About Us

Cancer Clinical Trials

Founded in 1997, the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups (COCCG) has a single overarching mission: to improve the quality of life and survival of patients with cancer by increasing participation in clinical trials.

The Coalition is a nonprofit organization that represents the interests of patients with cancer and the physicians who care for them. These physicians, along with dedicated scientists and research professionals, conduct clinical trials through the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN).

COCCG’s members include the five NCI-sponsored cooperative groups, representing thousands of oncology providers and cancer research specialists nationwide. Together, these individuals support and conduct practice-changing cancer research across a diverse network of sites, ranging from small rural clinics to large urban academic medical centers. This broad reach helps expand access to clinical trials for patients with less common cancers and for populations that have historically been underrepresented in research.

In addition, COCCG collaborates with the nation’s leading patient advocacy organizations to advance a shared goal of increasing patient access to clinical trials. The Coalition also partners with stakeholders across the health care industry to support and strengthen cancer clinical trials in both the public and private sectors.