University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Clinical Translational Research Centers (CTRCs)

The best places to conduct your clinical research

At the CCTSI, we are focused on the unique needs of clinical investigators. We provide dedicated, research-only space for your clinical research. Our mission is disease agnostic, and we conduct many mechanistic studies with healthy controls.

The CTRC offers a variety of resources and services to help you with your research.

To make a request to use CTRC resources and services, just check the "CTRC" box in your IRB submission through the Human Subjects Research Portal.

If you are junior faculty, you may be eligible for a MicroGrant to cover the cost of CTRC services: remember to check the "Microgrants" box in your Human Subjects Research (HSR) Portal.

Research Nursing Services

Nurse practitioner (adult CTRC only), RN, and medical assistant support to provide expert research protocol implementation and data collection in populations across the lifespan from birth to older age at:

All services are provided as fee-for-service resources. Only IRB-approved protocols can request CTRC services.

Pricing

For additional information, please reach out to the appropriate CTRC Contacts listed on this page

Core Lab Services

CTRC Core Laboratory Services support IRB-approved protocols with a wide range of analytical testing including chemical, hormone, metabolite, and immunological assays. CTRC Core Laboratories are CAP- and CLIA-accredited and provide trained personnel, reagents, equipment, and QC capabilities to conduct assays for research studies.

CAP Certification
CLIA Accreditation

All services are provided as fee-for-service resources.

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Adult CTRC Core Lab

Chemical and immunological assays, including peptide/hormone measures by HPLC, RIA, ELISA, Chemiluminescence, and spectrophotometry; Processing of blood, urine and saliva.

Authorization Request to access data

Request access to obtain your Adult CTRC assay results.

Adult CTRC Lab Hours: Monday and Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Children’s Hospital Colorado CTRC Core Lab

Chemical and immunological assays including cytokine and fat soluble vitamin assays, UPLC, HPLC, ELISA, Luminex, RIA, Nephelometry, chemiluminescence, and spectrophotometry.

Processing of sputum, tracheal aspirates, and BAL fluids

CHCO CTRC Lab Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

National Jewish Health CTRC Inflammation & Immunology Core Lab

Analysis of human inflammatory and immunologic response
Core Lab assays and pricing

Nutrition Services

Providing nutrition research expertise and assistance for clinical research protocols.

Only CTRC-approved protocols can request Nutrition Services. All services are provided as fee-for-service resources.

Services

Metabolic meal planning and design, individualized for participant energy needs, food preferences, and study macro- and/or micro-nutrient targets
Metabolic meal preparation measurement, and dispensation
Dietary intake assessment – habitual and during protocol interventions
Hunger and satiety assessment
Ad libitum feeding
Growth, body composition, and resting metabolic rate (RMR) measurements in children
Consultation on study design, American dietary norms, and ways to achieve specific dietary intervention targets
Protocol-specific dietary counseling and instruction
Design of palatable and acceptable foods/diets containing novel ingredients, combinations, or to mimic foreign specifications (eg. agrarian rural diet from a specific part of the world)

More on Nutrition Services

Pricing

For additional information, please contact Nutrition Services.

Cardiovascular BioImaging

The Cardiovascular BioImaging Core offers imaging techniques in vascular and cardiac ultrasound to provide a comprehensive assessment of cardiovascular health in children and adults:

Brachial artery endothelial function testing
Arterial stiffness
Intimal-medial thickness
Real-time three-dimensional (3D/4D) echo technology
Speckle tracking imaging that enables accurate measures regional and global cardiac function

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Energy Balance and Assessment Core

We provide expertise for obesity- and nutrition-related research, including the measurement of components of energy balance (e.g., energy expenditure and intake) and for assessing consequences of alterations in energy balance (e.g., body composition, substrate oxidation), and bone structure (HRpQT).

NEW!!! High Resolution peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (HR-pQCT) is now available to obtain non-invasive 3D images at the distal tibia and distal radius of humans for clinical in vivo assessments of volumetric bone mineral density and parameters of bone quality (e.g., microarchitecture, geometry, porosity, and biomechanics). XtremeCT II HR-pQCT scanner images have a very small isotropic voxel size (60.7 μm) and very low radiation dose (≤5 μSv per scan/anatomical site) so the device can be used for studies performed in adult, adolescent, and pediatric populations.

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