Clinical Research Coordinator to coordinate and perform daily clinical research activities in accordance with approved protocols administered through the Cancer and Aging Center.
Duties Include:
Assists with assessing patient records to identify patients who are eligible to participate in specified clinical research protocols investigations focused on patients with or without cancer, studies may focus on aging, supportive care oncology, studies are primarily focused on health outcomes research, non-therapeutic interventional trials, screening high-risk populations, and observational studies
Recruits, interviews and enrolls patients
Obtains informed consent and ensures consent process is administered in compliance to regulatory and sponsor requirements
Educates patients and families of purpose, goals, and processes of clinical study
Coordinates scheduling and follow-through of patient care appointments, procedures, & other diagnostic testing in accordance with study protocol
Assists with monitoring patients for adverse reactions to study treatment, procedure or medication and notifies appropriate clinical professional to evaluate patient response, identify status of complications, & provide appropriate level of care
Documents unfavorable responses and notifies research sponsors & applicable regulatory agencies
Participates in evaluating patients for compliance related to protocol
Assists with collecting, extracting, coding, and analyzing clinical research data
Generates reports and reviews to ensure validity of data
Supports activities to ensure compliance with all Institutional Review Boards (IRB), FDA (Federal Drug Administration), federal, state and industry sponsor regulations
Assists with coordinating and preparing for external quality assurance and control reviews by IRB, federal or industry sponsors
Participates in activities to develop new research protocols and contributes to establishment of study goals to meet protocol requirements
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