# Early Phase Clinical Research Support

> **NIH NIH P30** · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · 2020 · $2,949

## Abstract

Early Phase Clinical Research Support 
Project Summary / Abstract 
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center has a proven track record of success in designing, conducting and 
completing high-impact early phase clinical trials (Pilot, Phase I, Phase I/II). The development and conduct of 
such trials, which have the potential to transform the care of cancer patients, are challenged by the availability 
of funds rather than the lack of patients or novel concepts, particularly concepts arising from DF/HCC 
laboratories. Early Phase Clinical Research Support (EPCRS) funds are used to support research nursing and 
clinical research coordinator time for approved early phase trials as well as costs associated with the 
generation of preliminary data through other early phase clinically related activities. Preliminary data may come 
from pharmacodynamic studies (e.g. measurements of immune perturbation, repeat tumor biopsies, target 
protein levels, circulating tumor cells or DNA) for important unfunded or under-funded Early Phase trials, with a 
focus on facilitating the translation of new treatment or biomarker concepts from the laboratory to clinic. By 
supporting collaborations between laboratory and clinical investigators, EPCRS decreases time from discovery 
to clinical testing of new agents and approaches thus enabling the conduct of trials that might otherwise either 
not be conducted or else delayed.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10063124
- **Project number:** 3P30CA006516-55S4
- **Recipient organization:** DANA-FARBER CANCER INST
- **Principal Investigator:** LAURIE Hollis GLIMCHER
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $2,949
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10063124

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10063124, Early Phase Clinical Research Support (3P30CA006516-55S4). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10063124. Licensed CC0.

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