Study Operations

CTTI to Support NIH Workgroup in Developing Evaluation Plan for Single IRB Policy

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CTTI Project: Single IRB

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) to support a workgroup that will develop a comprehensive plan for assessing the NIH’s new single institutional review board (sIRB) policy. The policy, which became effective in January, requires U.S. sites participating in nonexempt multicenter human subjects research funded by the NIH to use a sIRB for ethical review, with the goal of improving the quality and efficiency of clinical research.

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CTTI Takes on Site Investigator Turnover in New Recommendations

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CTTI Project: Investigator Community

The Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) will unveil new recommendations aimed at reducing high rates of turnover among U.S. clinical trial site investigators at the Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) Global Site Solutions Summit on Oct. 7. CTTI’s practical solutions address the administrative, financial, and logistical burdens that are causing investigators to abandon clinical research.

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Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative Releases New Recommendations and Tools for Improving Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials

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CTTI Project: Recruitment

CTTI has released new recommendations and tools for enhancing the efficiency of clinical trial recruitment that are now available to download. Patient recruitment is a leading challenge in the efficient completion of clinical trials, which can result in wasted resources and delays in bringing new therapies to market. The foundational principle for this new approach is that recruitment planning should be started earlier in the clinical trial development process and continue throughout the implementation.

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