CCTG Holiday closure information 2019

The CCTG Central Office will be closed on specific dates during the holidays and there will be partial staff coverage on the dates indicated below. Web-based applications (i.e. MANGO, GCP) will still be available and regular business hours will resume on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 8:30 am EST.

• Tuesday December 24th - CCTG closed at 12pm
• Wednesday December 25th - Closed, No Coverage
• Thursday December 26th - Closed, No Coverage
• Friday December 27th - limited coverage 9am - 5pm

• Monday December 30th - limited coverage 9am - 5pm
• Tuesday December 31st - limited coverage 9am - 12pm
• Wednesday January 1st - Closed, No Coverage
• Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 8:30 am - regular operations resume

Shipment of Specimens for Banking + Kit Supply

To all centres participating on trials where frozen fluids (blood, serum, plasma, cellular component, sputum and urine, etc.) and formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissues (FFPE tumour blocks, slides, cores, etc.) are collected and banked at the CCTG Tissue Bank:

• Please do not ship any frozen specimens or FFPE tissues between December 16, 2019 and January 2, 2020 inclusive, as our tissue bank and all its affiliated laboratory facilities will be suspending their activity and will not be able to receive or process any specimens.
• Please store specimens at the appropriate temperatures until you may resume your regular shipping schedule on January 2, 2020.

To all centres participating on trials where circulating tumour cells (CTC) and other ambient specimens (serum, plasma, whole blood, etc.) are collected for immediate processing:

• Please note that laboratories analyzing these specimens will be closed between December 16, 2018 and January 2, 2020 inclusive.
• Any CTC or other ambient specimen sampling that would normally be scheduled during this period should instead be performed up to 2 weeks before or after the planned date (i.e. at a convenient time for patient and clinical team).

To all centres requiring kits:

• Any urgent orders for blood collection kit resupply should be placed prior to December 16, 2019 with ordering commencing on January 2, 2020.
• Please order kits ONLY if your inventory is low and/or if your kits are expiring during this time period, to avoid overstocking and therefore helping to reduce wastage. 

Bay Area Research Logistics

For holiday closure information about NCTN studies, please check the CTSU website.