Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU)
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.
OCTRU is a UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Unit.
If you are interested in any of the services offered by OCTRU please telephone 01865 617000 or email enquiries@octo-oxford.org.uk for a preliminary discussion.
OCTRU 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.
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