Clinical Trials
What is a Clinical Trial?
Welcome to University Orthopedics Center’s (UOC) Clinical Trial Site. Clinical Trials are voluntary research studies that doctors and other health
professionals perform according to strict rules set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA sets the rules to make sure that people who
agree to be in the studies are treated as safely as possible. The trials are designed to answer specific questions about the safety and/or effectiveness
of drugs, vaccines, other therapies, or new ways of using existing treatments. Please access the following websites for additional
information: clinicaltrials.gov and fda.gov/oashi/clinicaltrials.
All clinical trials have stringent guidelines on who can and can not participate. Before joining a clinical trial each participant must qualify for the
study by using specific criteria called inclusion and exclusion criteria. These criteria help ensure that your physician and other researchers will be
able to answer the questions they plan to study. For more information on any of UOC’s trials please contact trials@uoc.com.
Clinical Trials Currently Offered at UOC:
UOC is involved in the following clinical trials. Please contact the Trials department at trials@uoc.com or (814)272-3691 with any questions regarding
participation.
- Gout
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Tendonitis/Bursitis of the Shoulder
- Ankle Sprains
- Adhesive Capsulitis/"Frozen Shoulder"
- Cartilage Defects of the Knee
What Does the UOC Clinical Trial Department Have to Offer?
- 2 Full-time, Registered Nurse, Certified Clinical Research Coordinators
- 1 Full-time Clinical Research Coordinator, C-MA
- 1 Full-time Regulatory and Recruitment Specialist
- GCP and NIH Human Subject Protection Trained Investigators
- Centrifuges at three sites
- Temperature Controlled Refrigerators at three sites
- Negative 20 Degree Freezers at three sites
- Climate controlled Drug Storage at three sites
- Option to Utilize a Central IRB
- On-Site Surgical Center
- 24 Hour Stay Facilities
- On-Site Physical Therapy Facilities
- On-Site Radiology Services (X-Ray, MRI)
UOC has Working Relationships with the Following National Sponsors:
- Merck Pharmaceuticals
- OrthoLogic/Capstone Parmaceuticals
- Javelin Pharmaceuticals
- Wyeth
- Bayer
- Glaxo Smith Kline
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- Purdue Pharma
- Sanofi-Synthelabo
- Guilford Pharmaceuticals
- Dornier MedTech
- OrthoBiotech
- DOV Pharmaceuticals
- Adolor
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals
- Transdel Pharmaceuticals
- Medtronics
- Ortho-McNeil Janssen
- Depuy-Mitek/Johnson & Johnson
- Amgen
- Eli Lilly
- Pfizer
- TissueGene
- ATRM, LLC
- Fidia
UOC has Working Relationships with the Following National CRO's:
- PPD
- Synteract
- Kendle
- Cato Research
- Premire Research
- ICON
- Clinimetrix
- Omnicare
- Pleiad
- B. McLaughlin and Associates
- Quintiles
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