Early Phase Clinical Research Support

圣裘德综合癌症中心(SJCCC)的领导层将设计和实施研究人员发起的临床试验视为重中之重。当这项活动将SJCCC基础研究实验室的发现转化为有望提高癌症儿童存活率的新疗法时，这项活动尤其有价值。EPCRS提供了支持这项工作的重要机制，使调查人员能够进行通常不受其他供资机制支持的高度优先的转化性研究。EPCRS支持临床研究护士(CRA-RN)和临床研究助理(CRA)，他们致力于在SJCCC内进行和完成这些创新的试点和第一阶段研究人员发起的试验。在EPCRS的支持下，临床研究人员通过提供广泛的服务来帮助管理和确保这些方案的成功，这些服务包括：维护方案特定的研究数据；确保方案的遵从性；编写进展和安全报告；协调标本收集并遵守众多生物和药物终点；以及协调分析和报告所需数据的提取和同化。我们支持的许多EPCRS协议涉及IND或IDE和/或在SJCCC内开发的新型代理；因此，需要额外的监管功能。EPCR的候选试验首先在SJCCC计划中确定，并由SJCCC主任和临床研究副主任审查和批准，他们还提供预算监督。为临床研究护士、临床研究助理(CRA)和研究协调员支持符合EPCRS资格的试验的工作提供适当部分的工资支持，要求提供资金。

The St. Jude Comprehensive Cancer Center (SJCCC) leadership views the design and implementation of investigator-initiated clinical trials as a top priority. This activity is especially valued when it translates discoveries made in SJCCC basic research laboratories to novel therapies that promise to improve the survival of children with cancer. The EPCRS provides an important mechanism of support this work enabling investigators to conduct high-priority translational studies that are not typically supported by other funding mechanisms. The EPCRS supports clinical research nurses (CRA-RNs) and clinical research associates (CRAs) dedicated to the conduct and completion of these innovative pilot and Phase I investigator-initiated trials within the SJCCC. Clinical research personnel supported by the EPCRS help manage and ensure the success of these protocols by providing a broad range of services including: maintaining protocol-specific research data; ensuring protocol compliance; preparing progress and safety reports; coordinating of specimen collection and compliance with the numerous biological and pharmacological endpoints; and coordinating the abstraction and assimilation of necessary data for analyses and reporting. Many of our EPCRS supported protocols involve an IND or IDE and/or novel agents developed within the SJCCC; thus, additional regulatory functions are required. Candidate trials for EPCRS are first identified within the SJCCC Programs and reviewed and approved by the SJCCC Director and the Associate Director for Clinical Research, who also provide budget oversight. Funding is requested for an appropriate portion of salary support for clinical research nurses, clinical research associates (CRAs), and study coordinators for work supporting EPCRS-eligible trials.