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Center Overview
These words by Thomas Jefferson, founder of the University of Virginia, epitomize our mission to enrich the quality of human life. The University of Virginia has been recognized for its excellence in the delivery of healthcare, in the education of healthcare professionals, in basic science and clinical research, and in service to the public. The University of Virginia (UVa) provides state-of-the-art healthcare and innovative biomedical and clinical research. UVa fosters close collaboration between basic and clinical scientists, allowing investigators to produce novel research data with major commercial potential and to attract sponsorship in all four phases of clinical trials. The University of Virginia’s School of Medicine Clinical Trials Office provides an infrastructure which assures services to its investigators and a point of contact for industrial sponsors seeking approval for pharmaceutical agents and medical devices.
Clinical Research Experience
Combining the resources of one of the nation’s top hospitals and a prestigious medical staff, the University of Virginia provides a comprehensive program of support for industry-sponsored clinical research. UVa has experience conducting all phases of clinical trials and has worked with all major pharmaceutical companies and Contract Research Organizations (CRO). With over 250 investigators, UVa proudly claims medical expertise in all major therapeutic areas. With over 75 experienced Clinical Research Coordinators, UVa also proudly claims efficient and compliant management of clinical trials.
Facility Description
The University hospital is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, a city situated in central Virginia, approximately 100 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. and 70 miles northwest of Richmond. The hospital is a primary and tertiary care academic center that draws patients primarily from the states of Virginia and West Virginia.
The University has affiliate outpatient sites located throughout the western section of the state equipped to participate in clinical trials, which provides access for a greater number of patients.
The University Health System offers both inpatient and outpatient facilities for the conduct of clinical trials. In fact, several departments have outpatient space dedicated exclusively to conducting clinical trials. The research facilities also include a NIH funded General Clinical Research Center (GCRC). The GCRC offers comprehensive and cost-effective monitoring by experienced and trained research personnel utilizing state-of-the-art medical equipment, access to the metabolic kitchen and its nutritionists and chefs, access to the core laboratory, access to the exercise and sleep laboratories, and access to all hospital services.
Investigator Experience
Digestive Health Center at the University of Virginia
The Digestive Health Center is a state-of-the-art practice specializing in the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal disease. A skilled team of specialists have comprehensive expertise treating a wide range of problems, including abdominal pain, anemia, colitis, Crohn’s disease, difficulty swallowing and other esophageal disorders, heartburn, gastritis, liver problems such as cirrhosis and hepatitis, pancreatitis, and ulcers. Renowned gastroenterologists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists and oncologists lead the team. Along with a full service medical office, the Digestive Health Center operates an endoscopy lab where all diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are performed:
- Upper GI, endoscopy, colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy
- Enteroscopy
- Therapeutic ERCP
- Motility studies
- Ambulatory pH monitoring
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Laser therapy
- Large volume paracentesis
- Percutaneous and laparoscopic liver biopsy
Chronic Wound Care Center (CWCC) at the University of Virginia
CWCC is dedicated to treating wounds and ulcers that fail to heal or show
delayed healing due to: vascular disease, infection; diabetes, immunosuppression, unrelieved pressure, radiation injury, malnutrition.
State-of-the-art care is provided by a multidisciplinary team of health
processionals uniquely focused on complex wounds. CWCC is actively
involved in wound healing research that includes: innovative dressings,
growth factor therapy, hyperbaric oxygen, complementary therapy. The
three largest areas of clinical research involve:
- Pressure ulcers
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Venous stasis ulcers
Currently Enrolling Trials
CenterWatch is listing the following trials that are actively recruiting patients at this center.
- A study to test the effects of the Alpha-Stim device on common symptoms associated with chemotherapy (pain, fatigue, depression/anxiety, insomnia).
- Adolescent female volunteers (7-18) needed for research study.
- Adolescent Hormone Study
- Adolescent Hormone Study
- Adolescent Hormone Study
- Adolescent Hormone Study
- Adolescent Hormone Study
- Adolescent Hormone Study
- Adolescents ages 10-15 with idiopathic scoliosis for a research study.
- Adults over the age of 50 needed for a Low Sodium research study
- Adults undergoing Liver transplant wanted for tissue donation study.
- Adults with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Sought for Research Study.
- Adults with CMV disease who are undergoing a Liver Transplant wanted for research study.
- Adults with Head & Neck Cancer Sought for a Clinical Trial (H&N II)
- Adults with Kidney Disease sought for research study
- Adults with Melanoma Sought for Clinical Trial
- Adults with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Sought for a Research Study.
- Adults with overactive bladder invited to participate in a research study
- Adults with Partial Onset Seizures needed for research study
- Appetite-Hormone-Obesity study
- Are you having Breast Cancer Surgery?
- Asthma and Breathlessness in School Age Children
- Cancer Patients with sleep difficulties neede for Internet insomnia research study.
- Cerebral Palsy bone study
- Children ages 1-16 wanted for study on Chronic Kidney Disease
- Children and Adolescents ages 3 to 16 years with scoliosis.
- Children and adolescents ages 8 years and up for a research study.
- Children and Adolescents with Hodgkin's Disease Sought for Research Study
- Children and young adults with osteosarcoma sought for research study.
- Children over 10 years of age with ALL Leukemia sought for research study.
- Children with and without Cerebral Palsy needed for a walking study
- Children with Chronic Renal Insufficience diagnosed on or after 01011994 are needed for research study
- Children with Chronic Renal Insufficiency and taking Growth Hormone are needed for a research study
- Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Sought for Research Study
- Department of Knesiology seeks Healthy Women and Men ages 18 to 44 for a research study
- Diagnosed with Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)
-Volunteers will be asked to fill out a questionnaire and have a blood test.
-You will be compensated for your participation.
For further information - Diagnosed with ECZEMA?
- Do you have Asthma ?
- Effect of age on insulin mediated regulation of ghrelin
- Effects of Exercise Intensity on Glucose Disposal in Overweight Adults.
- Effects of ice and exercise on leg strength and function individuals with knee pain.
- Estrogen effects in autoimmunity
- Evaluation of the Effects of Local GM-CSF-in-adjuvant Administration on Dendritic Cells in Skin of Melanoma Patients and in Sentinel Lymph Nodes ( HIC # 8380)
- Evaluation of the Immunogenicity of Vaccination with Her-2/neu and CEA derived Synthetic Peptides with GM-CSF-in-Adjuvant, in Patients with Resected Stage IIB or III Abdominal Colon Cancer HIC# 9976
- Genetic study examining siblings of stroke patients - HIC #8953
- Girls needed who are Healthy or Overweight with increased facial or body hair and/or irregular periods.
- Healthy Kids and Kids with Asthma needed for MRI studies
- Healthy Men and Women ages 18-35 with no history of lower body surgery for a research study.
- Healthy women ages 18 to 35 needed for reproductive hormone study
- Healthy Women ages 18-30 with regular menstrual cycles for research study.
- HEALTHY, NON SMOKING MEN AND WOMEN AGES 18-30 NEEDED FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDY
- Heart Disease and Abnormal Cholesterol Study
- Hyperpolarized Helium-3 MR Lung Imaging Findings in Asthmatics. HIC #: 8559
- Hyperpolarized Helium-3 MR Lung Imaging in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Patients with Lung Lesions, and Healthy Volunteers. HIC #: 8973
- Individuals who are affected by Huntington's Disease for a research study.
- Individuals with heart failure who live in a rural setting wanted for walking study.
- Infants with an adrenal tumor for a research study.
- Looking to enroll patients with active Celiac Disease into a clinical Trial
- Men & Women Needed for Stroke Genetic Study
- Men & Women Needed for Stroke Prevention Study
- Men and Women 18 and older who plan to undergo vascular surgery, neede for research study
- Men and Women 18 or older needed for study of arterial blood clotes of the leg
- Men and Women 18-65 wanted for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Study
- Men and women 18-65 with active Crohn's disease wanted for study
- Men and Women age 18 and above with chronic low back pain needed for participation in a research study.
- Men and Women ages 16-65 who have had an injury or reconstruction to the anterior cruciate ligament needed for a research study
- Men and Women ages 18 to 55 who have recently torn a knee ligament and have thigh muscle weakness needed for a research study.
- Men and Women ages 18-80 diagnosed with knee joint osteoarthritis need for research study
- Mitral Valve Regurgitation
- Participants aged 8 to 21 years who have had a traumatic brain injury for growth hormone study
- Participants With Melanoma sought For research Study
- Participants with Stage IIB-IV Melanoma wanted for a research study.
- Patients with Advanced Endometrial Cancer for Clinical Trial
- Patients with breast cancer sought for research study.
- Patients with lung cancer needed for clinical study.
- Patients with lung cancer wanted for clinical trial
- Patients with Ovarian or Peritoneal Primary Cancer Sought for Clinical Trial.
- People aged 1 to 65 with Developmental L5-S1 spondylolisthesis.
- People ages 3 to 21 with CP needed for a walker study
- Phase II Trial for the Evaluation of the Efficacy of Vaccination with Synthetic Melanoma Peptides Administered with GM-CSF-in-adjuvant in Patients with Advanced Melanoma HIC #10049
- Phase III randomized multi-standard trial of Gemcitabin in combination with Carboplatin or Paclitaxel vs. Paclitaxel plus Carboplatin in patients with metastatic (stage IIIB pleural effusion or IV) non-small cell lung cancer. HIC #8775
- Phase III trial of Carboplatin/Paclitaxel and thoracic radiation with or without Thalidomide in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer. HIC #8779
- Planning to get a CRT-D
- Postmenopausal Women Needed for 5 year study.
- Reproductive Hormone Studies
- Research Study of Sexually Active Women
- Seeking female volunteers ages 18-80 for whom a breast biopsy has been recommended for 3D imaging
- Seeking Women, Men, ages 16-70 with partial seizures and are taking 1 or 2 anti-epileptic drugs for research study.
- Sleep Disorder Breathing Study
- Small abdominal aneurysm trial
- Sodium Sensitivity of Blood Pressure
- Spine Studies at UVa
- Stent for thoracic aneurysm
- Study Examining Stress During Pregnancy
- Study on Health Effects of Breakfast Meals
- Study on Physical Activity Measurement
- Surgically Postmenopausal Women Needed for Decreased Sexual Desire Study
- The CORAL Study
- The VITAL- Valve Intervention Treatment Trial
- The VITAL- Valve Intervention Treatment Trial. A clinical trial is underway utilizing an investigational device intended to improve the over all health status and quality of life for people living with emphysema.
- Thoracic stent trial for chest aneurysms
- Undergoing a Colonoscopy?
- Understanding Appetite Regulation
- UVa Health System seeks adolescents ages birth to 8 years with early onset scoliosis for research study.
- UVa Health System seeks adults to donate specimens for research
- UVA Health System seeks men and women with COPD or Asthma and GERD-Acid Reflux with symptoms of coughing/wheezing for research study.
- UVa Health System, Department of Neurology, seeks Woman and Men with Parkinsons Disease for research study.
- UVA HEATH SYSTEM-HEALTHSOUTH SEEKS OUTPATIENTS FOR A RESEARCH STUDY
- UVA Islet Cell Transplantation in patients with Type I diabetes
- UVa seeks people aged 1-65 with Delvelopmental spondylolysis or spondlylolithesis for a research study.
- Volunteers 18 or older needed for a Bipolar I Depression Study.
- Volunteers 22-64 with DM2 needed for Kidney Study
- Volunteers with severe chronic asthma needed for a research study.
- Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Studies.
- Women age 18 and older needed to participate in a research study.
- Women ages 18 to 35 needed for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Study
- Women who plan to have their ovaries removed sought for research study.
- Women with Ovarian or Peritoneal Cancer Sought for Research Study.
Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Lori Elder
University of Virginia
Clinical Trials Office
One Morton Drive, Suite 200
Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
Phone: 434-924-8530
Fax: 434-243-5999
E-mail:
If you are interested in contacting this center to discuss placing a clinical trial there, please complete and send the E-mail form below. A representative from the research center will then follow up with you.
