From study start up through implementation and reporting to close out, our Clinical Research Support Enterprise (CReSt) unit offers flexible, cost-effective services to research teams across the lifecycle of a clinical study. Our goal is to provide a "Best Clinical Practice" environment, facilitating the highest quality clinical research and ensuring rigor and transparency. We offer expertise in NIH, industry, and investigator-initiated trials. 

CReSt Services

• Start Up: Feasibility, regulatory requirements, budgeting, contract negotiation
• Implementation: Coordination; recruitment (from screening through consenting, enrollment, and scheduling visits to follow up); monitoring; data collection, entry, QC; specimen collection; helpful tools (sample logs, SOPs, checklists), and IND-IDE, Regulatory support, Coordination (skilled nurse and non-nurse)
• Reporting: ClinicalTrials.gov expertise, FDA and internal audit support
• Training: Our CReSt team comprises certified and highly experienced clinical research nurses, non-nurse coordinators, and regulatory and data personnel who provide guidance via educational workshops, drop-in clinics, and seminars. CReSt staff are also available as consultants or mentors on a per-hour, fee-for-service basis.

To find out about the latest learning opportunities as soon as they are announced, subscribe to CCTS Digest and check our Events and Upcoming Office Hours web pages.

Fees

Access a list of CReSt fees here (BlazerID & login required). 

Register

To register for a CReSt service, please complete the CBR-CCTS-OCS Submission Form.

Don't see what you need? Have an urgent request? Contact us at ccts@uab.edu or 205-934-7442.