Overview
Our Experience in Pediatric and Adult Clinical Trials / Research Studies
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center / Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation (CCRF) is a not-for-profit hospital and research center pioneering breakthrough treatments, providing outstanding family-centered patient care and training health care professionals for the future. Cincinnati Children’s is the second highest recipient of NIH research grant funding among comprehensive pediatric centers. Annually, it has more than 1300 investigator-initiated, industry- and federally-sponsored IRB active protocols including pediatric Phase I-IV, and select adult Phase I-IV clinical studies.
Cincinnati Children’s is accredited to conduct clinical research by The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) and has been conducting pediatric research since 1931. Achievements by Cincinnati Children’s researchers include such breakthrough discoveries as the Sabin oral vaccine, the first practical heartlung machine that made open-heart surgery possible and the discovery of the key ingredients of the surfactant preparation used throughout the world to save the lives of thousands of premature infants each year. More recently, Cincinnati Children’s researchers were responsible for the discovery and testing of a vaccine (Rotarix) that prevents rotavirus infection, which kills half a million children throughout the world each year.
Meeting Your Clinical Studies Needs (through the Clinical Trials Office)
The Clinical Trials Office (CTO) at Cincinnati Children’s offers a comprehensive research support program to assist you with your clinical studies. The CTO assists sponsors and investigators to place, coordinate and/or facilitate pediatric and adult clinical studies conducted at inpatient and outpatient Cincinnati Children’s facilities. The CTO understands sponsors’ needs and is committed to conducting clinical studies with heightened attention to time constraints and budgets.
Cincinnati Children’s research expertise extends beyond its internal professional staff, research facility resources and close affiliation with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine staff. It has links to a number of large treatment and research networks. These include:
- Cystic fibrosis
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology / oncology
- Hepatology
- Neonatology
- Rheumatology
- Sickle cell
It is also linked to private practice physicians and practices in Greater Cincinnati (including the practice-based research network of more than 27 practices, Cincinnati Pediatric Research Group). Cincinnati Children’s also has service connections with other regional pediatric care facilities, as well as 18 primary care facilities and outpatient treatment satellites, all of which provide sub-specialty care.
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