The Nashville area, known as a vital
business hub of the South, boasts a population of over 1.4 million. This
growth has opened up a wide spectrum of employment opportunities, bringing
with it a broad based population which has created a unique research participant
base upon which to draw. Computer based patient files store comprehensive
data about disease entity, age, race, sex and other significant information
on our research participants, allowing easy match-up of potential participants
with study requirements.
Recruitment
Our recruitment efforts
are broad based. In addition to patients within
our own practice, potential research patients
are reached through many avenues: Nashville's
major weekly newspapers, radio stations, health
fairs, community activities, physician
referrals, and our multi-specialty physicians
based practice population.
We have our own trained
representatives to answer and screen all calls.
Our marketing strategies are continually
monitored to document their effectiveness.
Site
Advantages and Capabilities
- Our site has the ability to
utilize a central IRB
- We are a private research
institute affiliated with a private practice and directly
adjacent to a 541 bed acute care facility
- Dr. Pruitt is double-board
certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, has over 20
years of experience in clinical studies, and has served as
Primary Investigator in over 350 clinical trials
- We also have investigators in the
areas of Rheumatology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Hepatology
- We have a dedicated site director
that handles contract, budget, regulatory, and other issues
- Average study start-up time is 2
weeks
- We conduct Phase Ib, IIa, IIb,
III, and IV trials
- We have 4 full-time coordinators
with over 10 years of experience
- Our coordinators each have access
to a personal computer with Windows XP and high-speed internet
- Each of our coordinators has
experience with Electronic Data Capture (EDC)
- Study coordinators promptly
complete Case Report Forms (CRFs)
- Our study coordinators are all SAF-T-PAK
and IATA certified
- All site staff follows Good
Clinical Practice (GCP) and are HIPAA compliant
- We have a computerized patient
database
- We have an on-site centrifuge, ECG
machine, temperature-monitored refrigerator and freezer, and
double-locked drug storage
- We have 2 dedicated monitoring
rooms with easy access to high-speed internet, telephone, fax
machine, and copy machine
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