U24CA271246

ENICTO Consortium Coordinating Center - Project Summary Abstract

The goal of the Exercise and Nutrition Interventions to Improve Cancer Treatment-Related Outcomes (ENICTO) Consortium is to support and enhance exercise and/or medical nutrition intervention research designed to evaluate interventions that may improve cancer treatment-related outcomes among patients being treated with curative or life-extending intent.

The aims of the ENICTO Coordinating Center are to facilitate the work of the ENICTO Consortium by:

1) Supporting the scientific goals of the ENICTO Consortium through collection, harmonization, and analysis of common data across consortium sites.
2) Facilitating communication within the consortium and between the consortium with external audiences.
3) Coordinating administrative functions of the ENICTO Consortium.

Under the direction of the ENICTO Steering Committee, the ENICTO Coordinating Center will work with consortium investigators to identify common data elements and procedures across consortium sites, harmonize cohort variables, and identify opportunities for novel data collection to enrich the ENICTO data resources.

The Coordinating Center will organize training sessions for consortium site staff to ensure the quality, consistency, and completeness of the data across sites. It will also develop and implement a data management platform for data collection and reporting from the consortium sites, as well as train and support consortium sites on platform use.

The Coordinating Center will lead analyses for cross-consortium pilot projects examining common research questions and make the harmonized ENICTO data available to qualified researchers based on consortium policies and data sharing agreements.

Additionally, the Coordinating Center will plan and coordinate the ENICTO Consortium annual meeting and meetings of the Steering Committee. It will establish email listservs, develop and maintain a website for the ENICTO Consortium, plan and facilitate communication among the scientific working groups, support the distribution of research materials such as study protocols and education materials, and disseminate research findings to the scientific and cancer communities.

Administrative functions of the Coordinating Center will include the development and implementation of ENICTO operating policies and procedures pertaining to data sharing, publications and presentation, external collaborations, and ancillary studies under the guidance of the ENICTO Steering Committee. It will also establish an evaluation system to track U01 site performance and project progress.

The Coordinating Center will prepare meeting agendas, compile meeting materials, record meeting minutes and action items, and provide general administrative support and oversight.

George Washington University (The)

TO IMPROVE SCREENING AND EARLY DETECTION STRATEGIES AND TO DEVELOP ACCURATE DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE COURSE OF DISEASE IN CANCER PATIENTS. SCREENING AND EARLY DETECTION RESEARCH INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES TO DECREASE CANCER MORTALITY BY FINDING TUMORS EARLY WHEN THEY ARE MORE AMENABLE TO TREATMENT. DIAGNOSIS RESEARCH FOCUSES ON METHODS TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF A SPECIFIC TYPE OF CANCER, TO PREDICT ITS COURSE AND RESPONSE TO THERAPY, BOTH A PARTICULAR THERAPY OR A CLASS OF AGENTS, AND TO MONITOR THE EFFECT OF THE THERAPY AND THE APPEARANCE OF DISEASE RECURRENCE. THESE METHODS INCLUDE DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND DIRECT ANALYSES OF SPECIMENS FROM TUMOR OR OTHER TISSUES. SUPPORT IS ALSO PROVIDED FOR ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING RESOURCES OF HUMAN TISSUE TO FACILITATE RESEARCH. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM: TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE SBIR PROGRAM, TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TO INCREASE SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION. SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) PROGRAM: TO STIMULATE AND FOSTER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THROUGH COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OUT BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, TO FOSTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.

93.394 - Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research

National Cancer Institute (NCI) [HHS - NIH]

Rockville, Maryland 208523943 United States

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Coordinating Center for Exercise and Nutrition Interventions to Improve Cancer Treatment-Related Outcomes (ENICTO) in Cancer Survivors Consortium (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-CA-21-032)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 144% from $992,893 to $2,424,724.