300 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02115 (617) 355-6000 Research: Clinical Trials Office The Clinical Trials Office is the principal point of contact for establishing industry-sponsored research agreements at Children's Hospital Boston. The CTO is the coordinating liaison among our principal investigators, sponsors, Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), and budget development. Interfacing among the various departments ensures that all the pieces necessary to proceed with research are in place. CTO's primary activities include: Negotiating and managing agreements for clinical trials and basic science research Working with principal investigators to develop budgets for presentation to sponsors Establishing study funds with Research Finance Negotiating sub-contracts with sister institutions where the primary sponsor is industrial Negotiating and managing material transfer agreements (MTA's) on behalf of interested investigators Negotiating confidential disclosure agreements on behalf of investigators Negotiating collaboration agreements The Clinical Trials Office is located 120 Brookline on the first floor Phone: 617-919-2721 (4-2721 internally) Fax: 617-919-2737 CTO Staff John F. Counts, J.D. Manager Jay Kaplan, J.D. Contracts Associate Alan Abend Finance Budget Manager Erica McKeon Contracts Associate Ben Schiller Contracts Associate Fernando Valles Contracts Associate The information on this website should not be taken as medical advice, which can only be given to you by your personal health care professional. Copyright © Children's Hospital Boston. All rights reserved.