An efficient technical unit

As a medical technological innovation and research partner, CIC-IT is located as close as possible to the imaging facilities in the Nancy Regional University Hospital Center (Nancy Brabois CHRU).

Lots of players around us!

Our supervisors

As a public entity within Nancy CIC, within the unit of Research Supporting Structure (S²R) of Nancy CHRU, Nancy CIC-IT is ruled by partnership agreements with Université de Lorraine (University of Lorraine, UL) and INSERML’Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale est un établissement public à caractère scientifique et technologique français spécialisé dans la recherche médicale, placé sous la double tutelle du Ministère de la recherche et du Ministère de la santé. More (National Institute for Health and Medical Research).

Nancy CHRU More than a supervisor!     CIC-IT is located in the premises of Nancy Brabois CHRU, which facilitates access to the MRIs used in clinique, to potential investigators, etc. CHRU and us . . .

Inserm A guarantee of quality for research     This national recognition from INSERML’Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale est un établissement public à caractère scientifique et technologique français spécialisé dans la recherche médicale, placé sous la double tutelle du Ministère de la recherche et du Ministère de la santé. More gives us the opportunity to create lots of collaborations so that we can develop and enhance our projects even better. Inserm and us . . .

Université de Lorraine Research and Training     Université de Lorraine (UL), which has partnership with several engineering schools, is a great help in our technological developments. Research at UL . . .

The other CICs

CIC-IT, CIC-P, and CIC-EC. . . three structures and a single body in Nancy!

• The CIC-IT (Clinical Investigation Center – Technological Innovations), The CIC-P (Clinical Investigation Center – multi-topics), and the CIC-EC (Clinical Investigation Center – clinical epidemiology), are composing Nancy CIC (CIC 1433).
  Each structure has its own expertise and lots of projects are conducted in common.
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The National network of CIC-ITs: a referent in health technologies

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• For more efficiency and more cross-working, CIC-ITs have been working in a  national network since 2003.
  Dedicated to innovation and research in health technologies, the mission of the CIC-IT network is to coordinate all the CICI-ITs, to pool skills and to foster all the initiatives that meet the expectations of research, industry and health organizations.
  There are currently 8 CIC-ITs all over France, and each one is expert in a particular field. For more information, please click on the CIC-IT network logo.

Partner laboratories and industries

The IADI Laboratory, a special partner!

• We work closely with the INSERML’Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale est un établissement public à caractère scientifique et technologique français spécialisé dans la recherche médicale, placé sous la double tutelle du Ministère de la recherche et du Ministère de la santé. More U947 Interventional and Diagnostic Adaptive Imaging Unit (IADI), which obtained the quality label in 2009. It aims at:

  • • Developing techniques and methods to improve moving parts imaging,
    • Treating signal and imaging,
    • Performing methodology and clinical validations.
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Healtis, a start-up from our developments

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• The Healtis society was founded in 2012 from the developments that were conducted both at the IADI and the CIC-IT, in MRIMRI means Magnetic Resonance Imaging but it can also mean the exam, the image, or the imager. Further information on MRI and its technique   More safety.
  Healtis offers several services. Including:  

  • • Assessing interactions between MRIMRI means Magnetic Resonance Imaging but it can also mean the exam, the image, or the imager. Further information on MRI and its technique   More and  devices: MRIMRI means Magnetic Resonance Imaging but it can also mean the exam, the image, or the imager. Further information on MRI and its technique   More compatibility tests;
    • Assisting the medical device (MD) designers when new products are developed;
    • Training staff to work safely in MRIMRI means Magnetic Resonance Imaging but it can also mean the exam, the image, or the imager. Further information on MRI and its technique   More.

Structures which put their trust in us!

F-CRIN, an infrastructure in which we play a role

• F-CRIN, for « French Clinical Research Infrastructure Network », is the French component of ECRIN (European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network), a European infrastructure which supports the development of multinational clinical trials.
  « F-CRIN is not a sponsorIt is a specific term in biomedical research. They are natural or legal persons. For institutional research, they can be CHRU, INSERM, CNRS, etc. For non-institutional research, they usually are industries or private laboratories. The sponsor plays a major role in biomedical research:
  • They take the initiative to conduct an investigation
  • They manages it - they make sure that GCP are respected, as well as legal requirements, etc. (quality system) - they subscribe to an insurance - they are the contact person with the competent authority ANSM and CPP - they monitor the studies - they archive the documents (archiving period: 15 years)
  • They make sure that the investigation is financed
  More: it is above all a facilitator in clinical research which aims at opening up the existing structures and supporting the projects of those who achieved professional excellence in their projects. »
  F-CRIN gave the quality label to two service platforms, and Nancy CIC-IT is one of them:

  • • Partners (PArtners foR inTernational cliNical rEseaRchS)
    • Tech4Health, dedicated to medical devices, to e-health and to biomaterials.
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Industries and institutions whom we work with

Our financial support