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Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network
Our Purpose:
To facilitate research projects uniquely suited to
clinical, translational, comparative effectiveness,
and community engaged research.
To foster investigator relationships in the
academic and community setting and enhance
collaborative intellectual partnerships that benefit
from investigators’ combined perspective.
To expand common infrastructure and efficiency of
conducting collaborative clinical research across
the partnering institutions.
Advantages:
Single Point of Contracting: The Johns Hopkins
University acts as the prime contracting agent for all
third party contracts on behalf of JHCRN and its
affiliated institutions/clinical investigators who are
members of the network.
Single Institutional Review Board: The Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine Institutional Review Board
(JHM IRB) has been designated as the IRB of record
for all research conducted through the JHCRN.
Affiliate site investigators and research support have
access to all JHM IRB approved study documents
through access to the electronic IRB system.
Efficiency, Integrity, Collaboration
Overview:
The Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network
(JHCRN) is an integrated network of academic and
community-based clinical researchers established
within the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and
Translational Research (ICTR).
The purpose of the JHCRN is to accelerate the
transfer of new diagnostic, treatment, and disease
prevention advances from the research arena into
patient care. This bridge between Hopkins and
select community hospitals creates a collaborative
system that ensures a seamless platform for conducting
clinical research and a broader and more
diverse pool of clinical investigators and
participants for studies.
To provide education and training in the
development and conduct of clinical trials,
including oversight and education involving human
subjects’ protection and regulatory compliance for
clinical trials performed within the network.
To increase the availability of clinical trials to
participants who may not ordinarily have access to
them.
To increase accrual of research participants
across a broad spectrum of age, gender, racial,
and ethnic composition from all segments of the
surrounding communities.
Single Research Informatics Database :
Johns Hopkins has developed a Clinical Research
Management System (CRMS) which the JHCRNaffiliated
institutions utilize. This web-based data management
system includes patient registry, scheduling,
case report forms reporting, and other components of
conducting clinical trials. As part of the JHCRN, affiliate
institutions use the system for collaborative research
projects.
Single Point of Contact: Each affiliate institution has
an assigned Network Coordinator who acts as a liaison
between Johns Hopkins and his/her dedicated
institution to aide in the identification, prioritization, and
implementation of clinical trials.
INVESTIGATORS:
To submit a study for JHCRN consideration please complete the
Study Information Form online or contact the JHCRN directly. The
form can be found online at:
http://ictrweb.johnshopkins.edu/ictr/jhcrn/request.cfm
In addition to the five major hospitals within Johns
Hopkins Medicine, four major hospitals have joined
the JHCRN including Anne Arundel Medical Center
(AAMC) in Annapolis, Greater Baltimore Medical
Center (GBMC) in Northern Baltimore County,
Inova Health System in Northern Virginia (INOVA),
and Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC)
on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
If interested in being contacted regarding participation in future
studies presented to the JHCRN in your area of expertise, please
complete the Investigator Registration Form online at:
http://ictrweb.johnshopkins.edu/ictr/jhcrn/investigator.cfm
For further information you may contact the JHCRN directly:
Telephone: 443-287-4000 E-mail: jhcrn@jhmi.edu
JHCRN Website: http://ictr.johnshopkins.edu/JHCRN