Clinical Trials Office

The Clinical Trials Office (CTO) serves as a central resource for study management to researchers involved in human subjects research. If your study meets the definition of a clinical trial, CTO approval will be the first step in your study approval process. The CTO provides the following services to researchers:

• Assistance with refinement of your protocol and your study objectives
• Site feasibility assessment
• Budget development & budget negotiation with commercial sponsors
• Pricing for clinical services performed for research purposes at our affiliate sites
• Coordinating agreements & contracts
• Creation of your coverage analysis (a document that outlines what clinical procedures may be paid by Medicare or health insurance, and what procedures must be paid by the study)
• Assessment of billing risk (risk that research procedures may inadvertently be billed to insurance or participants)
• Creation of research accounts in Epic (electronic medical record)
• Velos eResearch clinical trial management system – study setup and administration
• Training for and approval of plans to manage payments to research participants
• ClinCard (re-loadable Health Science Center debit cards, the preferred method for paying study participants)
• Research guidance for financial management

Office Staff