Pelvic Floor Disorders Network Clinical Site Application: The San Diego PelvicFloor Consortium

NIH RePORTER · NIH · UG1 · $251,729 · view on reporter.nih.gov ↗

Abstract

Project Summary The objective of this application is to highlight the San Diego Pelvic Floor Consortium (SDPFC) site qualifications and need to continue in the bridge funding cycle of the Pelvic Floor Disorders Network (PFDN). The success of the SDPFC in the PFDN has largely been due to our proven two-site model, which combines the strength of a tertiary academic medical center (University of California San Diego – UCSD) and a large volume community based health maintenance organization (Kaiser Permanente San Diego – Kaiser). Our site has contributed meaningfully over the past three cycles by designing and selecting cutting edge clinical trials ideally suited to this multi-centered, multi-disciplinary research network. We intend to continue to collaborate with the other clinical sites and the data-coordinating center to complete enrollment and follow up of studies actively enrolling and in longitudinal follow up. Our site has the largest cohort of participants enrolled in eSUPER and ASPIRE and investigators from our site lead these protocols. We boast a history of successful concept development, experience in survey development and refinement, successful implementation and recruitment for large-scale clinical trials, extensive experience in implementation of randomized trials of behavioral and surgical interventions, and maintaining high retention rates and quality data. The 14 members of the SDPFC are a diverse group of urogynecologists and urologists with the depth and breadth of scientific and clinical expertise necessary for the PFDN to continue follow up of existing participants, enrollment in the MUSA trial and contribute to the dissemination of results from completed trials with ancillary studies from NOTABLE and HMS ESTEEM. Our team has a strong history of collaboration in multicenter research and extensive track record in successful recruitment for the full spectrum of research possibilities for this network. The SDPFC is poised to continue to recruit subjects into existing trials at the highest levels. We feel that the intellectual contributions, leadership experience, diversity and experience in collaborative research projects makes the SDPFC ideal for this network.

Key facts

NIH application ID
10406123
Project number
3UG1HD054214-15S1
Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Principal Investigator
EMILY S. LUKACZ
Activity code
UG1
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2021
Award amount
$251,729
Award type
3
Project period
2006-09-11 → 2022-06-30