Clinical Trials Operations Committee (CTOC)

The Clinical Trials Operations Committee (CTOC), an internal NCI committee chaired by the NCI deputy director for clinical and translational sciences, includes the directors of every NCI division, branch, or center involved in clinical trials. Based in the NCI director’s office, CTOC will coordinate clinical trials programs across NCI and will make recommendations to improve cost-effectiveness and reduce duplication and overlap among NCI components involved in clinical trials. CTOC will also evaluate new Requests for Applications and Program Announcements for clinical trials prior to review by the NCI Executive Committee. More…