Welcome to the
Clinical Trials Office (CTO) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
(BIDMC), member of the
CareGroup Health System.
Mission Statement
The CTO
provides a central and comprehensive program of financial,
legal, and administrative support to the research community at
BIDMC, in keeping with institution’s mission of health care,
education and the advancement of knowledge. Since its inception
in 2003, the CTO has become a nationally recognized clinical
trials center, known for its excellence in clinical research
management by industry sponsors, the National Institutes of
Health and other national and international academic medical
centers. The CTO seeks to bring industry sponsors and
investigators together to conduct research in specific
therapeutic areas and to promote new initiatives and expand
clinical research programs at BIDMC.
The CTO
comprises eight skilled professionals with significant expertise in the
healthcare industry. Staffed with financial analysts, contract
specialists, billing and regulatory experts, this centralized office
offers a variety of services including but not limited to the following:
Contracting Services:
Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA)
review, negotiation, and approval
Clinical Trial Agreement review (CTA),
negotiation and approval
Subcontract Agreements to and from other
healthcare institutions
Conflict of Interest and Risk Management assessment
Financial Services:
Developing and negotiating budgets for
industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated studies
Conducting comprehensive cost analyses for NIH and
foundation-sponsored clinical trials
Financial monitoring and administrative oversight of
clinical trial accounts
Auditing of clinical trial accounts for study close-out
and related reporting activities