Last Updated: 04/06/07
Cancer Trials Support Unit
The Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU) is designed to streamline and centralize many administrative, financial, and data collection tasks associated with clinical trials. The CTSU provides participating physicians with a single access point to NCI’s phase III clinical trials system, facilitating access to protocols, training, and educational information. Highlights of the fully developed system will include:
- Increased physician and patient access to NCI-sponsored clinical trials
- Streamlined and standardized trial data collection and reporting
- Reduced regulatory/administrative burdens on investigators participating in NCI-sponsored cooperative group clinical trials (phases I–III)
In addition to all cooperative group members, the CTSU is now open to physicians and institutions in the United States who are not affiliated with a cooperative group. It supports a national network of physicians participating in NCI-sponsored phase III cancer treatment trials.
