Vassar Brothers Medical Center (VBMC) is a 365-bed, voluntary, non-profit, medical center located on the shore of the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York. VBMC first opened its doors as Vassar Brothers Hospital in the spring of 1887.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center provides a full range of primary and secondary acute care services on an inpatient and outpatient basis. In addition to being a multi-purpose medical center caring for patients from a broad spectrum of cultural and economic backgrounds, VBMC offers highly specialized services and state-of-the-art clinical facilities. VBMC has four "centers of clinical excellence" - cardiac services, women and children's services, oncology services, and the center for advanced surgery.

In addition to general medical and surgical services, the medical center fills the need for specialized clinical services including: an Intensivist Program staffed by board-certified physicians specializing in critical care medicine and treatment and a Hospitalist Program that provides hospital management of a physicians practice.

The Clinical Research Department at VBMC is available to conduct phase III, and IV studies. Because VBMC provides care across the entire spectrum of medicine, from prenatal to the elderly, we afford the opportunity for research within many specialty areas and/or disciplines. Our specific therapeutic specialties include:

• Cardiovascular Disease (including hyperlipidemia, hypertension)
• Cardiology (including stroke)
• Endocrine Disorders (including diabetes mellitus, obesity)
• Gastrointestinal Disorders (including GERD, irritable bowel syndrome)
• Gynecology
• Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine
• Neonatology
• Neurological Disorders (including migraines)
• Obstetrics
• Oncology (including Screenings and Prevention)
• Orthopedics
• Perinatology
• Pediatrics
• Pulmonary/Respiratory Disease (including asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, pneumonia, pleurisy)
• Primary Prevention (including smoking cessation, nutritional counseling)
• Renal Disorders (including urinary tract infections, nephritis, renal stones)
• Urology (including incontinence)
• Wound Care

In the past VBMC has conducted trials with many major drug firms, numerous device and diagnostic equipment manufacturers, and a number of clinical research organizations and site management organizations. VBMC and its affiliated clinicians are currently involved in trials of drugs and devices in nearly all medical disciplines, including asthma, cardiology, diabetes mellitus (adult and pediatric), oncology, urology, and wound care. The VBMC Cancer Registry has accessioned over 16,000 cancer cases since 1985 and is actively following 6,000 of them.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center provides a full range of primary and secondary acute care services on an inpatient and outpatient basis. VBMC has four Centers of Clinical Excellence: The Cardiac Center is the only cardiothoracic surgery program between Westchester and Albany. Cardiovascular services available include: open-heart surgery, Electrophysiologic (EP) procedures and interventional and cardiac catheterizations. The Maternal-Child Center includes the only level III Neonatal intensive care unit in the mid-Hudson Valley, 28 private luxury maternity suites (each with a private bath and striking view of the Hudson River), and a dedicated pediatric unit. The comprehensive Dyson Center for Cancer Care provides radiation therapy, inpatient treatment, an infusion center, a state-of-the-art mammography unit, Stereotactic Radiosurgery and PET therapy. With the Center for Advanced Surgery, VBMC has one of the most sophisticated operating rooms for minimally invasive surgery in the world, one of only a handful in the United States. Additionally, VBMC's Wound Care Center is one of only 2 wound care centers between Westchester and Albany, and as is nationally recognized as being in the top 10 percentile. The Wound Care Center at VBMC has a consistent "heal rate" of greater than 90 percent and a "heal time" consistently averaging 5 weeks or less.

The Department of Clinical Research at VBMC draws from a diverse patient base of over 1,100,000 patients from different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds including White, Hispanic, Black, and Asian communities, and range in age from newborn to geriatrics. This base is drawn from urban, suburban, and rural areas with health status ranging from healthy to chronic and acute. Major employers of this area include IBM, Agriculture, the Health Care Industry, as well as Colleges and Universities such as Vassar College, Marist College, Dutchess Community College, Bard College, and SUNY New Paltz.

There is a positive attitude towards research within our community. Our population base encompasses Dutchess County; the four contiguous counties: Ulster, Orange, Putnam and Columbia; and Western Connecticut. If necessary, patients can be provided monetary compensation to assist in travel expenses.

VBMC Volume - Year 2007:

• Total number of Physicians with Privileges -691
• Total number of Employees -2,023
• Total number of Discharges - 22,575
• Total number of Ambulatory Surgery Visits - 6,794
• Total number of Emergency Room Visits - 63,960

The Vassar Brothers Medical Center Institutional Review Board (IRB) is a multi-disciplinary committee, with members from the institution and the community. The VBMC IRB meets on a monthly basis.

CenterWatch is listing the following trials that are actively recruiting patients at this center.

• A Phase III Randomized Trial of Adjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab for Patients With Completely Resected Stage IB (> 4.0 cm) - IIIA Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
• A PivotalPhase 3 Observer-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of AP530 Compared to Aloxi^R for the Prevention of Acute-Onset and Delayed-Onset Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Following the Administration of Either Moderately or Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy Regimens. C2006-01
• A Randomized Phase III Study of Conventional Whole Breast Irradiation (WBI) vs. Partial Breast Irradiation (PBI) for Women with Stage 0, I, or II Breast Cancer
• Study comparing Anastrozole vs. anastrozole and fulvestrant for post-menopausal women with metastic breast cancer.
• Trialing Assigning Individualized Options for Treatment - The TAILORx Trial

For more information, please contact:

Camille Finkle, RN
Clinical Research Associate
Vassar Brothers Medical Center
45 Reade Place
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 USA
Phone: 845-483-6483
Fax: 845-483-6059
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Last updated on April 24, 2008

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