Description
Clinical research is a key asset of the Institute, and the Directorate of Clinical Research and Innovation, a division of the Scientific Directorate working in close synergy with the Health Directorate, serves ad the driving force behind both sponsored and independent clinical research. The Directorate integrates patient care, clinical research, therapeutic innovation, and advanced diagnostics into a unified, interdisciplinary model.
Through this approach, the Directorate promotes, coordinates, and monitors the quality of clinical research while fostering collaborations with national and international partners.
The Directorate of Clinical Research and Innovation oversees the:
Clinical research activities are carried out by highly qualified medical, nursing, and technical staff, along with clinical researchers from multiple Institute departments. These professionals participate in specialized and continuous training programs and work closely with research coordinators and experts from diagnostic and therapeutic platforms. This organizational model ensures a shared, integrated, and efficient approach oriented toward scientific excellence.
Mission
The mission of the Directorate is to strengthen and accelerate clinical research, supporting the continuous evolution of diagnostic-therapeutic pathways and the introduction of innovative therapies. By fostering synergy between preclinical and clinical research, the Directorate creates conditions for the development of new drugs, therapeutic combinations, and advanced diagnostic-technological tools.
Management is also committed to maintaining compliance with the standards required by the Italian IRCCS and OECI accreditation systems, reinforcing the Institute’s role as a center of excellence in oncology.
Responsibilities
Management of the directorate is responsible for:
- Promoting, planning, coordinating, and monitoring the activation of clinical trials, including both industry-sponsored and independent studies initiated by the Institute.
- Defining procedures, objectives, and priorities, ensuring process quality in line with international best practices and providing continuous training for the Institute’s investigators.
- Maintains relationships with pharmaceutical companies, CROs, regulatory bodies and academic partners.
- Supporting clinical researchers throughout the trial process.
- Guiding the establishment of institutional Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Contributing to protocol feasibility reviews and strategic planning of patient enrollment activities, thereby fostering the scientific and economic growth of the Institute.
Contact
The Directorate is the point of contact for sponsors, industrial partners, institutions and personnel involved in clinical research:
- Active clinical trials: ufficio.trials@ircc.it
- Activation of new clinical trials: clinicalstudy.startup@ircc.it
- Collaborations and partnerships (responsible Lawyer Paola Baggetta): paola.baggetta@ircc.it – contratti@ircc.it
- TTO – Technology Transfer Office (head James Hughes, PhD) tto@ircc.it
