Primary Physicians Research (PPR) is an established full service
clinical research trial management organization focusing on
outpatient Phase II-III & IV clinical trials. The company was
founded in 1980 by Mark M. Blatter, MD and Keith S. Reisinger, MD,
MPH and was formerly known as Pittsburgh Pediatric Research. PPR
currently has over 100 community based physician investigators in
more than 25 sites. We have long-standing relationships with
industry sponsors that include many of the largest pharmaceutical
companies in the world. PPR maintains complete administrative
functions, provides all necessary protocol and regulatory
functions, data management, total quality assurance and site
management / training within its central corporate office. To date,
PPR has participated in over 300 clinical trials with an average of
100 to 700 enrollees each.
We deliver Proof Positive
Research:
- Over 25 Years of Research Experience
- Rapid Patient Enrollment
- Enhanced Site Performance
- Total Quality Assurance
- High Quality Experienced Principal Investigators
- Large Experienced Staff Dedicated Exclusively to Clinical
Research
- More Than 100 Board Certified Community Based Physician
Investigators
- Database of over 250,000
- A Proven Track Record in Pediatric and Adult Research
PPR has over 25 years experience in clinical trials. We have
conducted research in the following therapeutic areas:
Vaccines: Varicella, DTaP, HIB, eIPV, MMR,
MMRV, Rotavirus, Herpes, Pneumococcal, Meningococcal,
Parainfluenza, Lyme Disease, Influenza (injectable and intranasal),
Hepatitis A, B, AB, Combinations.
Anti-infectives: Pharyngitis, Sinusitis, Acute
Bronchitis, Chronic Bronchitis, E-Coli, Pneumonia, Otitis Media
with Tympanocentesis, Otitis Media without Tympanocentisis.
Nutritional: Infant Formula (nucleotides; iron
content; fat content, carbohydrate content; etc.)
Therapies: Herpes Simplex, Diabetes, Stress
Incontinence, Osteoporosis, Antipyretics, Influenza, Anti-virals,
ADHA, Migraine (oral / intranasal), Hypertension, Hypercholesterol
(Lipids), Diabetes, Asthma, Oncology, Topical Ophthalmologics,
Topical Otologicals, Pharmacokinetics
PPR has worked with the following companies:
- Abbot Laboratories
- Alcon
- Aventis
- Aviron
- Chiron Biocine
- Gilead
- Glaxo Wellcome
- Lilly Research Laboratories
- Mead Johnson
- MedImmune
- Merck Research Laboratories
- North American Vaccine
- Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical
- Pasteur Merieux Connaught
- Pfizer Inc.
- Ross Products Division
- Smith Kline Beecham
- TAP Holdings
- Viropharma
- VRI
- Whitehall Robbins
- Wyeth-Lederle
- Multiple CROs
PPR’s corporate location is easily reached by car and within a
20-minute drive from the Pittsburgh International Airport. The
corporate office houses a centralized information system and
database as well as the business and trial management staff. This
includes our Medical Directors, Clinical Trial Directors,
Management Services, Contracting Managers, Project Managers,
Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Human Resources, Data Assistants,
Lead Coordinators, and an onsite Clinic. Sponsor monitors are
provided with a central data source and have access at the
corporate office to the lead trial coordinators for over 25
community-based sites.
Medical Directors/Principal Investigators Keith S. Reisinger,
MD, MPH and Mark M. Blatter, MD have been in research for 25 years.
PPR also has over 100 Board Certified Physician Investigators at
community based sites with specialties in Pediatrics, Family
Medicine, Internal Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Allergy/ Immunology,
Endocrinology, and Oncology.
PPR normally manages 15 to 20 studies concurrently with each
community based investigative site participating consistently in
four or more studies at a time. This gives our investigators, many
who have been with PPR for ten or more years, extensive and
consistent clinical research experience.
Clinical Trial Directors Lynn Regina, RN, CCRC and Carol Miller,
LPN, CCRC have 15 and 18 years experience respectively in clinical
trial research. Department Supervisors including Quality Assurance,
Site Management, Project Management, Lead Coordinators and Data
Assistants average 3 to 10 years experience in research.
PPR manages over 45 employees including over 20 site nurses, 6
fulltime central coordinators and 5 on site coordinators, 10 data
assistants, internal quality assurance department, and
administrative staff exclusively dedicated to research. Our
Directors and clinical staff are actively involved at both the
Board and membership level with the local and national ACRP.
Patients are drawn from the metropolitan Pittsburgh and
Tri-State area of approximately 3.5 million. Our community based
physician sites enable us to utilize large populations of subjects
that have established patient physician relationships. This
provides non-transitory quality subject populations from diverse
demographic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Of particular interest
to many of our sponsors is our large database of pediatric
subjects, many of whom are now participating in follow-up studies
as adolescents or adults.
