What is the role of the UPMC Clinical Trials Office (CTO) and how do we work together?
The UPMC Clinical Trials Office (http://www.irb.pitt.edu/CTO/cto.htm) was established under a formal agreement between the University of Pittsburgh and the UPMC for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of industry-initiated and sponsored clinical trials being conducted by Physician Services Division (PSD) or UPMC investigators within the UPMC environment. Our offices talk almost daily on issues regarding consistency in agreement requirements and to discuss appropriate routing of agreements.