Research Center Profile:
Texas Research Center, LP
Texas Research Center, LP is a privately owned research
organization located in Sugar Land, TX. Our site is committed to
conducting quality clinical research by maintaining high ethical
standards, ensuring research subject safety, and strict adherence
to study protocols. Our study participants are recruited from our
practice database as well as from the local population and
residents of surrounding counties. We are committed to ensuring
efficiency, critical accuracy and clinical excellence while fully
complying with all laws and regulations.
Our site has conducted clinical research in Phase II, III, and
IV studies in the following therapeutic areas:
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Gout
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypertension
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
Our private practice patient population and areas of
interest:
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Autoimmune Hearing Loss
- Crohn’s Arthritis
- Dermatologic Disorders
- Diabetes
- Fibromyalgia
- GERD
- Gout
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- IBS
- Inflammatory Eye Disease
- Obesity
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Polymyositis/ Dermatomyositis
- Psoriasis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Raynaud’s
- Reactive Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren’s Syndrome
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Thyroid Disorders
We have worked with the following organizations:
- Abbott Laboratories
- Actelion
- AstraZeneca
- Bristol Myers Squibb
- Covance
- Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development
- Genentech, Inc.
- Hoffman-Roche
- Human Genome Sciences
- MedImmune, LLC.
- Merck & Co., Inc
- Novartis
- Omnicare
- Ortho Biotech
- PPD
- Parexel
- Quintiles
- Searle Pharmaceuticals
- TAP Holding, Inc.
Texas Research Center, LP is part of The Texas Centers,
comprising Texas Rheumatology Center, Texas Research Center, and
Texas Center for IV Therapy.
It is located in the Professional Building 2 at Sugar Land
Methodist Hospital, a multi-disciplinary professional building
located adjacent and connected to Methodist Hospital. The
master-planned community features multiple medical facilities, a
shopping mall and Town Center, plus easy access to major freeways.
Methodist Hospital is located at the Sweetwater exit on the
Southwest Freeway in Sugar Land, TX, a suburb of Houston. Our site
is easily accessible from both George Bush Intercontinental and
William P. Hobby airports.
Our site offers a patient infusion center equipped with TV/VCR
and an on-site medication mixing room with ventilation hood.
Specialized equipment:
- Baxter Flo Guard IV pumps
- Oxygen
- -20° C Freezer
- Centrifuge
- Secure drug storage
- ECG
- Emergency Care/ Crash Cart
- Clean Room and Laminar Flow Hood
Angela McCain, MD, Medical Director, is board
certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. She has conducted
clinical research for over 15 years with primary focus on
rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and
hypercholesterolemia. Her areas of research interest include
disease processes of rheumatic/ immunologic origin and
osteoporosis. In addition, Dr. McCain, along with her physician’s
assistants, sees a wide range of general medicine patients.
Our center's research team consists of personnel who are
committed to ensuring Good Clinical Practice by maintaining current
knowledge of the Code of Federal Regulations and ICH
guidelines.
David Lanagan, L.P.
Chief Executive Officer/Senior Study Coordinator
7 years experience in clinical research
Angela McCain, MD
Chief Investigator
Victoria M. Arnold, R.N.
Infusion Center Manager
Kelly Sole, BBA
Research Director
Melissa Layno, CRC
Research Coordinator
Selina Franco, CCRC
Research Coordinator
Amanda Kuykendall, LVN
Pharmacist
Our patients are from the Houston metropolitan area, which has
over 3 million people. Located in Southeast Texas, our site
provides for an ethnically diverse patient population. Our central
patient database consists of approximately 7,000 patients,
approximately 60% female and 40% male. We use electronic medical
records with diagnostic search capabilities. The patients entering
the rheumatology practice have consented to have their charts
reviewed for possible study inclusion.
Texas Research Center utilizes the services of Central IRB’s for
sponsor initiated research.
Kelly Sole, Research Director
Angela McCain, MD, Chief Investigator
Texas Research Center, LP
16659 Southwest Freeway
Suite 245
Sugar Land, TX 77479
USA
Phone: 281-980-8135
Fax: 281-980-8143
E-mail: ksole@texasresearch.net
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