Clinical Trials for Investigators

Our mission is to facilitate quality clinical trial research - the effective and efficient evaluation of new pharmaceuticals and medical devices - by providing the Columbia University Irving Medical Center research community with comprehensive administrative services that help move trials quickly from initial proposal through contract execution. We assist with trials supported by federal and foundation grants and industry contracts, including investigator-initiated trials.

The CTO requires the following documents in order to properly negotiate the legal and budgetary items for a study:

  • Protocol
  • Draft informed consent form
  • Draft study budget
  • Draft study agreement

Please submit a new study for CTO contract and budget review, negotiation and execution by emailing [email protected].

If your study involves utilizing the services of other departments with Columbia University Irving Medical Center, forms are required for proper assessment of the costs involved. Please follow this link to the cost estimate forms.

Investigational device studies under an Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-issued Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) that begin with the letter “G”, as well as post-market approval studies of carotid stents or registries of carotid stents, must be submitted to the Medicare contractor, National Government Services (NGS) or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for a coverage decision prior to enrollment of subjects into the study.

Submission to NGS/CMS cannot occur until the protocol has received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval and the contract for the study has been signed by all parties.

Prior to having the IRB approval documents and executed contract available, you can determine whether you need to submit a full application, or if you can use a short application. A full application includes documents that you can collect prior to having IRB approval, minimizing the time it will take for submission to NGS/CMS.

Visitors, including vendors and alumni, will no longer need to show proof of vaccination. Please click here for an update on the University's COVID Guidelines.

In order to better fulfill its responsibility to protect confidentiality, security and safety, and promote infection control for its patients, employees and visitors, NYP has retained Symplr System (https://www.symplr.com/) to manage Health Care Industry Representative (HCIRs) credentialing for all of its facilities. However, in place of submitting a HCIR Attestation Form or certifying through Symplr, NYP will admit monitors who have completed an online attestation and have been issued a green pass using Vendor Pass:

  1. The NYP/CU/WC employee generates an attestation form at https://vendorpass.nyp.org/login and enters basic information on the vendor.

  2. The vendor receives an email to fill out questions.

  3. Based on the responses, the vendor is issued a pass that will only turn green on the day of, or the date range allocated for their visit.

  4. The NYP/CU/WC employee will receive an email once the pass is approved.

  5. On the day of the visit, the vendor must present the green pass to security on site in order to gain entrance to the facility.

For further assistance or inquiries, please contact the NYP HCIR Credentialing Administrator at: [email protected].

For guidance on remote monitoring, please follow this link.

Consent to Contact for Research (CCR) enables researchers to access and contact patients who indicate their willingness to be contacted for research, based on information in their medical records, without an initial connection through their treating physicians or medical director. 

Use of the CCR registry is being piloted and is overseen by a CCR working group. Each study will need to be approved by the working group, in addition to being approved by the IRB, in order to use CCR. 

To find more information about CCR, please click here