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Table 2 Duration of the administrative process associated with industry-sponsored clinical trial activation at the USF’s Office of Clinical Research (OCR)

From: Activating clinical trials: a process improvement approach

Sub-process

Number

Duration in calendar days

Average (Median, SD)

IQR (Q1, Q3)

Initial Preparation

-

11a

-

Contract Negotiation

69

54.9 (33, 50.3)

58 (19,77)

Budget Negotiation

40

46.3 (40, 34.6)

54 (14, 68)

PI Approval

78

4.8 (4, 4.7)

6 (1, 7)

DSR Approval

78

5.5 (3, 6.2)

9 (0, 9)

Sponsor Approval

78

5.5 (3, 6.2)

9 (0, 9)

Entire Process

78

76.6 (69, 41.1)

58 (46, 101)

  1. DSR USF’s Division of Sponsored Research, IQR interquartile range, PI principal investigator, SD standard deviation
  2. aEstimated by OCR senior personnel