PriVia:^SM The Research Centers of Via Christi is the dedicated research organization of Via Christi Health System. PriVia^SM is located adjacent to Via Christi Regional Medical Center -- a 1200 bed, community-based, academically-affiliated, tertiary care center that provides a network of specialty and sub-specialty hospital care and in/out patient services. With Via Christi as the largest provider of healthcare in Kansas, PriVia^SM is poised to recruit appropriate subjects through its system network and business partners in compliance with FDA, GCP and RA/QA requirements and local IRB guidelines for pharmaceutical and medical device research.

Originally established as the Psychiatric Research Institute, PriVia^SM is now a center of excellence for research in all phases (I-IV) of clinical drug and device trials, specializing in cardiovascular, CNS, critical care, gastroenterology/hepatology, infectious diseases, nephrology, neurology, and transplant medicine. Over the past 15 years, we have conducted in excess of 260 trials and worked with over 60 corporate sponsors, with the capacity to conduct at least 50 clinical trials yearly across all areas of medicine.

Operating its own forty-bed Phase I clinical research unit, PriVia^SM offers sponsors a prime site for inpatient drug trials. It fosters an environment of scientific inquiry for medical staff and improves patient care outcomes through research, education, and innovation. PriVia^SM has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification, with quality-centered and cost-effective practices that meet the needs of the diverse customers it serves.

Located in Wichita -- Kansas' largest urban center -- PriVia^SM is served by Wichita Mid-Continent Airport with eight national airlines. Nicknamed the Air Capital, Wichita manufactures Boeing, Beech, Cessna, and Bombardier Learjet aircraft, and is home to McConnell AFB.

PriVia^SM offers dedicated IRB, regulatory, contracts, scientific, and study coordination staff with 16 years experience in clinical pharmaceutical and device trials. Its state-of-the-art facilities and experienced staff enable PriVia^SM to conduct Phase I - IV, bridging, pharmacokinetic, drug-drug interaction, bioequivalence and safety and tolerability studies. We specialize in QTc interval studies. PriVia’s seasoned support staff and Principal Investigators conduct trials in these clinical therapeutic areas:

• Cardiovascular Disorders
• Central Nervous System
• Critical Care
• Gastroenterology
• Infectious Disease
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Surgical Intervention
• Transplant

PriVia’s stable workforce and quality management system -- one of a few trial sites that are ISO 9001:2000 certified -- assure sponsors of protocol implementation that complies with good clinical practice guidelines and strict operating procedures. PriVia^SM has an outstanding reputation for consistently providing:

• Fast administrative start-up
• Quick turnaround from Via Christi’s Institutional Review Board
• Fast and full enrollment of appropriate subjects
• High inter-rater reliability
• Accurate completion of study testing
• Accurate and clean case report forms
• Reliable source documentation

PriVia^SM is the research arm of Via Christi Health System, located adjacent to Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Kansas' largest healthcare provider with 1200 licensed beds, 900 physicians, a burn center, organ transplantation program, cancer center, and Level I trauma center serving all of Kansas by helicopter.

Via Christi’s Specialty Clinic provides therapeutic care for:

ALS Asthma AD/HD Congestive Heart Failure Cerebral Palsy Cystic Fibrosis Diabetes Epilepsy Foot Clinic/Nail Care

Hemophilia Muscular Dystrophy Nail Care Orthopedic Pediatrics Spina Bifida Sports Medicine Wound Care

The affiliation with Via Christi gives PriVia^SM access to 24-hour medical facilities with state-of-the-art technology including MRI, CT scan, EEG, heart cath labs, and a sleep monitoring lab. Via Christi is JCAHO accredited, and an ACCGME Clinical Teaching Facility with residency programs in Anesthesiology, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Ob/Gyn, Orthopedic Surgery, Radiology, and Surgery.

PriVia’s clinical research unit offers sponsors a complete environment for inpatient trials, featuring:

• 24-hour staffing by trained research nurses and clinical research assistants
• 24-hour security
• 24-bed restricted access
• -70°C freezer and -20°C freezer
• refrigerated centrifuge
• telemetry units
• portable 12-lead EKG machines
• laboratory processing room
• testing rooms
• alarm-activated doors
• secure binder storage room
• locked drug storage area
• remote camera monitoring system
• dedicated data transmission lines
• laundry and recreation facilities

On an adjacent floor, PriVia’s outpatient clinic features:

• portable 12-lead EKG machines
• physical examination rooms
• interview rooms
• physician and coordinator offices
• secure binder storage room
• study monitor rooms with telephones and copier
• laboratory processing room
• locked, climate-controlled drug storage area
• dedicated data transmission lines

Our investigators have expertise with research from national institutes, pharmaceutical companies, and investigator-initiated projects. Please contact the site correspondent for the CV of a specific investigator.

PriVia^SM offers a full-time staff of scientists, regulatory specialists, clinical nurse coordinators, pharmacists, and business specialists ready to complete any trial with quality and efficiency. Our scientists help physicians design investigator initiated protocols, provide statistical expertise, and prepare findings for publication. Our dedicated Regulatory Affairs staff provides a capable, attentive interface with the Via Christi IRB, CROs, and sponsors. Ten clinical coordinators -- six with CCRC credentials -- bring a wide range of clinical research experience to each project. Our business specialists manage contracts, budgets, accounts, and cultivate principal investigators for future endeavors.

PriVia^SM is located in Wichita, Kansas with an area population of half a million. Kansas City, Oklahoma City and Tulsa are four hours by car, raising PriVia’s catchment area to more than four million people. We maintain a patient database and can easily contact potential subjects. We also receive referrals from community mental health clinics, the clinics at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, and from private practice physicians. Past trials have studied adults, children/adolescents, normal healthy volunteers, mildly symptomatic, and elderly volunteers. The local VA Hospital -- part of VISN 15 -- refers patients to Via Christi.

Kansas demographics are on-line at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20000.html and www.census.gov.

For more information, please contact:

Michael Good
Officer, Research Business Operations
PriVia:^SM The Research Centers of Via Christi
1100 N. St. Francis, Suite 200
Wichita, KS 67214-2878 USA
Phone: 316-291-4811
Fax: 316-291-7704
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Last updated on February 19, 2008

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