MedLabs Research is an independent investigative site specializing in Phase II-IV CNS drug and device clinical trials for Adults, Adolescents, and Children. MedLabs is owned and operated by Jason D. Baron who has been a practicing psychiatrist for over 30 years and a Principal Investigator for almost 7 years.

Our goal is to provide the pharmaceutical industry with a mechanism in which to bring exciting new products to market in an expedient manner. To aide in the process we provide professional study management, offer quality subject recruitment and patient care, and boast a staff of experienced clinicians with years of experience in the field of mental illness and addiction.

MedLabs is a premier research facility with an on-site regulatory staff to aide in the quick implementation of all clinical studies. We use a Central IRB. Additionally, we utilize our own internal quality assurance department, which routinely audits the research process and data collection methods of the research coordinator. This process assures timely and accurate data collection and reporting while also minimizing or eliminating the number of study queries.

Our Principal Investigator conducted research with the NIMH prior to establishing his private practice in 1974. His mental health clinic has experience treating many thousands of patients over the last 30 years. MedLabs Research conducts clinical research trials to further the development of drugs and devices to benefit patients with psychiatric disorders. The current focus is on inpatient and outpatient psychiatric/CNS pharmacology in Phases II, III, IV, and Post Market studies in the areas of our specialties including:

• Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorders (both acute and stable)
• Bipolar I and II (all episode states)
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Anxiety States (Generalized Anxiety Disorder, PTSD, Social Anxiety, Panic Disorder, and others)
• Dual Diagnosis
• Depressive Disorders (Major Depression, Treatment Resistant Depression and all other forms)
• Outcomes and Validation Studies
• Pediatric studies for any psychiatric disorder
• Alcoholism and Substance Abuse/Dependency (including but not limited to alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, marijuana, opiates, and other illicit drugs)
• ADD/ADHD
• Geriatrics-- early stages (Mild) Alzheimer’s and other psychiatric disorders

MedLabs Research is a dedicated independent clinical research site located in Southwest Houston, near the well-known Galleria shopping area and easily accessible from George R Bush Intercontinental and Houston Hobby Airport, as well as to all major freeways and the Metro Bus route.

SITE AMENITIES:

• Private Study Coordinator Offices with individual, password protected computers, phones, and high-speed Internet connections for expedited EDC entry.
• Dedicated Monitor Rooms with access to phone, fax, and high speed Internet.
• Private Exam Room including: a calibrated height/weight scale, ECG machines, a calibrated digital blood pressure cuff with print out, phlebotomy equipment, and an exam table.
• Lab Processing Equipment including: quarterly calibrated centrifuge, refrigerator, -20 degree freezer for sample storage, and access to dry ice for shipping.
• Secure Study Drug Storage Room with locking drug cabinets, drug refrigerator, climate- control and daily temperature log, medication and serum storage, a lab for collection and processing of specimens.
• Secure Regulatory and Source Document Binders Room: double-locked record storage on-site for five years.
• Patient testing stations that are Internet ready, private, and quiet for patient use.
• Use of a driver for patient pick-up or access to month long bus passes for patients to use.
• Dedicated Fax Machines: MedLabs Research Administration fax (713) 974-2252 and the lab fax (713) 974-7580.
• Building and office are handicapped accessible (ADA) and all doors with outside and lobby access are securely locked.
• Affiliation with numerous psychiatric hospitals, mental health clinics, outpatient treatment centers, social service agencies, emergency rooms of both public and private hospitals, and personal care homes within the Houston/Galveston metropolitan area.

  

  Investigator Experience

  Jason D. Baron, M.D.
  Psychiatry/Psychology
  Principal Investigator, CEO

  • Research with the NIMH
  • Numerous CNS inpatient and outpatient studies conducted at MedLabs Research of Houston, Inc.
  • Many years of experience in his inpatient and outpatient clinical treatment practice, his partial day hospital, medical directorships at Houston hospitals. He has vast experience with patients with chronic, acute mental disorders and has programs to treat substance and alcohol abuse/addictions.
  • He treats the majority of mental disorders in adults, adolescents, children, and geriatric patients.

  

  Staff Expertise

  MedLabs employs a dynamic team of experienced research staff to facilitate in the success of conducting and recruiting patients for a variety of clinical trials. Our staff includes 2 psychiatrists who serve as Principal Investigators, several other psychiatrists that serve as sub-investigators, 5 coordinators, dedicated full-time recruiters, a lab technician, and an administrative staff for business development, contracts, and financial issues. Our coordinators who also serve as certified raters have been well trained in:

  • Quality assurance guidelines
  • ICH guidelines
  • GCP
  • Multiple SOPs
  • CPR
  • PIAB
  • ECG
  • Phlebotomy
  • Collection of vitals
  • Processing
  • Packaging
  • Shipping of diagnostic samples
  • Maintaining IRB review
  • Recruiting
  • Consenting
  • Administering treatments
  • Monitoring progress
  • Medication and SAE recording
  • CBT
  Administrative:
  • Jason D. Baron, MD Principal Investigator & CEO
  • Tayfun Karakoc, MD Additional Principal Investigator
  • Beth Kaplan, BS, Vice President of Business Development

  

  Patient Demographics

  Our patient population draws from all socio-economic classifications, all ethnicities, and includes child, adolescent, adult and geropsychiatric age groups. MedLabs Research of Houston, Inc. has ready access to a large population of acute and chronically ill psychiatric patients in Houston, Texas, a city of over 3 million persons, and the 4th largest U.S. city.

  Sources of recruitment:

  • Newspaper, radio, and Internet advertising
  • Health fairs
  • Seminars
  • Private and Public Psychiatric Hospitals
  • Emergency Rooms
  • Personal Care Homes
  • Social Service Agencies
  • Physician Referrals
  • Therapist referrals
  • Government Grant programs
  • Partial Day Hospital Program
  • CenterWatch trial listing service

  

  Other Information

  MedLabs Research of Houston, Inc. uses a central IRB. Dr. Baron, the principal investigator, is Chief of Psychiatry at one of the inpatient hospitals and is the largest admitter in all of our inpatient psychiatric facilities. The treatment program affiliated with us offers in-patient and outpatient programs throughout the Houston area.

  Visit us at http://www.medlabsresearch.com

  

  Currently Enrolling Trials

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

  • Anxious?
    Medication not working?
    Has your doctor diagnosed you with Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
  • Are you living in the shadow of Bipolar Depression?
  • Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia
  • Does Your Child Smoke?
  • Does your life feel like one long roller coaster ride?
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • If you have Bipolar Disorder and are experiencing feelings of depression you may be eligible to participate in a research study.
  • If you've been diagnosed with schizophrenia and have been stable for the past five months, that's very good news.
  • Patients Needed for Schizophrenia Research
  • Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder Clinical Research Study Now Enrolling

  

  Contact Information

  For more information, please contact:

  Beth Kaplan, B.S.
  Vice President of Business Development
  MedLabs Research of Houston, Inc.
  6223 Richmond Ave., Ste 208
  Houston, TX 77057 USA
  Phone: 713-783-8890 , x 210
  Fax: 713-974-2252
  E-mail:
  

  

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Last updated on August 21, 2008