The Clinical Research Coordinating Office (CRCO) of the UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) provides the infrastructure to support the clinical research of UWCCC investigators.

The CRCO is comprised of two key areas of clinical research management: the Clinical Research Compliance Office and the Clinical Research Services Office.

The Clinical Research Compliance Office is responsible for all areas of compliance, oversight and monitoring for the clinical research infrastructure of the UWCCC.

The Clinical Research Compliance Office oversees:

• Protocol Review and Monitoring System
  • Submissions
  • Reviewer assignments
  • Bi-weekly meetings for scientific review and feasibility of submitted protocols
  • Accrual review 
  • ARROW facilitation
• Data and Safety Monitoring System 
  • QA and monitoring oversight of all internal and external sites
  • Coordinates the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee meetings
  • Monitor compliance with protocol reporting to clinicaltrials.gov and CTRP
• Training and Education Core
  • Provides clinical research training for new research staff, as well as competency and continuing education programs

The Clinical Research Services Office provides a variety of clinical research services to the research groups of the UWCCC and its affiliate sites. 

The Clinical Research Services Office is responsible for:

• Budget and Contract Services
  • Provide budget feasibility and compliance reviews
  • Assist with research billing compliance questions and concerns

  • Generate and negotiate externally-sponsored research budgets on an as needed basis

• Protocol Development Services
  • Provide assistance in development of investigator initiated trials
  • Review and assist with LOI submissions
  • Collect and analyze study activation metrics
  • Provide education and support for sponsor-investigator INDs
• Outreach Services
  • Coordinate clinical research conducted by UW researchers at affiliate sites
  • Perform regulatory oversight of external sites
  • Conduct site initiation visits for external sites
  • Assist with data verification and support for external sites conducting research

• Clinical Research Support Services

  • Support and facilitate study activation reviews with clinical services
  • Coordinate visits and training for external sponsored-research monitors
  • Provide as needed data management and/or regulatory services for research groups

Learn more about the Clinical Research Coordinating Office and their accomplishments.

If you receive funding from the UWCCC Core Grant for published research including the use of UWCCC Shared Resources to generate or analyze data, or conduct clinical trials, please reference Acknowledging UWCCC in Publications, Posters and Presentations.