Clinical Trials Core Facility

Director: Smitha S. Krishnamurthi, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine-Hematology/Oncology
ssk7@case.edu

  Clinical Trials Working Group

Resources



Services

This core facility provides investigators with a broad range of services to assist in the initiation and conduct of clinical trials. Services include the following:

  • Regulatory
  • Facilitating approval of clinical trial agreements by appropriate hospital and university departments
  • Budget preparation and review
  • Negotiation of budget with pharmaceutical companies
  • Protocol-related nursing care for patients on Phase I and II protocols, including eligibility screening, clinical assessment and follow-up, phlebotomy, pharmacokinetics and real time specimen preparation and monitoring of serious or adverse events
  • Data management services, including verification of patient eligibility, completion of case report forms, and completion of flow sheets and forms required by the NCI, the Cancer Center or other regulatory agencies; follow-up data collection after completion of the treatment phase
  • Quality Assurance
  • Education for investigators and clinical trial staff
  • Other services

Acknowledgement

Remember to acknowledge the valuable services provided by Cancer Center Core Facilities in your research papers and publications:
"This research was supported by the Clinical Trials Core Facility of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (P30 CA43703)."


Contact Information

Location: Wearn and Lakeside buildings

Director: Smitha S. Krishnamurthi, MD
216.844.3951
ssk7@case.edu

Director, Clinical Trials, UH/SCC: Melissa Kadar
216.286.6639
fax: 216.844.1042
melissa.kadar@UHhospitals.org

Research Administrator/Finance Manager, CCF: Denise R. Dawson
216.445.7171
fax 216.444.8685
dawsond2@ccf.org