Our Mission
The PCCTC’s distinguished investigators work together on a single mission: to design, implement and complete hypothesis-driven trials in prostate cancer, translating scientific discoveries to improved standards of care. We offer services to carry out this mission ensuring efficient trial selection, reporting, site management, clinical operations and data analyses.
Our History
The PCCTC was initiated in 2005 by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) in response to critically unmet needs in prostate cancer clinical research identified by physician investigators and patient advocates. To fulfill our mission, we developed a unique infrastructure which has fostered a culture of transparent project co-development between investigators, research sites and industry partners. Established as an independent entity in 2014, the PCCTC, LLC is now the nation’s premier multicenter clinical research organization specializing in cutting-edge prostate cancer research. Through the collaborative nature and intellectual synergy of our leadership, the PCCTC remains poised to make a significant impact on the lives of patients by keeping the pipeline primed with the most promising novel agents and validated biomarkers
Our Leadership
Management Team
Jake Vinson
CEO
Rebecca Green
Director of Clinical Operations
Howard I. Scher, MD
Scientific Oversight Committee Chair
Michelle Karlin
Director of Business Development and Operations
Michael J. Morris, MD
Medical Director
Joy Allen, PhD
Director of Clinical Data Management
Sarah Wise
Director of Research Operations
Travis Gerke, PhD
Director of Clinical Data Science
Board of Managers
Peter T. Scardino, MD, Chair
Paul Sabbatini, MD, MSKCC Designated Officer
Mark Svenningson, Treasurer
Howard I. Scher, MD, Scientific Oversight Committee Chair
Charles L. Sawyers, MD, Member
Leo F. Mullin, Member
Scientific Oversight Committee
Howard I. Scher, MD (Chair), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD, Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center
Andrew Armstrong, MD, MSc, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Channing Paller, MD, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tomasz M. Beer, MD, Oregon Health and Science University
Knight Cancer Institute
Rahul Aggarwal, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Russell Szmulewitz, MD, University of Chicago
Emmanuel Antonarakis, MD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Heather Cheng, MD, PhD, University of Washington Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center
Glenn Liu, MD, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
Elisabeth Heath, MD, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
Scott Tagawa, MD, MS, Weill Cornell Medical College & Columbia University
Our Participating Clinical Research Sites
US Sites
Arizona Urology Specialists
Baptist Clinical Research Institute, Inc
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boca Raton Hospital
Buffalo Institute for Medical Research
Carolina Urologic Research Center
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority - Atrium Health
Chesapeake Urology Research Associates
Christiana Care Health Services, Inc
City of Hope National Medical Center
Cleveland Clinic
Columbia University Medical Center - Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Comprehensive Cancer Center Nevada- US Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dayton Physician's Network
Decatur Memorial Hospital
Duke Cancer Institute
Emory University Winship Cancer Institute
Florida Urology Partners
GU Research Network
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Hematology & Oncology Associates of the Treasure Cost
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Howard University
Indiana University - Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Lahey Clinic
Massachussetts General Hospital
Mayo Clinic - Arizona
Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville
Mayo Clinic - Rochester
MD Anderson / Banner Health
MD Anderson / Cooper Health
Medical University of South Carolina - Hollings Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Midlantic Urology
Millennium Physicians Association
Morehouse College of Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center - Miami
Nebraska Cancer Specialists
Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
New Jersey Urology
New Mexico Cancer Care Alliance
NorthShore Kellogg Cancer Center
Northwestern Medicine, Warrenville and Delnor
NYU Langone Health - Perlmutter Cancer Center
Ochsner Clinic
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Precision Cancer Research - Dayton
Precision Cancer Research - New Mexico
Rhode Island Hospital
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Rush University Cancer Center
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
SUNY Buffalo
Tennessee Cancer Specialists
Thomas Jefferson University - Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
Tulane Cancer Center
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
UCSD Moores Cancer Center
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of AL-Birmingham - O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Cincinnati Cancer Center
University of FL Cancer Center - Jacksonville
University of IL Cancer Center
University of Massachusetts Memorial Cancer Center
University of MD Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center
University of MI Rogel Cancer Center
University of Mississippi Medical Center
University of MN - Masonic Cancer Center
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of OK - Stephenson Cancer Center
University of Rochester - Wilmot Cancer Institute
University of UT - Huntsman Cancer Center
University of VA Cancer Center
University of WA Medical Center & Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
University of WI Carbone Cancer Center
US Oncology Research - Virginia Oncology Associates
Washington University in St. Louis - Siteman Cancer Center
Weill Cornell Medicine Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
Yale Cancer Center
International Sites
Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
Deventer Ziekenhuis
Eastern Health (Australia)
Erasmus Medical Center
Franciscus Gasthuis
Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología
Hospital 12 de Octubre
Hospital Del Mar de Barcelona
Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
Hospital University Virgen Del Rocio
Isala Ziekenhuis
Jewish General Hospital (Canada)
Maasstad Ziekenhuis
MC Haglaaden
Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep
Princess Margaret Cancer Center – UHN
Prostate Cancer Centre (Canada)
St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Stichting Amphia
Ter Gooi Ziekenhuis
St. Antonius Ziekenzhuis
Stichting Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis
Stichting Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (ZGT)