Leveraging Local HCPs to Decentralize Clinical Research in North Carolina

About this podcast: Recorded at the 2025 CRAACO meeting, UNC Lineberger’s Comprehensive Cancer Center shares  an initiative to allow local HCPs to still provide clinical care to patients but decentralized research elements to the university system, following the FDA’s change in guidance on Form FDA 1572, which stopped requiring local healthcare professionals (HCPs) involved in DCTs to be listed if they’re only performing standard-of-care. Dr J Kaitlin Morrison talks about the process from an initial pilot of two sites to more than 23 today, providing cancer patients across the state the opportunity to access clinical trials. Specifically:How they are managing relationships with sitesHow they’re monitoring research elementsGoals, next steps and thoughts for industry sponsors