This is the wiki for the NCI Co-Clinical Imaging Research Resource Program (CIRP) Network.
CIRP Network
About CIRP
The NCI initiated the Co-Clinical Imaging Research Resource Program (CIRP) in 2015 to establish web-accessible, co-clinical, quantitative imaging research resources funded under several program announcements, i.e., PAR-18-841. The CIRP supports ten co-clinical trial projects spanning a diverse range of tumor types, therapeutic interventions, and imaging modalities. Each CIRP resource contains four essential components: animal models (GEMMs or PDXs), co-clinical therapeutic trials, quantitative preclinical and clinical imaging methods, and informatics for supporting web resources. The deliverable of a CIRP-funded project is a web resource populated with all the methodologies, protocols, tools, and data associated with quantitative imaging in preclinical and clinical trial settings by the end of year 5.
Mission statement
The network's mission is to advance the practice of precision medicine by establishing consensus-based best practices for co-clinical imaging and by developing optimized state-of-the-art quantitative imaging methodologies for disease detection, risk stratification, and therapeutic response assessment.
Network Structure
The CIRP network includes a steering committee, CIRP teams, working groups, and associate members.
Teams and projects
The NCI CIRP program awarded ten 5-year projects between 2017-2022. These projects focus on seven adult and one pediatric cancer, including breast, bone, colon, hematology, lung, muscle, pancreas, and prostate cancers.
Working groups
The CIRP network has three working groups (WGs), including Animal Models and Co-Clinical trials (AMCT) WG, Imaging Acquisition and Data Process (IADP) WG, and InforMatics and OutReach (IMOR) WG.
Associate members
Academic investigators with expertise in animal models (GEMMs or PDXs), co-clinical therapeutic trials, quantitative imaging in the preclinical and clinical settings, and state-of-art informatics join the CIRP WGs
