Early Phase Clinical Research Support

圣犹达综合癌症中心（SJCCC）领导层将研究者发起的临床试验的设计和实施视为重中之重。这项活动尤其有价值，因为它将SJCCC基础研究实验室的发现转化为有望改善癌症儿童生存率的新疗法。EPCRS为这项工作提供了重要的支持机制，使研究人员能够开展其他资助机制通常不支持的高优先级转化研究。EPCRS支持临床研究护士（cra - rn）和临床研究助理（cra）致力于在SJCCC内进行和完成这些创新的试点和I期研究者发起的试验。EPCRS支持的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，包括：维护特定于方案的研究数据；确保协议合规性；准备进度和安全报告；协调标本收集和遵守众多的生物学和药理学终点；协调分析和报告所需数据的抽象和同化。我们的许多EPCRS支持协议涉及在SJCCC内开发的IND或IDE和/或新药物；因此，需要额外的监管功能。EPCRS的候选试验首先在SJCCC项目中确定，并由SJCCC主任和临床研究副主任审查和批准，他们也提供预算监督。要求为临床研究护士、临床研究助理（CRAs）和研究协调员的工资支持提供适当的资金，以支持符合epcrs条件的试验。

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.