UAB-Community Breast Cancer Network

Abstract : This Clinical Trial Network was aimed at forming a collaborative linkage between the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, community-based oncology practices and pharmaceutical sponsors, and providing access to women with breast cancer within the community to high priority clinical trials. To-date three phase III clinical trials and three phase III clinical trials have been activated at the network sites in Georgia (GCS), and a total of 49 patients have been accrued in the past 12 months. In addition, we have recently activated our first network site in Birmingham, AL. Overall, the DOD funded Clinical Trial Network has the unique potential of providing access to women with breast cancer in the community to cutting-edge, novel therapeutic trials previously only available at academic centers. We have been able to demonstrate that the DOD funding mechanism has successfully contributed to the conduct of high quality clinical trials in the community setting by providing funding for the infrastructure and research personnel in conjunction with training, leadership and oversight provided by the academic center.