Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU)

OCTRU is a UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Unit.

OCTRU is a joint venture between the Centre for Statistics in Medicine (CSM) and the Oncology Clinical Trials Office (OCTO), both based at the University of Oxford.

If you are interested in any of the services offered by OCTRU please send us a completed Background Information Form
Alternatively telephone 01865 617000 or email enquiries@octo-oxford.org.uk for a preliminary discussion.

Aims

To be a centre of excellence for the design, management and analysis of clinical trials.
To develop trials which aim to answer important questions, and which are scientifically valuable, ethically sound and statistically robust.
To continually improve trial design, management and reporting of results.

Services

• Trial design & management

• Funding application preparation

• Sample size calculation

• Protocol writing

• Site selection and feasibility

• Site initiation and management

• Trial document design (including CRFs, DSMC/TSC charters)

• Ethics & Regulatory submission preparation

• Database design & maintenance

• Randomisation Service

• Data entry

• Site monitoring

• QA including SOP writing and audit

• Clinical research training

• Statistical analysis and interpretation

• Paper-writing and presentations

Study Types

• Feasibility

• Phase II CTIMPs

• Phase III CTIMPs

Areas of Expertise

• Cancer (upper & lower gastrointestinal)

* Chemoprevention

* Surgery

* Adjuvant treatment

* Advanced/metastatic disease

Methodological Research

• Trial Design

• Biomarker Research

• Outcome Measures

• Statistical Methods