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News & Updates from the SCI-CCTO

Update of SOP Determination of Participant Eligibility in Clinical Trials, Effective 25 July 2022

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The SOP, Determination of Participant Eligibility in Clinical Trials, has been updated (version 2, effective 25 July 2022) with key changes including:

1) allowance of Advance Practice Providers (APPs [nurse practitioners, physician assistants]) who are investigators on your trials to be one of the 3 eligibility reviewers,

2) clarify that an investigator must document subjective eligibility criteria that require clinical judgement or interpretation (e.g., life expectancy of a particular duration) and

3) change the number of independent reviewers of eligibility in low risk studies.

Please review this updated SOP prior to the effective date of 25 July 2022 at https://med.stanford.edu/ccto/services/regulatory.html#sops_guidelines and attest to your mastery of the information in the SOP confirmation form available on the same webpage.

Please note that the current version of the SOP (2016), along with V2 effective 25 July 2022, will co-exist on the CCTO website until the effective date of V2 so be careful to access, review and master V2.

Well Done!

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We would like to recognize one of our Clinical Research Coordinator 2, Alyssa DeWees, who recently earned her Master of Science Degree in Nursing from University of California, San Francisco along with her husband, Jacob. Alyssa has been at Cancer Clinical Trial Office for approx. four years now with Breast Oncology group. She started as CRCA with the group in 2018 and is an inspiration to everybody who wants to continue their career aspirations while successfully coordinating multiple trials at CCTO. The Breast Oncology team is so proud of Alyssa’s accomplishment and would like to share this with all of you to help recognize her achievement! 

Proud of you Alyssa!

Welcome to the CCTO!

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Jessica Orford

The CCTO welcomes Jessica Orford, our new CRCA with Breast Oncology. Jessica graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a BS in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience. Prior to joining the CCTO, she was doing Clinical Research on Parkinson’s Disease as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Jessica is looking forward to engaging with her new team and exploring the amazing resources Stanford provides! She is very excited to be at Stanford. Please help us welcome Jessica!

Madeleine Curtis

The CCTO welcomes Madeleine Curtis, our new CRCA with Pediatrics. Madeleine graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Anthropology. Prior to joining the CCTO, she was a Clinical Research Coordinator for PI-Coor Clinical Research, working on the Pediatric Moderna mRNA-1273 Covid-19 Vaccine Study. Madeleine is looking forward to learning from everyone, and attending more fun staff gatherings like the Spring Craft Event! Madeleine is a foodie, so if you see her around, feel free to give her good restaurant suggestions in the area! Please help us welcome Madeleine!

Friendly Reminder: Promote #BlackFamCan for National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week, June 16-22, 2022

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Help get the word out about the June 16-22, 2022, FDA Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week and its free June 16th virtual event. The purpose is to increase cancer awareness in one of the most vulnerable segments of the US population. This initiative aims to mobilize community-based stakeholders to build knowledge surrounding cancer clinical trial participation and minority population specimen donations to national genomic databases for cancer research.

Reach out to cancer patients, survivors, advocates, consumers, and your colleagues. Post an announcement to your social media accounts. Add the following tagline at the end of your emails. 

• Promote June 16-22, 2022, FDA OCENational Black Family Cancer Awareness Week, #BlackFamCan

• Follow @FDA Oncology on Social Media, #BlackFamCan

• Register for the free June 16th, 1 to 2:30 pm Eastern Time, virtual event OCE Conversation on Cancer Public Panel Discussion: Engaging the Generations

800 & 900 Welch Biohazard Material Clean up – June 28-30

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The CCTO admin team is excited to announce another large-scale office clean up at the end of June! This clean-up will be focused on unused/expired/close to expiring materials such as:

  • Glass & plastic tubing
  • Sharps & needles
  • Materials with biohazard symbols

On June 28th, large 64-gallon sharps bins and small white buckets will be placed just outside 800 Welch, near the parking lot. These bins will be available for staff to dispose of the materials listed and will be picked up on June 30th. Sorting is as follows:

  • The sharps bins will hold ALL types of clean biohazard materials (glass AND plastic tubes, needles, materials with biohazard symbol, containers, etc.)
  • The white buckets will hold ONLY PAXGENE branded tubes

A conference room will be reserved during that week for extra storage as teams sort through materials, until then please organize within your team’s space as best you can. Once the bins arrive, staff are welcome to place materials inside them – admin team will help as needed.

*If your team also has excess Styrofoam and cold packs, the admin team can collect those items that week as well.

If you have any questions, please reach out to ccto-admin@stanford.edu