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 Advancing Medicine. Changing Lives.
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| CENTER
OVERVIEW |
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Rochester Clinical Research (RcR) is a dedicated research center providing services to the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. RCR's experienced clinical research personnel engage the patient and their primary care physician to become informed partners in every clinical trial.
With over twelve years of successful clinical trials experience, RCR has established a reputation for reliability and expertise having conducted over 450 Phase II, IIb, III, IIIb, and IV clinical studies in the therapeutic areas of:
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- Bone Densitometry
- Diabetology
- Eating Disorders
- Endocrinology
- Family Medicine
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatrics
- Gynecology
- Internal Medicine
- Men's Health
- Musculoskeletal & Connective Tissue Disorders
- Obesity
- Ophthalmology
- Pain Management
- Rheumatology
- Smoking Cessation
- Vaccines
- Women's Health
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| RCR
FACTS |
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RCR provides outpatient services in a 9,000 square foot modern facility and has a climate controlled secure drug storage rooms, dedicated monitor rooms with high speed broadband for RDE (remote data entry) access and on-site long term storage.
- RcR has the ability to use a central IRB when necessary to accommodate individual sponsor requirements
- RcR maintains a Patient Tracking System and its staff is experienced with RDE
- RcR has an established Internal Quality Assurance Program to ensure protocol compliance
- Patient recruitment is typically achieved by the following means:
- Excellent community wide recruitment program
- Over 13,343 patients in RcR database, and over 20,000 patients from the referring physician's private practice databases.
- Physician referrals from large Rheumatology, Gastroenterology and Gynecology private practices
- Advertising: television, newspaper, radio, direct mail, community posters
- Periodic newsletter delivered to patient database, and established mailing lists that are sorted by therapeutic areas.
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| PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATORS |
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RCR has 5 Investigators who are board certified in Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, Dermatology and OB/Gyn with interest and expertise in multi-therapeutic areas.
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Mervyn Weerasinghe, MD
Internal Medicine, Medical Director and Primary Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator or Sub-Investigator on more than 300 clinical research studies with over thirteen years experience conducting research. Dr. Weerasinghe is board certified in Internal Medicine and has extensive practice experience in a managed care setting. He was the Medical Director for an HMO for eight years, of a hospital for seven years, and of a multi-specialty group practice for 10 years. He has served as Principal Investigator or Sub-Investigator in the areas of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia, asthma, osteoarthritis, hormone replacement therapy, smoking cessation, peptic ulcer disease, and contraception.
Tammi Shlotzhauer, M.D.
Rheumatology & Internal Medicine, Assistant Medical Director
Dr. Shlotzhauer is a practicing rheumatologist and the Assistant Medical Director of RcR who is board-certified in both internal medicine and rheumatology. She has been involved in over 185 clinical trials and has served as a consultant for protocol development. Dr. Shlotzhauer has held positions as Chief Physician of a rheumatology division at a local hospital, Medical Director of a local medical group and Chair/Advisor for a local medical group's management and quality division. She is also a partner in a successful Rheumatology practice located in our building. Her interests include osteoporosis, OA, RA, fibromyalgia, collagen vascular disorders and pain syndromes, as well as common internal medicine diagnoses.
Matthew Davis, M.D.
Family Practice, RcR Associate Medical Director
Principal Investigator or Sub-Investigator on more than 280 clinical research studies. Dr. Davis has held the position of Chief Physician for an after-hours medical care division of a Rochester health care provider. His clinical research experience includes studies in erosive esophagitis, Herpes labialis, osteoarthritis/RA, sinusitis, dyspepsia, IBS, erectile dysfunction, cholesterol, diabetes, and contraceptives.
Keith Pryhuber, M.D.
Rheumatology & Internal Medicine, Associate Medical Director
Dr. Pryhuber is a practicing rheumatologist who is board-certified in both internal medicine and rheumatology. He has participated in over 175 clinical trials and is partner in a successful Rheumatology practice located in our building. His interests include OA, RA, fibromyalgia, and osteoporosis, as well as common internal medicine diagnoses.
Michael Brennan, FNP
Family Practice, RcR Sub-Investigator
Michael Brennan, FNP, has 15 years of clinical experience working in local Family Practice, Urgent Care, and Emergency Medicine. He has also been involved in the training and clinical preceptorship of Nurse Practitioners. Michael’s areas of research interest include hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia
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Patricia Larrabee, RN, NP, CCRC
Founder and CEO
Ms. Larrabee, who has been extensively involved in clinical trials for over 26 years, founded RcR in 1994 to provide residents of the Greater Rochester area access to research studies. Her clinical experience as a researcher and lecturer on high blood pressure, as well as her relationship with local physicians in a managed care setting, provided an opportunity to conduct research with a varied patient base. RcR has conducted over 450 trials in many therapeutic areas due to Ms. Larrabee's high-energy, compassionate and detail-oriented approach to research.
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| PATIENT
DEMOGRAPHICS |
- RcR is located within Rochester, New York, which is known as a world leader in the development of photographic, communications equipment, optics and laser graphics, and is the home to such multinational high tech companies as Kodak, Bausch & Lomb, and Xerox. Over 60% of the adult population is college educated.
The Metropolitan area, which includes Monroe County and portions of five other counties, has a population of over 1.2 million people
- Over 16,490 patients in RcR's database, and over 20,000 patients in each of the referring physicians private practice databases. RcR's patient database is comprised of 60% female and 40% male patients. The age breakdown is:
| Age Group# Female |
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| 25+7397 |
4311 |
| 35+4750 |
2900 |
| 45+3845 |
2460 |
| 55+2425 |
1700 |
| 65+1080 |
875 |
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| CLINICAL
STAFF |
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Clinical Staff (Years experience)
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Pat Larrabee, RN, NP, CCRC (26)
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Barbara Jones, RN, CCRC (10)
- Victoria Fink, RD, CDE (6)
- Christine Kelly, RN, CCRC(6)
- Therese Dayton, RN, CCRC (6)
- Sally Cardella, RN, CCRC (6)
- Phyllis Howe, RN, CRC (6)
- Anne Cutter, RN, CRC (1)
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Donna Willome, RN, NP, CRC (6)
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Lisa Wishard, RN, CRC, (1)
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Jamie Burleson, RN, CRC (1)
OTHER STAFF
Our staff assures sponsors of an efficient and timely response for all administrative and regulatory functions.
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| EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS/CERTIFICATIONS |
- Comprehensive new-hire training, mentoring, and Continuing Education programs
- RcR's Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and internal audit programs assure your company of the necessary requirements for excellent patient care and data collection.
- ACRP training and CCRC certification of all Study Coordinators when eligible
- FAA certified staff for the shipment of hazardous materials
- HIPAA compliance and OCR Regulations training
- Credentialing Program for Investigators
- OSHA compliant
- New York State CLIA Certified Limited Service Laboratory
- All staff certified in smoking cessation counseling
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| DIAGNOSTIC/CLINIC
EQUIPMENT |
- EKG
- Centrifuge
- Refrigerated Centrifuge
- Stadiometer
- Spirometry
- 24 hour ambulatory BP monitoring equipment
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Freezer (-20°C)
- DXA Densitometer - Lunar Prodigy
- Arterial Compliance Monitor
- Cholestech Analyzer
- Phlebotomy Station
- Refrigerated Drug Storage
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| FACILITY |
- 9,600 square foot dedicated research space
- Climate controlled secure drug storage rooms
- Dedicated monitor rooms with remote data entry capability
- Easy access off major expressway for patients and sponsors
- On-site long term storage
- Secure Network Connection: Broadband (Business Class Roadrunner)
- Average download speed: 6.78mbps or 6,780kbps
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