Connecting sponsors and investigators
CTIU strives to match investigators to clinical trial opportunities. Clinical trials are often initiated when a sponsor inquires if there are any researchers that might be interested in becoming a principal investigator on their clinical trial. The CTIU helps sponsors connect with the appropriate investigators. Requests for investigator interest often come through the Trial Innovation Network or the TriNetX network.
UAMS investigators interested in finding and conducting a clinical trial are encouraged to contact the CTIU Project Manager with information regarding their areas of interest.
Approval process of Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA)
Once a sponsor is connected with an investigator, the sponsor will send a confidential disclosure agreement (CDA) to the investigator. The CDA must be approved by the UAMS Contracts/Legal Review Unit and signed by the principal investigator. Usually the CDA must be signed before a sponsor will provide its proprietary information, such as the study protocol, to an investigator. The CTIU helps facilitate this process by helping the principal investigator answer any questions from the sponsor, obtaining the CDA from the sponsor, and submitting it for UAMS approval.
The CTIU Project Manager is available to guide investigators from the CDA into the trial start-up process.
Program Leadership
