RTOG Translational Research Program (TRP) Committee

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The goal of the RTOG Translational Research Program (TRP) is to promote communication of scientific ideas from the research laboratory into RTOG clinical trials by informing the basic science committees on important emerging research in tumor biology, chemical and biological modifiers, and pathology. To that end, specimens derived from RTOG clinical trials are viewed as our most valuable and precious resource, limited and nonrenewable.  It is the TRP Committee's highest priority to encourage, optimize and prudently prioritize the use of this resource.  To meet this goal RTOG employs a comprehensive application process to allocate biospecimen material.  Requests for Application (RFP) are issued for our largest trials. 

Requests for Application:  RTOG 0617

Biospecimen Availability – Inventory of biospecimens from RTOG clinical trials

Policies/Procedures

Biospecimen Request Procedures – Procedures for submitting an application to use RTOG biospecimens

RTOG Policy on Letters of Support for Grant Funding – Investigators requesting a letter of support (LOS) from RTOG must follow this policy

Forms

RTOG Resource Request Application Form – Investigators requesting biospecimen materials, clinical data, dosimetric data, and/or statistical analysis must submit this form

Biospecimen Feasibility Letter of Intent (LOI) Form – Investigators requesting the use of biospecimen material must submit this form together with their RTOG Resource Request Application Form. The project will receive an initial review for specimen availability and feasibility upon submission of this form.  If this initial review is favorable the investigator will be asked to submit a TRP Biospecimen Access Application Form.

TRP Biospecimen Access Application Form– Investigators responding to a posted RTOG RFA or who have received approval of their LOI submit this form to begin the formal review process.

Cooperative Group Banking (CGB) Biospecimen Access Application Form – This form is used to request Biospecimen material from the Cooperative Group Banking repositories.

 

TRP Committee Liaisons

Chair   Adam P. Dicker, MD, PhD, adamdicker@mac.com

            Mark W. Dewhirst, DVM, PhD, dewhirst@radonc.duke.edu

 Bioinformatics           

Ying Xiao, PhD, Chair, ying.xiao@jefferson.edu

            Soren Benzon, DSc, PhD, bentzen@humonc.wisc.edu

 Brain Tumors

            Arnab Chakravarti, MD, arnab.chakravarti@osumc.edu

            Kevin Camphausen, MD, camphauk@mail.nih.gov 

            Paul S. Mischel, MD, PMischel@mednet.ucla.edu 

            Yaacov Lawrence, MD, yaacovla@gmail.com 

 Breast Cancer

            Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD, wwoodward@mdanderson.org

 EORTC

            EORTC Eric Deutsch, MD, PhD, eric.deutsch@igr.fr

 GI Cancers

            Chandan Guha, MD, cguha@montefiore.org

            Sunil Krishnan, MD, skrishnan@mdanderson.org

 GU Cancer

            Felix Feng, MD, ffeng@med.umich.edu

            Alan Pollack, MD, PhD, APollack@med.miami.edu

 GYN Oncology

            Joanne Weidhaas, MD, PhD, Joanne.Weidhaas@yale.edu

 Head & Neck Cancers

            Christine H. Chung, MD, cchung11@jhmi.edu

 IGRT

            Laura Dawson, MD, laura.dawson@rmp.uhn.on.ca

 Lung Cancer

            Bo Lu, MD,  Bo.Lu@jeffersonhospital.org

            Joe Y. Chang, MD, PhD, JYChang@mdanderson.org

            Feng-Ming (Spring) Phoenix Kong, MD, PhD, FengKong@umich.edu

            Zhongxiang Liao, MD, zliao@mdanderson.org

 Normal Tissue Effects           

Deborah Citrin, MD, Citrind@mail.nih.gov

            Barry Rosenstein, PhD, Barry.Rosenstein@mssm.edu

 Outcomes / QoL

Deborah Citrin, MD, Citrind@mail.nih.gov

            Adam P. Dicker, MD, PhD, adamdicker@mac.com

 Proton Therapy

            Jason Efstathiou, MD, PhD, jefstathiou@partners.org

 Publications

            Arnab Chakravarti, MD, arnab.chakravarti@osumc.edu

            Adam P. Dicker, MD, PhD, adamdicker@mac.com

Sarcoma

            William Kraybill, MD, William.Kraybill@osumc.edu

            David Guy Kirsch, MD, PhD, david.kirsch@duke.edu

Biospecimen Resource

            Richard Jordan, DDS, PhD, Richard.jordan@ucsf.edu

Trans-Canada Translational Research

            Robert G. Bristow, MD, PhD, rob.bristow@rmp.uhn.on.ca