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Center Overview
Pacific Institute for Medical Research, Inc. (PIMR) is an independent clinical research site specializing in Psychiatry. PIMR was established in 1982 by Robert Gerner, M.D. Associate Research Psychiatrist, University of California School of Medicine at Los Angeles. PIMR works in partnership with the pharmaceutical industry to conduct year-round clinical research studies with the goal of improving treatments and outcomes for patients suffering from a broad range of psychiatric conditions. PIMR has earned a reputation for quality clinical trials.
Pacific Institute for Medical Research's primary focus is on high quality outpatient studies. We conduct primarily phase two, three, and four studies, adhering to FDA regulations.
Our mission is to partner with a limited number of sponsors to provide excellent patient care, personalized service, and high quality data.
Our Core Capabilities:
- Highly experienced, dedicated staff
- Independent site
- Dynamic renowned medical community
- Dense ethically diverse population
- Easily accessible, validated parking
- Ability to use central IRB and laboratories
- Rapid administrative approval - IRB, budgets, contracts
- eClinical technology
Clinical Research Experience
Pacific Institute for Medical Research, Inc. was established with the sole purpose of conducting clinical research studies and has been doing so ever since its doors opened in 1982. PIMR has extensive research experience in Psychiatry.
We offer studies dealing with investigative medications in areas including:
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Insomnia
- Dementia
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Social Phobia
A sampling of the Sponsor's with whom the staff have worked is listed below:
- Astra-Zeneca
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Eli Lily & Company
- Forrest Laboratories
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Janssen
- Merck & Co., Inc
- Novartis
- Pfizer, Inc
- Shire
- Takeda America
- Wyeth-Ayerst
A sampling of the CROs with whom the staff have worked is listed below:
- Covance Inc.
- PPD Development
- Quintiles
A sampling of the Central IRBs with whom the staff have worked is listed below:
- Biomedical Research
- Copernicus Group
- Integreview
- Western IRB
A sampling of the Central Laboratories with whom the staff have worked is listed below:
- Clinical Reference Laboratory
- Covance
- Quintiles
- Quest
Facility Description
- Comfortable reception room
- exam room
- interview rooms
- administrative office
- Laboratory with freezer, refrigerator, centrifuge, mini-lab CLIA accredited, full service laboratory in building
- Locked storage for study supplies
- Locked and segregated casebook (CRF) storage
- Temperature controlled, double-locked investigational drug storage
- Complete standard operating procedures (SOPs) and training program
- High-speed facsimile machines on a dedicated line
- Broadband internet access
- eClinical capabilities and experience:
- secured local area network with internet access & secure wireless capabilities, CFR compliant
- HIPAA compliant
- eSource where appropriate
- electronic data capture (EDC)
- paperless case report forms (eCRF)
- the remote data entry (RDE)
- electronic patient diaries and patient reported outcomes (PROs)
- computer based training
- Within walking distance of UCLA Medical Center
Investigator Experience
Robert Gerner, MD
President/Medical Director
Dr. Gerner attended the University of Kansas and received his MD from the University of Oklahoma in 1972. He specialized in Psychiatry and Neurology during his residency at the University of California San Diego and the National Institutes of Health. He has comprehensive research experience and is an accomplished author of hundreds of published scientific papers. He is affiliated with renowned medical institutions where he brings his expertise in research and in providing excellent patient care.
Pacific Institute for Medical Research also takes pride in having an excellent group of other dedicated principal investigators.
** Please contact us for more detailed Investigator credentials and current CVs.
Staff Expertise
The staff at Pacific Institute for Medical Research brings extensive, cross cutting clinical research experience as well as in-depth knowledge of the needs of sponsors, CRAs and investigators. All are dedicated to uncompromised quality, streamlined performance and the highest standards of research. PIMR believes that the following criteria are central to the performance of high quality clinical research:
- Patient safety (good communication and reporting procedures)
- Attention to detail
- Clean, quality data on a timely basis
- Sensitive to investigator/subject/sponsor needs (good communication)
- Optimized workflow and incorporation of technology
- Able to plan ahead and implement
- GCP and human subjects protection training, education, and certification for staff & investigators
Patient Demographics
Pacific Institute for Medical Research, Inc. is located in the heart of the metropolitan Los Angeles area with a population of over 5 million residents. With its large Hispanic, African American, and Asian populations the Los Angeles area is unparalleled in racial and ethnic diversity.
Other Information
Pacific Institute for Medical Research, Inc. closely collaborates with UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital and Institute.
Our investigative site is highly SOP and eClinical centered. In addition to standard recruitment methods Pacific Institute for Medical Research's marketing and recruitment team utilizes physician referrals, community resources and targeted phone screening.
Pacific Institute for Medical Research, Inc. uses the latest computer and software technology for patient recruitment, tracking and follow up.
Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Tanya Vapnik, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Pacific Institute for Medical Research, Inc
10921 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 701
Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
Phone: 310-208-7144
Fax: 310-209-0444
E-mail:
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