Trials and ReseArch Network FOR even More- South Carolina (TRANSFORM-3)

TRANSFORM SC – (Trials and ReseArch NetworkS FOR More) South Carolina is a statewide consortium of pediatric providers who collectively can reach virtually all children in the state of South Carolina. This consortium has all the critical elements for a center to be a successful collaborator in the IDeA States Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN): adequate patient volume, creation and retention of an established clinical research infrastructure, a track record of outstanding subject enrollment, dedication to team-based science, and proven ability to recruit rural children. These elements have allowed the South Carolina clinical site to be a highly successful and administratively active participant in the first 2 funding cycles of the ISPCTN. Furthermore, South Carolina investigators have participated in many leadership roles for the ISPCTN including Chair of the Publications and Presentations Committee (Atz), Network PI of a Junior Investigator Study (MacGeorge), chair of ECHO clinical focus working groups (Atz- pre, peri, postnatal outcomes). South Carolina sites are represented in 8 of 9 of the prior and current ISPCTN clinical trials. The combined resources of patient volume, research infrastructure and dedication have enabled TRANSFORM SC to be among the top subject enrollers with robust participant retention in the ISPCTN.