Clinical Trials Office (CTO)

The University of Alberta Clinical Trials Office is the secretariat for University of Alberta Clinical Trials (UACT) and a leader in clinical trials, committed to improving health outcomes through collaboration, innovation, and intentional and meaningful inclusion of historically, and currently excluded populations. Our office supports a diverse range of clinical trials with a focus on reliability, adaptability, efficiency, accountability, and innovation.

Mandate

The Clinical Trials Office at the University of Alberta is mandated to lead, support, and oversee the ethical, inclusive, and high-quality conduct of clinical trials across the institution. Our mandate is to protect the rights, safety, dignity, and well-being of all research participants, while ensuring that the data generated through clinical trials is credible, transparent, relevant, and aligned with local and global standards.

We provide centralized oversight and guidance for clinical trials—especially investigator-initiated studies—by delivering expert support in regulatory compliance, quality assurance, project management, and risk based clinical trial monitoring. Through our commitment to a “Quality by Design” framework, we proactively identify and manage risk, promote equity, and build research systems that are resilient, accountable, and community-responsive.

Our work is grounded in principles of integrity, cultural humility, and partnership. We champion inclusive research practices that serve diverse populations, including people in rural or under-served areas. Through collaboration, innovation, and education, we aim to make clinical research more accessible, more ethical, more relevant, and more impactful—for everyone.