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CRI Benchmarking Report Published in ASCO Journal
AACI Clinical Research Innovation (CRI) is pleased to share the publication of an article in the November issue of ASCO’s JCO Oncology Practice. "Clinical Trial Metrics: The Complexity of Conducting Clinical Trials in North American Cancer Centers" summarizes the results of a comprehensive benchmarking survey sent to AACI member centers from 2018-2019 to assess cancer center clinical trials office workload, funding, staffing, and trial activation timelines.
The survey was developed and disseminated in early 2018 by the AACI CRI Steering Committee. Seventy-nine of 92 centers conducting clinical trials completed the survey. Data analysis was conducted with the assistance of staff from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The authors of the publication were Carrie Lee, MD, MPH, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Theresa L. Werner, MD, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah; Allison Deal, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Cassandra J. Krise-Confair, MPH, Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation; Tricia Adrales Bentz, MHA, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina; Theresa M. Cummings, RN, MS, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center; Stefan C. Grant, MBBCh, MD, JD, MBA, Wake Forest University Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center; Ashley Baker Lee, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center; Jessica Moehle, BS, Huntsman Cancer Institute; Kristie Moffett, MHA, Moffitt Cancer Center; Helen Peck, RN, MA, Wilmot Cancer Institute, UR Medicine; Stephen Williamson, MD, The University of Kansas Cancer Center; Aleksandar Zafirovski, MBA, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Kate Shaw, MA, Association of American Cancer Institutes; and Janie Hofacker, RN, MS, Association of American Cancer Institutes.
AACI thanks the authors for their hard work, as well as AACI members for their participation in the survey.
Questions about the survey or publication can be directed to Program Manager Kate Shaw.