Clinical and Translational Research Centers (CTRC)

CTRC Support: Policies and Procedures

CTRC Network SOP for training non-credentialed personnel to conduct research

CTRC MicroGrant Program

University of Colorado Hospital CTRC Services Chargemaster (under development)

Children’s Hospital Colorado CTRC Services Chargemaster (under development)

Policies for CTRC support of clinical research protocols conducted at University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) & Children’s Hospital Colorado (Excluding Industry-Initiated Protocols)

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), the branch of NIH supporting the CTSA program, has changing its policies for how CTSAs across the country are permitted to use their grant funds to support clinical research protocols. They no longer permit use of NIH/NCATS CTSA grant funds to directly support the activities of an investigator’s clinical research project. This changes the funding model of research being conducted in our Clinical Translational Research Centers (CTRCs) at UCH and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Rather than providing services at no charge, we have implemented a subsidized fee-for-service model. To support investigators with limited or no funding, a CCTSI MicroGrant may be awarded to enable investigators to buy services (at subsidized cost) from the CTRCs. Inpatient and outpatient CTRC facilities/room charges will continue to be provided at no cost to investigators. Pricing for CTRC services can be found on this CTRC webpage??. Please read the separate paragraphs below carefully for New Protocols, Currently Active and Approved Protocols, and Pending or Previously Awarded Grants. The CTRCs and the CCTSI are committed to providing the same high quality support for clinical research; we are merely changing the funding model for these services as required by NIH. Policies for the implementation of the Program Income System at the NJH and CU Boulder CTRCs will be forthcoming.

1. CTRC Protocols:
   
   
   1. Space: All approved protocols may utilize the inpatient and outpatient CTRC facilities at UCH and Children’s Hospital Colorado without a facility fee.
   2. CTRC Research Nursing, Nutrition, Core Laboratory Testing, Exercise Testing & Body Composition, Cardiovascular Bioimaging:  Investigators are responsible for paying the posted CTRC research rates.
      Note: New CTRC MicroGrants can be used to pay for these services.
   3. Hospital Clinical Charges for Research: Investigators are responsible for paying the posted research rates for Hospital expenses (clinical laboratory charges, research pharmacy charges, radiology charges, specialized medical supplies, and other clinical charges) incurred during the conduct of their studies on the CTRC Inpatient or Outpatient units.
      Note: New CTRC MicroGrants can be used to pay for these services.
   4. Funding to support CTRC protocols: See separate CCTSI MicroGrant Policy for procedure to obtain these funds that can be used to pay for the CTRC expenses listed above.
   5. CCTSI Grant Citations and Progress Reporting: All investigators using any CTRC resources and services are required to cite the CCTSI UL1 grant as providing support for this research in all publications (see CCTSI citation language). Investigators are also required to submit Annual Progress Report information to the CCTSI in a timely fashion when requested by the CCTSI Administrative Core annually. Failure to do so may affect continued CCTSI support of the research project.