Clinical Research Office for Surgery and Trauma (CROST)

Carry out all aspects of clinical research studies including multi-center trials
Support outcome and disease management research
Provide administrative, regulatory and/or operations support to investigators
to accelerate study initiation, coordination and implementation
Host clinical and translational research from bench to bedside
Work with the exploratory industries toward the development of drugs,
biologics and clinical devices to enhance Phase I/II clinical trials
Assess the need for additional clinical, pharmacological studies, and supply
strategy for the advancement of ongoing research topics
Coordinate the Department of Surgery's clinical research efforts with
research sponsors, other partners; the University of Pittsburgh, and UPMC
Provides wider data at county, state, and national levels for larger and more
comprehensive studies
Provides state of the art experience in epidemiology and biostatistics for
related clinical and biological research at the level of both interim and final
analysis

		Dedicated inpatient and outpatient research facilities.
		Faculty and staff are experienced in Phase I, II, III trials
		Clinical research faculty and staff complete
		compulsory training and are provided with numerous education opportunities.
		University’s Institutional Review Board meets
		frequently each month for rapid review and approval of research proposals.

The research office is designed to handle multiple
clinical trials simultaneously to meet and exceed
enrollment goals and to implement standard operation
procedures with rapid turn around on contracts,
budgets, submissions, query resolution and
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Assistance with IRB applications
Preparation and negotiate budgets
Facilitation contacts
Assistance in patients recruitment

Provide assistance with strategy and proposal development from
both corporate -sponsored and investigator initiated clinical trials
Provide administrative regulatory and/or operations support to
investigators to accelerate study initiation, coordination, and
implementation
Provide assistance with the development of large multi-center
grant applications
Provide advanced support in data management and analysis