About Clinical Trials of Texas

Site Maintenance Organization Overview (The Center)

Clinical Trials of Texas, Inc. (CTT) is located in the northwest portion of San Antonio in the Southwest Texas Medical Center. We are a quality Site Management Organization (SMO) that contracts with research physicians who are not only experienced with the code of federal regulations and Good Clinical Practices, but are also well accomplished in conducting clinical research protocols while meeting sponsor goals and timelines.

We work with board certified, well-established physician groups that specialize in a large assortment of medical areas. This gives us the diversity to conduct studies in a wide variety of medical disciplines. Working with CTT gives physicians the ability to effectively conduct and oversee study tasks while maintaining their own private practices. As a Site Management Organization, we ensure compliance and handle all of the regulatory documentation required by sponsors and institutional review boards.

We make sure that our staff is well-trained on all GCP guidelines and FDA regulations. Many of our research coordinators are ACRP certified or are working to become certified. We also have nurses on staff that can assist with hospital-based protocols which require hospital privileges. CTT prides itself on having highly qualified coordinators that know the policies and procedures for conducting research protocols properly and ethically. Additionally, CTT has its own experienced subject recruiter. Having a dedicated recruiter allows our research coordinators to focus on subject care and protocol compliance.

CTT prides itself on being technologically advanced by maintaining an Oracle database (Permedics Surveyor Software) that stores all patient records, forecasts protocol specific visit windows and tracks patient study involvement as well as enrollments in all studies. We are capable of electronic data capture and transmission through any medium required, having extra phone lines dedicated solely to data transmission and a T-1 internet connection for high-speed web-based data transfer. CTT is also proud to have its own proprietary Centralized Patient Recruitment System (CPRS) for patient recruitment and tracking. Utilizing this software allows us to track every patient from the moment they express interest in a study through enrollment.

CTT is pleased to announce our expansion to a 15,000 square foot clinic in the Fall of 2008. This increase in square footage will allow us to conduct overnight phase 1 trials.

Our focus is phase II, III and IV pharmaceutical protocols. Areas of interest/expertise include:

• Anesthesia
• Infectious Diseases
• Cardiovascular
• Neurologic Disorders
• Dermatology
• Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Devices
• Otolaryngology
• Endocrinology
• Pediatrics
• Gastrointestinal/Metabolic
• Genitourinary
• Psychiatry
• Pain Management
• Gastroenterology
• Vaccines

To date we have worked with the following sponsors/CROs:

• Eli Lilly & Co., Inc.
• Astra Zeneca
• Bristol-Myers
• PPD
• R.W. Johnson
• Schering-Plough
• Scirex
• Ortho-McNeil
• ZymoGenetics
• Vasogen
• Quintiles
• Pharmaceutical Resource Corporation
• Duramed
• Covance
• Johnson and Johnson
• Wyeth
• Novum Pharmaceuticals
• Sucampo
• 3M
• Boehringer Ingelheim
• Luitpold
• Neurocrine Biosciences
• Proctor & Gamble
• QuatRx
• Repros
• Roche
• Symbio
• Warner Chilcott
• Alcon
• Allergan
• COSMO
• Eisai
• Horizon
• Sanofi Pasteur
• IOMAI
• KCI
• MannKind
• Neuromed
• Cephalon
• ANS
• Takeda

CTT is able to utilize centralized Institutional Review Boards for all research protocols. We have worked with the following:

• Western Institutional Review Board
• Schulman & Associates IRB
• Quorum IRB
• New England IRB
• Copernicus Group IRB
• Methodist IRB (Local)
• Baptist Health System IRB (Local)
• Sterling IRB
• Coast IRB
• Integreview IRB
• Asentral IRB

CTT is located northwest/medical center of San Antonio within walking distance of all major area hospitals. There is ample free parking with many handicap parking spaces for our patients. We are on the public transportation bus route. Most patients are seen at nearby physician's offices; however, many patient visits occur at the CTT clinic. Medical equipment/capabilities at the CTT clinic include the following:

• Three Exam rooms
• On-site lab with OSHA approved equipment. (We are CLIA exempt. Our staff is IATA certified.)
• Adjustable exam tables equipped with stirrups
• Wall mounted sphygnomenometers for measuring blood pressures
• Ophthalmoscopes, Otoscopes
• -80 degree freezer and -40 degree freezer; locked with automatic temperature monitoring and alarm
• Locked/secured and temperature controlled drug storage with limited access
• Refrigerators and <20° F freezers at all sites (temperatures monitored daily by continuous read temperature probes)
• Calibrated centrifuges at all sites which rotate at up to 3000 rpm
• Calibrated weight scales at all sites
• CRF storage is secured and with limited access, Monitors/CRAs have a large desk and area in which to work with plug-in capability for internet access and with phone, fax and copier just steps away.
• Oracle Database for patient records and study tracking . (Note: Patients are contacted for future studies only if they grant permission to be contacted.)
• Crash carts/emergency equipment
• Bone density imaging scanner
• Ultrasound/sonogram
• Colposcope
• Urodynamic studies equipment
• X-ray capabilities
• Treadmill
• 12-lead ECG machine w/interpretation
• 10 bed phase 1 unit with separate sleep areas for men and women
• Phase 1 available 24/7 with dietician supervised meals;
• Dedicated and experienced phase 1 staff familiar with serial pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies.

Our physicians are all board certified in their specialties. They are experienced, involved investigators who are knowledgeable regarding Good Clinical Practices. Below is a list of our physicians:

Barbara Belcher, M.D. Amparo L. Garcia, RN, MSN, CPNP Karen M. Walker, NP Valentin Almendarez Jr., M.D. Bryan Cox, M.D. Karen M. Carcamo, M.D. Celyna D. Delgado, M.D. Michelle Harden, M.D. Brian Harle, M.D. Heidi Heck, M.D. Parke Hedges, M.D Charles Honore, M.D. Shannon Gallagher, M.D. Cesar Reyes, M.D. Jose M. Ruiz III, M.D. Vincenzo Sabella, M.D. David Dooley, M.D Christine De La Garza, M.D Charles R. Honore, M.D. Gloria J Nichols Ronald A. Valdez, M.D. Camilo A. Gonima, M.D. David Dooley, M.D Christine De La Garza, M.D Charles R. Honore, M.D. Gloria J Nichols Ronald A. Valdez, M.D. Camilo A. Gonima, M.D. Thomas Mieras, M.D. Edward Sargent, M.D. Mark Riddoch, M.D. Albert Mosqueda, M.D. Lydia N. Roman, M.D. Wanda D. Angueira Amy Mulroy, M.D. Richard J. Fetchick, M.D. Elizabeth Hughes Tichy, MD Phillip S.H. Hughes, MD Jay Ellis, MD James Growney, DO Timothy S. Orihel, M.D. Donald D. Bacon, M.D Irene Coronado, NP Mark A. Moran M.D. Scott P. Worrich, M.D. Robert Burton Nett Jr, M.D. Raul G. Martinez, M.D. Christian R. Longoria, NP Stephanie S. Jones, M.D. Karola White, MD Delbert L. Chumley, M.D. Mario A. Garza, M.D. Patrick A. Masters, M.D. John T. Swan, M.D. Fred Goldner, M.D. Michael K. Bay, M.D. Alejandro Pruitt, M.D.

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Kay Scroggins, RN, CCRC - President, CTT, Inc.

• Research Background:
  • Over 16 year of clinical research experience
  • Experience in multiple therapeutic areas
  • Management of 15 regional CRAs (220 sites), Senior Manager of 60 sites within the Department of Defense
  • Director of a clinical research site within an internal medicine practice

CTT is affiliated with nine (9) physician clinics with combined databases of approximately 150,000 patients. San Antonio consists of approximately 60% Hispanics, 35% Caucasian, with the remaining 5% made up of African American and Asian.

To search all enrolling studies, please visit our website : http://www.saresearch.com/studies.php

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

• Always Anxious? What if you joined our research study?
• Anemia due to heavy uterine bleeding or post partum
• Are you suffering from Depression? Join our study for Major Depressive Disorder
• Constipation due to taking prescribed pain medications
• Endometriosis Pain?
• Is Chronic Low Back Pain following you everywhere?
• Overactive Bladder Research Study for Women
• Women with Moderate to Severe Breast Pain

For more information, please contact:

Kay Scroggins, RN, CCRC
President
Clinical Trials of Texas, Inc.
7940 Floyd Curl Dr.
Suite 1050
San Antonio, TX 78229 USA
Phone: 210-949-0122
Fax: 210-949-0181
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Last updated on August 21, 2008