Capabilities

Therapeutic Capabilities Investigator Specialities

Study Experience

Research Center	Investigator	Contact	Experience
AMR Weight Management Experience
Center for Pharmaceutical Research 1010 Carondelet Drive Suite 426 Kansas City, Missouri 64114	John E. Ervin, MD	Missy MacPhail 816-943-0770 newstudy@cprkc.com	Conducted 12 obesity studies. Over 10,494 subjects in our database have a BMI over 25. 2,057 subjects have a BMI over 36. Our average % of enrollment goal met for previous obesity studies is 134%. 4 Dieticians on staff.
Central Kentucky Research Associates, Inc 3475 Richmond Road, 3rd Floor Lexington, Kentucky 40509	James L. Borders, MD Lon E. Roberts, MD	Susan Lanthorn 859-264-8999 x 26 lanthorn@ckrainc.com	Site has conducted 18 obesity studies including trials for specialized populations such as diabetics. Site follows close to 4100 patients considered morbidly obese and thousands more considered overweight. Registered dietician on staff. Scales calibrated every 3 months. PI as well as 4 full-time coordinators experienced in weight management trials. Full time recruitment and retention staff. A recent obesity study with an enrollment goal of 40 patients had 100 screened, 76 enrolled in 2 months and 58 completed. In addition to obesity, site has conducted lipid and diabetes trials, with over 4000 patients (in an active database of over 25,000 patients) currently requesting obesity trial participation.
Clinical Physiology Associates, Inc. 4110 Center Pointe Dr, Suite 219 Fort Myers, Florida 33916	Ronica Kluge, MD	Ken Aschom 239-936-4421 kaschom@clinphys.com	Site has participated successfully in 2 prior obesity studies, uses dieticians on staff at Lee Memorial Hospital, specializes in studies involving the geriatric age group (2121 persons in database 65+)
Clinical Research Associates of Tidewater 400 Gresham Drive 402 Medical Tower Norfolk, Virginia 23507	Duane G. Wombolt, MD	Edie Wombolt 757-627-7446 ewombolt@crat.org	Site has obesity/weight management experience and many interested subjects. PI has over 30 years clinical research experience and is a Certified Principal Investigator by the ACRP. Registered dieticians, nurse practitioners, behavioral psychologist and coordinators experienced with obesity/weight management studies, including dietary counseling. Full-time marketing coordinator and patient recruiter. Excellent recruitment and retention strategies. Site has database of over 2000 with BMI of 30 or greater. Norfolk named one of the top obese cities. According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control, 58% of all Virginians are overweight or obese. Obesity in VA jumped 10% in the last decade – more than any other state.
Clinical Research Associates, Inc. 1500 Church Street Suite 100 Nashville, Tennessee 37203	Stephen Sharp, MD	Linda Schipani 615-329-0197 CRALMS@aol.com	Site has conducted 24 obesity studies. PI board certified endocrinologist and Internal medicine. Database contains 22,000 patients with >30% having BMI's >30. Dedicated marketing and recruitment department. Most recent 2 year obesity study was leading the nation in retention with 95% completing. Tennessee is the 6th state in the nation for overweight/obese adults. Site has scales calibrated monthly and has access to a whole body dexa scanner. Experienced with special populations.
Clinical Research Consortium 4275 South Burnham Suite 103 Las Vegas, Nevada 89119	V. Jerome Mirkil, MD, Board Certified: Family Practice Michael Jacobs, MD, PhD	David Huggard 702-545-6766 david.huggard@crctrials.com	Investigators and coordinators have successful experience with previous weight management/obesity studies. Well suited for weight management studies with the following resources: • Extensive searchable database • Ability to pre-identify patients • Database includes >18,000 patients • Experienced board certified principal investigators • Ability to use central IRB • Two clinics
Clinical Research Consortium Arizona 333 E Virginia Ave, Ste 111 Phoenix, Arizona 85004	Enrique Cifuentes, M.D., Internal Medicine Carlos Cazares, D.O., Family Medicine	David Huggard 702-545-6766 david.huggard@crctrials.com	Investigators and coordinators have successful experience with previous weight management/obesity studies. Well suited for weight management studies with the following resources: • Extensive searchable database • Ability to pre-identify patients • Database includes >18,000 patients • Experienced board certified principal investigators • Ability to use central IRB • Two clinics
Clinical Research of South Florida 275 Alhambra Circle Coral Gables, Florida 33134	Jeffrey B. Rosen, MD	Maria Rodriquez RMA,CRT, CCRC 305-445-5637 mariarodriguez@CRSouthFlorida.com	Dr. Rosen is a national speaker on the topic of obesity. Our site has uccessfully completed 6 Obesity studies with an average enrollment rate of 110%. Over 700 obese patients in our research database, in addition to 8000 obese patients in the database of affiliated medical practice and another 4000 obese patients in the database of our satellite site in Miami Beach. Approximately 75% of these patients are bilingual. We draw from the greater Miami area with a population of 2.4M, of which 25% are obese. We have a registered dietician experienced in clinical research, 6 Coordinators specifically trained for obesity research and 5 on-site Investigators. Over 30 years clinical research experience. 3-Obese-Phase II in Diabetic population Obese-Phase II in Hyperlipidemia Population Obese-Phase II in Hypertensive population 6-Obesity-Phase II in adult population
Coastal Carolina Research Center, Inc. 1156 Bowman Rd Suite 102 Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29464	Cynthia Strout, MD	Nathan Morton Nathan Morton nmorton@coastalclinicalresearch.com	CCRC has completed 14 total Obesity studies since 2002 including: Phase II for Obesity – 5 studies Phase III for Obesity – 6 studies Phase II for Obesity in type II Diabetes Phase II for Obesity with co-morbid condition Phase III for Obesity with co-morbid condition Phase IV for Obesity with cardiac risk factors Our volunteer database has 4605 subjects with BMI > 30 and <40. Our volunteer database has 1472 subjects with BMI > 40. Retention rates on average have been 85% South Carolina ranked 3rd highest for prevalence of adult obesity in the United States.
Coastal Clinical Research, Inc. 100 Memorial Hospital Drive Annex Building, Suite 3B Mobile, Alabama 36608	Harry Studdard, MD	Lauren Garner 251-414-1984 laurenb@ccr-research.com	CCR has conducted 6 obesity studies: Trial 1 '08 Goal 50 Enrolled 69 Trial 2 '07 Goal 36 Enrolled 39 Trial 3 '07 Goal 15 Enrolled 16 Trial 4 '07 Goal 21 Enrolled 29 Trial 5 '06 Goal 10 Enrolled 13 Alabama ranks top five in the US for highest obesity Research site database of 3,766 with a BMI between 30 and 50 On-site dietician Sub-I board certified in bariatric medicine and director of local obesity clinic
Heartland Medical, PC 309 N. Broad Street New Tazewell, Tennessee 37825	Charles H. DeBusk, MD	Cindy DeBusk 423-626-7297 x 2234 heartlandnt@communicomm.com	16 years of clinical research experience. Large patient database with patients asking for obesity trials!
Heartland Research Associates, LLC 1709 South Rock Road Wichita, Kansas 67207	Terry L. Poling, MD Richard Glover II, MD Richard Egelhof, MD Teran Naccarato, MD	Cindy Thome 316-689-6629 cthome@heartlandresearch.com	HRA has conducted over 875 studies over the past 21 years with 19 specific weight loss studies in the pediatric and adult population. Enrollment success rate of 111%. Site has experience with diet diaries, pedometers calculating daily steps. Several Tanita scales on site that are routinely calibrated. Whole body DEXA scanner on site. Total staff of 52 with Certified Principal Investigators (CPI’s) and Certified Research Coordinator’s. (CCRC’s) IRB approved website pre-screening available to subjects. Obesity has increased at a rate of 110% in Kansas since 1992 with 1 of every 4 adults categorized as obese and 3 in 5 adults are overweight.
Maine Research Associates 2 Great Falls Plaza Auburn, Maine 04210	Robert Weiss, MD	Robert Weiss, MD 207-782-9835 weissr@maineresearchassociates.com	Conducted 2 early obesity w/ co-morbidity trials, more recently 5 obesity trials targeting weight loss specifically and an in-house trial focusing on motivational tactics and their effect on weight loss. We have over 3000 obese patients in our database and a calibrated Tanita scale on site.
MediSphere Medical Research Center, LLC 1401 Professional Boulevard Suite 100 Evansville, Indiana 47714	Hubert S. Reyes, MD Alex Dela Llana, MD Mike Sebastian, MD Steven K. Elliott, MD	Georgetta Schucker 812-471-4110 gschucker@medisphereresearch.com	MediSphere has successfully conducted 12 Obesity studies including trials for specialized populations such as Diabetes. Enrollment was met or exceeded in all studies. PI and all study coordinators are experienced in weight management trials. Scales are calibrated every 3 months. We have more than 5,000 Obesity patients in our active database of 25,000 patients. Staff includes 6 Study Coordinators (4 CCRC certified), 4 Patient Recruiters, Regulatory Administrator, and Registered Dietician. MediSphere has 20 years clinical research experience in over 700 studies.
Rochester Clinical Research 500 Helendale Road Suite L20 Rochester, New York 14609	Matthew Davis, MD	Adam Lararabee 585-288-0890 alarrabee@rcrclinical.com	• Conducted 28 weight loss studies • 4 weight loss in diabetes or prediabetes • Met or exceeded enrollment goals in 98% in less than expected enrollment period. • Retention practices - few withdrawn in the maintenance phase of the two year trials. • Full time registered dietitian on staff • 8 calibrated Tanita electronic scales on site.
VRG/New Orleans Center for Clinical Research 1928 Alcoa Hwy G50 Knoxville, Tennessee 37920	William B. Smith, MD, Knoxville, Tennessee / Ramon Vargas, MD, New Orleans, Louisiana	Nyda Brook 865-305-9100 x232 nbrook@noccr.com	We have successfully completed 22 obesity studies including 5 in diabetics and 2 in volunteers with metabolic syndrome. We have Certified Dieticians available, Tanita scales, experience with diaries and dietetic counseling and a dedicated recruiting staff. NOCCR and VRG are multispecialty research centers with over 30 years of experience and have conducted over Phase I – IV trials. The benefits we offer sponsors include: two independent locations - one of which are located within an academic hospital, a 50 bed capacity Phase I unit, a state-of-the-art Mortara Surveyor System, added layers of safety (with code team and 24-hour critical care coverage), access to specialists and patient populations, on-site clinical electronic transfer lab for same day results, USP pharmacy capabilities, and on-site imaging services. Additionally, our hospital based units are the research arms for the 718 University physicians, which allow our primary Principal Investigators to collaborate with specialty PI’s in all therapeutic areas.
Research Center	Investigator	Contact	Experience