Central Carolina Neurology & Sleep is an independent
research office located in the heart of the Piedmont section of
North Carolina. Founded in 1994, the center has conducted Phase ll,
lll and lV studies.
Organized in 1994, CCNS has conducted over 40 clinical trials
for approximately 20 pharmaceutical companies including:
- Abbott
- Boehringer-Ingleheim
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Cephalon
- Covance
- Glaxcosmithkline
- Johnson & Johnson
- Omnicare
- Ono Pharma
- Orphan Medical
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- parexel
- Pfizer
- Quintiles
- Sanofi
- Sanofi-Synthelabo
- Sepracor
- Takeda
- Merck & Co.
- Norvatis
- Fujisawa
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Dr. Hill is board certified in Sleep Medicine and Neurology,
therefore studies conducted were mainly in those fields. :
- Stroke
- Seizures
- Narcolepsy/cataplexy
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Restless legs
- Restless legs in the elderly
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Insomnia
- Insomnia in the elderly
- Shift workers sleep disorders
- Non-restorative sleep
- Parkinsons with psychosis
- Parkinsons
- Diabetic perpheral neuropathy
- Post hepatic neuralgia
- Epilepsy
- Mutiple sclerosis
CCNS is located in the Kiser Medical Building at Rowan Regional
Medical Center. Conveniently located approximately 45 minutes North
of Charlotte (CLT) Douglas International and South of Piedmont
Triad (GSO) International airports.
Known for its beautiful weather, flowering trees and Southern
history, Salisbury offers convenient hotels and lovely bed and
breakfast accommodations.
Clinically we offer a 4,750 square foot facility
featuring:
- 6 fully equipped exam rooms
- A four-bed sleep center fully accredited by the American
Academy of Sleep Medicine
- On-site lab with daily pick-up with Airborne/DHL, Fed-X and
UPS
- Full time regulatory and document specialist
- HIPPA compliant
- In-house quality assurance staff
- Off site storage for long-term storage of study documents
- Standard Operating Procedures are in place
- Routine equipment calibrations
- Monitoring of regulatory notebooks, case report forms and job
performance
- Private customized monitoring rooms
- Alice IV computerized sleep and Grass paper polysomnographic
recording equipment
- Spacious and comfortable waiting room with TV
Relationship with community
Close relationships have been developed with the local hospital,
area physicians and their staff allowing us to provide the latest
in diagnostic procedures. We currently serve the area nearest
Salisbury such as:
- China Grove, Landis, Kannapolis, Concord, Lexington,
Mocksville, Cleveland, Statesville, Albemarle. Population
approximately half million people.
Procedures we have provided in the past
are:
- Remote data entry
- Electrocardiograms
- 24-hr. eeg monitoring
- Blood pressure clinics
- Over night pulse oximetry
- CDR (cognitive drug research)
- Multiple sleep latency test
- Polysomnography sleep test
- Maintenance of wakefulness test
- CT scans
- MRI
- HIHSS (certified)
- Modified rankin scale
- Barthel index
- BAC cognitive testing
- MMIDI
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- Mean oxygen score
- Health care quality of life scale
- Clinical global impression of change scale (cgi-c)
- Mini-mental status exam
- Cornell scale for depression
- Alzheimer assessment scale
- Standford narcolepsy/cataplexy scale
- Sleep log
- Sleep hygeine
- ESS (epworth sleepiness scale)
- Beck inventory
- Midas scale for migraine
- Seizure logs
- Multiple sclerosis functional
composite
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We currently have one Medical Director and one ANP
sub-investigator with a staff of 20. We pride ourselves on the
quality and experience, and successful completion of every
trial.
