Healthcare Professionals

Our Facility

Location:

Our facility is conveniently located in Charleston, South Carolina (West of the Ashley). Just off Interstate 526, we are less than 15 minutes from the heart of downtown Charleston, about 10 minutes from the airport and less than 1 mile from Bon Secours St. Francis Xavier Hospital. (Directions to our Facility)

Staff:

We currently employee 4 full time research coordinators, 1 full time regulatory coordinator and 3 full time assistant research coordinators.

Combined, our staff has contributed to the operation of over 100 clinical trials and has research coordinating experience in the following indications:

Asthma COPD Diabetes Mellitus - type 1 & type 2 Diabetes Mellitus- Continuous Glucose Monitoring Diabetic Nephropathy Herpes Zoster HPV Vaccine Hypercholesterolemia Hypertension

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Migraine Headaches Mixed Dyslipidemia Obesity Oral Contraception Pediatric Hypertension Psoriasis Smoking Cessation

Site Certifications:

• CLIA certificate of waiver

All members of our coordinating staff are certified in the following:

• BLS/AED for the Healthcare Provider.
• IATA 1.5.0.3 - Shipping of Category B Infectious substances & Dry Ice
• Human Participants Protection Education for Research Teams, sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH).

We offer:

• A comfortable waiting room
• 6 Exam rooms
• Dedicated and secured lab/supply room
• Dedicated and secured drug storage room
• 2 spacious conference rooms designated for monitoring visits complete with high speed wireless and wired internet access as well as a dedicated copier.
• Accurate and timely regulatory document submission
• Contract/budget issues resolved in < 5 business days
• Dedicated and secured source document and CRF storage
• High-speed internet access
• Personal computers for each staff member
• High-speed copier/printer/fax

Diagnostic & Laboratory equipment:

• Analog and Digital calibrated weight scales
• 1 "12-Lead ECG"
• 2 Centrifuges
• Dry ice
• Study Specific Refrigerator (4° to 8° Celsius)
• Study Specific Freezer (minus 20° Celsius)
• Spirometry (Pulmonary Function Testing)
• Efficient access to a full range of radiology and other diagnostic services

Emergency equipment:

• AED
• Ambu-bag
• Emergency medications
• Oxygen

Subject Recruitment and Retention:

We currently maintain a database of 5500 active study patients. Our patients derive from:

• Investigators (at time of routine office visits)
• Investigator to patient letters
• Multimedia advertisements (Sponsor/IRB Approved)
• Centralized Ad Campaigns (as suggested by Sponsors/CRO)

We utilize the clinical trial management software "Study Manager". This software aids in efficiency, retention, and recruitment.

Our study patients are our customers and we acknowledge that their time is valuable. We strive to maintain the most prompt, courteous and efficient contact with all of our volunteers.

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