训能力。最后，作为网络领先的学术参与中心，南加州大学将继续为NCI国家临床试验带来独特的优势 该网络得益于其在招募少数民族参与临床试验、增加罕见癌症（如胆管癌和膀胱癌）的风险以及完善的临床研究基础设施方面的优势。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center first participated in the research activities of SWOG in 1987 and was initially funded in 1992. This five-year grant cycle has had increased administrative and academic participation, with maintenance of high clinical and correlative trial entry, commensurate with available SWOG funding and added resources from USC. The major emphases of the USC team are (a) to provide leadership across the NTCN to design and efficiently perform clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of novel regimens or modifications of existing regimens; (b) to provide leadership in biomarker development and in integration of new technologies into NCTN trials, taking advantage of a systematic approach to collection, processing, and storage of blood, normal tissue, fresh or frozen tumor tissue, and other relevant biologic samples for molecular and pharmacologic studies; and (c) to evaluate cancer treatment regimens in special patient populations, such as rare cancers, the elderly and ethnic minorities. USC investigators have not only contributed extensively to SWOG trials but have demonstrated administrative/academic leadership, facilitating the translation of specific themes of investigation to SWOG. Recent SWOG trials evaluating the predictive role of ERCC1 expression in the outcome of patients with metastatic gastric cancer and the role of CTC enumeration and telomerase activity in prostate cancer highlight one aspect of the scientific leadership that USC investigators have provided in the NCI cooperative group system. They have also played an active role in NCI task forces and steering committees. As part of its dedication to cancer clinical research, USC has been successful in mentoring young investigators through the SWOG Young Investigator Awards (10) and has expanded its institutional training capabilities. Lastly, as a Network Lead Academic Participating Site, USC will continue to bring unique strengths to the NCI National Clinical Trials Network thanks to its strength in recruitment of minorities to clinical trials, accrual to rare cancers such as biliary and bladder cancers, and a well-developed clinical research infrastructure.