Clinical Research Services is a department within St. Alexius Medical Center fully dedicated to providing research support services to physicians within our region and the valued patients they serve. St. Alexius Medical Center is a tertiary care facility affiliated with PrimeCare, a network that includes over 150 physicians both in private and institutional practice. We have been conducting clinical trials for over 25 years. This collaboration between our experienced investigators and highly motivated clinical research team allows us to offer the latest research medicines and treatments to our patients along with the highest quality service to our patients and sponsors.
Our office consists of 7 full-time employees and provides comprehensive research services and personalized care to research patients 24 hours a day, seven days a week (in addition, 9 clinical pharmacists with residency training have extensive experience as study coordinators). Responsibilities of our dedicated staff include placement of studies with appropriate investigators, regulatory and IRB document submission, study tracking, finalizing contracts and budgets, patient recruitment, providing study coordination and completing case report forms.
Careful precautions are taken to ensure the protection of our
study participant’s rights and welfare. Participants are kept
informed throughout the course of their participation in a clinical
trial.
Mission:
The mission of Clinical Research Services is to advance the future
of medicine by providing research opportunities for participants,
physicians, our community and sponsor organizations. Our
comprehensive clinical expertise, innovative approach and high
quality are demonstrated by fostering relationships through
integrity, teamwork, and excellent customer service.
Vision:
The vision of Clinical Research Services is to be a leading
investigative site contributing to the research of groundbreaking
medication and future technologies by ensuring accuracy,
timeliness, and dependability. This vision supports continuing
research endeavors with numerous sponsors, physician investigators,
and clinical research organizations.
Clinical Research Services has been involved in clinical research since 1987. Our professional staff has over 190 years of combined experience in clinical trials.
Our involvement in inpatient and outpatient phase II-IV clinical and device research studies have contributed substantially to the development of new drugs and treatments for the following conditions:
- Angina
- Asthma
- Cancer: bladder, breast, colon, lung, melanoma, chemo-induced nausea, neutropenia, prostate, brain, pain, multiple myeloma, cachexia
- Chronic pain
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Community acquired pneumonia
- Conjuctivitis
- Coronary artery disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Depression
- Diabetes - Adult/Pediatric
- Dupuytren’s Contracture
- Dyslipidemia
- Early stage severe sepsis
- Endometriosis
- End-stage renal disease
- Erosive Esophagitis
- Gastroparesis
- GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
- Heartburn
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Incontinence
- Infectious diseases
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- Influenza
- Insomnia
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Mennorrhagia
- Men's Health
- Migraine-- adult and pediatric
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myocardial infarction
- Spinal cord injury
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Obesity
- Orthopedic Conditions
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Overactive bladder
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Post-surgical pain
- Prevention post-op ileus
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Schizophrenia
- Sinusitis
- Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Stroke
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Weight Reduction
- Women's Health
- Sleep Apnea
- Fibromyalgia
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Our clinical research team is committed to providing:
- Rapid study start-up
- Pro-active patient enrollment
- Clean data submission
- Highly experienced principal investigators
- Initial training and continuing education for all support
personnel
Our reputation for accuracy, timeliness, and dependability
stands above the rest as evident by our repeated research endeavors
with SPONSORS and CRO’S such as:
- Abbott Laboratories
- Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.
- Adolor Corporation
- Alba Therapeutics Corporation
- Alcon Research, Ltd.
- Allos Therapeutics, Inc
- Amgen, Inc.
- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Berlex
- BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Biogen Idec
- BioSante Pharmaceuticals
- Boehringer Ingelheim GMbH
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
- Cephalon, Inc.
- DePuy Spine, Inc (Johnson & Johnson Company)
- Eli Lilly & Co.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals
- Forest Laboratories Institute, Inc.
- Genentech, Inc.
- Gilead Sciences, Inc.
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
- I-Flow Corporation
- ImClone Systems Incorporated
- Incyte Corporation
- Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Johnson & Johnson Company)
- Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson
- KV Pharmaceutical Company
- Lorex Pharmaceuticals
- Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Merck & Co., Inc. & Merck KgaA
- Microbia, Inc.
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- Novo Nordisk
- Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation
- OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Oncothyreon
- Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC
- Pfizer Inc
- Possis Medical, Inc.
- Proctor & Gamble
- Purdue-Pharma LP
- QuatRx Pharmaceuticals
- Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Roche Laboratories
- sanofi-aventis
- Schering-Plough Research Institute
- Shire
- SkyePharma
- Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Symbios Clinical, Inc.
- TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.
- Tioga Pharmaceuticals
- Tranzyme Pharma, Inc.
- University of Minnesota/National
- University of Toledo Health Science Campus Institute of Health
- Vical, Inc.
- Vivus, Inc.
- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals,Inc.
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CLINICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS:
- AAI Pharma
- Abt Bio_Pharma Solutions, Inc.
- Averion International Corporation
- Cato Research
- Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
- Chiltern International Inc.
- Clinical Research Group, Inc.
- Covance, Inc.
- DP Clinical Associates, Inc.
- Duke Clinical Research Institute
- Encorium Group, Inc.
- Harvard Clinical Research Institute
- I3 Research
- ICON Clinical Research, Inc.
- INC Research
- Jefferson Clinical Trials Group
- Kendle International, Inc.
- LBR Regulatory
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- Medpace, Inc.
- MedSource
- Omnicare, Inc.
- Paragon Biomedical
- PAREXEL International Corp.
- PharmalinkFHI
- PPD, Inc.
- PRA International
- Praxis
- Quintiles Transnational Corp.
- REGISTRAT®, Inc.
- United BioSource Corporation
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Clinical Research Services offers a professional atmosphere for
our research patients and monitors. We are also equipped with a
patient waiting room, complete exam rooms, a phlebotomy station
with processing capabilities, and a secured area for
investigational drug storage. We provide a dedicated room for our
monitors complete with phone and computer accessibility. This room
has its own separate access so that our monitors can work even when
our main office is closed. We also provide wireless internet
access.
As a department within St. Alexius Medical Center, a Level II Trauma Center with 308 beds, Clinical Research Services is centered among St. Alexius multi-specialty clinics which include; Neonatology, Nephrology, Pediatric Neurology, Neuro-surgery, Physical Medicine, Rheumatology, Urology, and Heart & Lung clinic.
The medical complex is equipped with CT, PET scan, MRI, Hologic DEXA scanners, a state-of-the-art radiotherapy Cancer Care Center, an accredited sleep laboratory, an outpatient hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis center, and regional laboratory services. It also offers full electrophysiologic and interventional cardiology labs.
Clinical Research Services is also easily accessible by public transportation. We are only 10 minutes from Bismarck International Airport, which is serviced by several major airlines.
- John Windsor, DO
Area of Expertise: Cardiology/Interventional Cardiology
- Gordon Leingang, DO
Area of Expertise: Emergency Medicine
- Bilal Ahmed, MD
Area of Expertise: Endocrinology
- Jeffrey Orchard, MD
Area of Expertise: Family Medicine
- Shelly Seifert, MD
Area of Expertise: Family Medicine
- Dr. Shelley Killen, MD
Area of Expertise: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Steven Scherr, MD
Area of Expertise: Family Medicine
- Bipinkumar Amin, MD
Area of Expertise: Hematology/Oncology
- M. Roy Thomas, MD
Area of Expertise: Hematology/Oncology
- Robert Tanous, DO
Area of Expertise: Internal Medicine
- Earl Dunnigan, MD
Area of Expertise: Nephrology
- Ralph T. Dunnigan, MD
Area of Expertise: Neurology
- Syed Hyder, MD
Area of Expertise: Neurology
- Chatree Wongjirad, MD
Area of Expertise: Neurology
- Robert Bury, MD
Area of Expertise: Obstetrics/Gynecology
- John Witt, MD
Area of Expertise: Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Jerry Obritsch, MD
Area of Expertise: Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Shannon Bradley, MD
Area of Expertise: Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Jan Bury, MD
Area of Expertise: Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Thomas Hutchens, MD
Area of Expertise: Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Carla Zacher, MD
Area of Expertise: Pediatrics
- Kathryn Obregon, MD
Area of Expertise: Pediatrics
- Siriwan Kriengkrairut, MD
Area of Expertise: Pediatric Neurology
- James Hughes, MD
Area of Expertise: Pulmonology
- Somsak Kriengkrairut, MD
Area of Expertise: Pulmonology
- Monica Paulo, MD
Area of Expertise: Pulmonology
- Nowarat Songsiridej, MD
Area of Expertise: Rheumatology
- Stan T. Diede, MD
Area of Expertise: Cardiovascular Diseases, Internal Medicine
- John J. Hagan, MD
Area of Expertise: Internal Medicine
- Keith R. Happel, MD
Area of Expertise: Internal Medicine
- Paul E. Jondahl, MD
Area of Expertise; Family Practice
- Mustafa Kathawala, MD
Area of Expertise: Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
- Kathleen Nordstrom, MD
Area of Expertise: Radiation Oncology
- Julie M. Schwartz, MD
Area of Expertise: Internal Medicine
- Marny Hauge, PsyD
Area of Expertise: Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Craig Degree, PhD
Area of Expertise: Psychology
- Brian J. Hebert, MD
Area of Expertise: Internal Medicine
- Robert G. Oatfield, MD
Area of Expertise: Cardiology
- Richard Arazi, MD
Area of Expertise: Neurology
- Jose Wiley, MD
Area of Expertise: Cardiology
- Vijayarama Rao Phooshkooru, MD
Area of Expertise: Oncology
- Nicholas Henry Neumann, MD, MMM, FACP,FCP, CHE
Area of Expertise: Pulmonology
- Prashant Kaushik, MD
Area of Expertise: Rheumatology
- Jeffrey Eugene Hostetter, MD
Area of Expertise: Internal Medicine
- Michael Ray Brown, MD, PhD, FACS
Area of Expertise: Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Kevin Robert Dahmen, MD
Area of Expertise: Pediatric Psychiatry
- Steven Douglas Spotts, MD
Area of Expertise: Otolarynology
- Troy Darin Pierce, MD, MS
Area of Expertise: Orthopedics
- Leslie Mark Rainwater, MD, FACS
Area of Expertise: Urology
- Heidi Jane Goldstein, MD
Area of Expertise: Pediatric Physiatry
- Eric Belanger, MD
Area of Expertise: Neurosurgery
- Donald Howard Grenz, MD
Area of Expertise: Internal Medicine
- FEK Addo, MD
Area of Expertise: Oncology
- Supha Kijpttayarit Arthurs, MD
Area of Expertise: Infectious Disease
- David Harold Larsen, DO
Area of Expertise: Orthopedics
- Timothy John Bopp, MD
Area of Expertise: Orthopedics
- Michelle Mjelstad Maier, APRN, BC
- Tanya Patzer Guthmiller, FNP
- Heather Jacobsen Bauer, RN, FNP
- Cammy Schafer Olson, MSN, FNP-C
- Carol Koenig Miller, RN, FNP
Dan McPherson, PharmD, BCNSP
Area of Expertise: Cardiology/Critical Care/Nutrition
22 years experience in clinical research
Deb McPherson, PharmD, BCNSP
Area of Expertise: Pediatrics/Neonatal Intensive Care/Nutrition
22 years experience in clinical research
Dawn Mayer, PharmD
Area of Expertise: Anticoagulation Services
10 years experience in clinical research
Joan Johnson, RPh
Area of Expertise: Oncology/Hospice
27 years experience in clinical research
Kenton Omvig, PharmD
Area of Expertise: Geriatrics/General Practice
16 years experience in clinical research
Carrie Sorenson, PharmD
Area of Expertise: Surgery/Infectious Disease
10 years experience in clinical research
Julie Wetzstein, CCRC
11 years experience in clinical research
Kara Finneman, CCRC
10 years experience in clinical research
Sheri Hardy, LPN, CCRC
6 years experience in clinical research
Jackie Cope, CRC, RMA
2 years experience in clinical research
Nicole Gerjets, Research Assistant
1 year experience in clinical research
Mindy Sturn, Business Development & Regulatory Specialist
2 years experience in clinical research
Characteristics of our patients include prominent northern European and Native American populations with a low drop-out rate and low incidence of communicable diseases. We also have the largest per capita diabetes population in the nation. Our service area encompasses central, eastern, and western North Dakota, northern South Dakota, eastern Montana, and western Minnesota. This area is made up of a population of approximately 400,000 individuals.
Clinical Research Services has the option of using our own local
Institutional Review Board or central IRBs for clinical trials.
Our department personnel have experience in using Remote Data
Entry.
Elaine Kucera, MM, MT(ASCP) SBB
Director, Clinical Research Services
St. Alexius Medical Center
Clinical Research Services
810 E Rosser Ave.
Suite 202
Bismarck ND 58501
USA
Phone: 701-530-6954
Fax: 701-530-6970
EMail: ekucera@primecare.org
Web Site: http://www.st.alexius.org/customers/research/
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