Clinical Trials Office

The UW Medicine Clinical Trials Office (UW CTO) provides centralized support and services for physician investigators and their teams conducting clinical trials and research studies. We guide and help teams through study start-up, trial execution and close-out within the University of Washington (UW), and work with investigators and study teams across UW, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC), and Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH). We are committed to research excellence while protecting the health, safety, and well-being of our study participants.

Study Coordination and Regulatory Compliance

Our experienced and dedicated research coordinators provide clinical trial management and regulatory support to physician investigators to successfully guide their trials and research studies from start-up to close-out.

Institutional Financial Review

UW CTO performs required institutional financial compliance review for all clinical trials and clinical research studies to ensure proper compliance with Medicare Clinical Trial Policy and other billing rules and regulations.

Research Nursing

Our Translational Research Unit (CTO TRU) registered nurses provide skilled care coordination for therapeutic and other interventional trials as well as observational studies.

CTO TRU is located at the UW Medical Center (Montlake Campus) and offers fully equipped hospital rooms, allowing study teams to safely conduct clinical research visits, including those for early phase trials.

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Comprehensive services to help move trials forward

UW CTO provides high level guidance through all phases of the study lifecycle to advance clinical research in an environment that fosters exceptional quality and care.

Study Coordination
Regulatory Services
IND/IDE Support
Research Nursing
Study Budgeting

How clinical trials benefit our community

The University of Washington research community is recognized locally and worldwide for innovations in medicine, devices, and procedures designed to address public health issues and identify people at risk for disease.

Our Vision
Therapeutic Portfolio
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Meet Our Team

Advance Cures

We are up to unequivocal good

Advances in medicine are made possible as physicians and scientists partner with research participants to identify new and effective methods of disease detection, treatment, and prevention through clinical trials.

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Annual Outpatient Visits
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Annual Inpatient Visits
1900
Active Clinical Trials
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New Trials Per Year

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Protecting your rights, safety, and well-being

Throughout the clinical trial process, patients remain our highest priority. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is an international ethical and scientific quality standard for designing and managing clinical trials, and for recording and reporting clinical trial results. Physician investigators and study teams work together to protect the rights, safety, and well-being of all human research participants.

Learn more about GCP