Upstate Carolina Community Cancer Research Network
Official title: Upstate Carolina Consortium - Community Oncology Research Program
Funded at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center · NIH-11333703 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This program helps people in upstate South Carolina and nearby areas access cancer treatment, prevention, and quality-of-life clinical trials through local hospitals.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Spartanburg Regional Medical Center NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Spartanburg, United States) |
| Project start | May 23, 2025 |
| Project end | July 31, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $3,234,639 |
| NIH project number | 3UG1CA239762-06S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11333703 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates are people with cancer (including those seeking prevention, treatment, or quality-of-life trials) who live in the upstate South Carolina region or nearby parts of North Carolina and Georgia and can receive care at the participating community hospitals.
✕Less likely to help
People who live outside the service area, who are ineligible for any open trials, or who cannot travel to the participating hospitals are unlikely to benefit directly from this program.
What this research studies
If you or a loved one has cancer and live in upstate South Carolina or nearby North Carolina or Georgia, this network connects you to NCI-sponsored cancer trials at local community hospitals. Three affiliated community hospital programs with 48 investigators work together to enroll patients across treatment, prevention, cancer control, and quality-of-life studies, targeting over 400 annual enrollments. The program focuses on reaching rural, older, and minority communities with longstanding cancer disparities and supports research to improve how cancer care is delivered locally.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could increase local access to clinical trials and speed the use of proven advances to lower cancer-related illness and deaths in the region.
How similar studies have gone: Community Clinical Oncology Programs and NCORP networks have a long history of helping patients access NCI trials and successfully enrolling community-based participants for decades.
Where this research is happening
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Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
Spartanburg, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Curtis, Amarinthia E — Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
- Study coordinator: Curtis, Amarinthia E
Related research
Other NIH-funded projects on the same topics.
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Upstate Carolina Community Oncology Network to Bring Cancer Trials to Local Patients
A nationwide cancer trials program is partnering with local community hospitals to bring cutting-edge treatments to patients in Upstate Carolina.
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Improving cancer care in community settings
This study is all about making cancer care better for people in local hospitals by bringing in new treatments from clinical trials, especially for those in rural and minority communities who might not have the same access to care, so that everyone can have a better chance at fighting cancer.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.