NICR performs clinical trials in more than 40+ multi-specialty medical offices/clinics, and in 10 hospitals, all reaching from Bakersfield, CA in the north, east to Riverside/San Bernardino, CA and south to San Diego. NICR’s high profile affiliates include the National Institute of Transplantation, St. Vincent Medical Center, University of Southern California (USC) University Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.

Our professional relationships with physicians & surgeons in all therapeutic categories and numerous institutes enable NICR to engage in multiple aspects of phase I-IV pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device studies. Our solid record of high quality trial operations highlights NICR’s superior level of communication, accountability and flexibility facilitating the most demanding qualities sponsors seek amongst investigative sites.

NICR is committed to quality-assured trial outcomes accelerating pre-study site/PI responses, budget/contract agreements, IRB approval, study initiation and pre- screening- all via our centralized management. Our focus is on vigilant patient safety and attaining stated sponsor study objectives. NICR’s physicians, PAs, RNs, CRCs and other collaborative staff are amongst the best trained clinical research professionals in the industry, committed to maintaining long term relationships and high ethical standards.

NICR has engaged in phases I-IV clinical research trials for more than 15 years starting at the National Institute of Transplantation. NICR now operates as NIT’s multi-therapeutic clinical trial unit. Our trial group performs studies in the following therapeutic areas:

Acne Adrenal Gland Disorders Anxiety Disorders Asthma Arteriosclerosis Atopic Dermatitis Autoimmune Diseases Bacterial Infections Bronchitis Calculi Cardiomyopathies Cardiac Ischemia Congestive Heart Failure Coagulation Defects Collagen Vascular Diseases Common Cold Conjunctival Disorders Contact Dermatitis Diabetes I/II Disc Disease Duodenal Ulcer Dysrhythmias Emphysema Endocrine Diseases Esophageal Disorders Eye Infections Eye Inflammation Fungal Infections

Gall Bladder Disorders Gastroenteritis GI Malignancies Gastric Ulcer Glaucoma Hematologic Malignancies Hair Disorders Heart Failure Hyperlipidemia Hypertension Inflammatory Disease Infectious Diseases Irritable Bowel Syndrome Keratitis Liver Disorders Mood Disorders Migraine Headaches Malabsorption Multiple Sclerosis Male Reproductive System Musculoskeletal System Nail Disorders Obesity Organic Mental Disorders Osteoarthritis Otitis Media Pharyngitis Platelet Disorders Pneumonia

Pain Syndromes Parkinson's Disease Peripheral Nervous System Peripheral Vascular Diseases Personality Disorders Psoriasis Red/White Blood Cell Disorders Respiratory Diseases Retinal Disorders Regional Enteritis Rheumatoid Arthritis Rhinitis Renal Failure Seizure Disorders Skin Ulcers Sleep Disorders Somatoform Disorders Sinusitis Sexual Disorders Tonsillitis Ulcerative Colitis Urinary System Urticaria Vertigo Viral Infections Visual Acuity Women’s Health

NICR also performs surgical device, consumer-applied device and assisted-organ studies. NICR’s medical advisory board transplant surgeons at the National Institute of Transplantation, the second busiest transplantation center in the US, facilitate complicated liver, kidney and pancreas biomedical studies.

NICR is conveniently located close to LAX and Ontario airports, situated within the highest density, multicultural Los Angeles populations. Centrally located, NICR performs studies within a large radius reaching north to Bakersfield, east to Riverside/San Bernardino and south to San Diego.

Lodging and restaurants are conveniently located for ease of site qualification, monitor and other study staff visits. NICR’s immediate campus includes St. Vincent Hospital and our transplantation institute.

NICR Office Complex and Institute Building:

• Secured, double-locked ambient and refrigerated study drug storage.
• Secured medical records storage.
• Secured CRF archive storage.
• State-of-the-art conference center with multi-media.
• Multiple, private monitor rooms with secure phone lines.
• Large medical library for scientific discussion and reference.
• Dedicated free lot and underground parking
• State-of-the-art, dedicated computer servers, and in-house IT staff.

NICR Laboratories:

• On-site 8,000 square foot clinical research laboratory with full staff, offices, cold room, freezers, centrifuges and complete immunological, biochemical and molecular labs.
• On-site, 20,000 square foot in-vivo animal lab supporting chemical, drug, diagnostic and medical device R&D.
• On-site, 6,000 square foot histopathology labs including cryomicrotome and full histology preparation labs.

NICR Clinic/Hospital Equipment:

• CT Scan
• MRI
• Endoscopy
• DEXA Scanning
• X-Ray
• Ultrasound
• Specialty Labs
• Medical & Surgical ICU’s
• Treadmills
• EKG
• Telemetry
• PK/PD Beds

To learn more about out extensive facilities and services, please go to our home page: http://www.NICResearch.com.

NICR in comprised of numerous, high-profile clinical research physicians and surgeons practicing in AMCs, non-AMCs, and in many high volume outpatient offices. Our investigators are board certified and regularly engage in clinical research studies.

Many of our investigators are also available, beyond investigator meetings, to provide significant pre-study protocol input. NICR encourages investigators to convey in-study ideas to sponsors to help enhance study outcomes.

NICR’s CRCs are medical graduates with solid clinical research experience across all therapeutic categories. Our staff is fully bilingual and plays an active role ensuring all patients have an equal opportunity to enroll in studies.

CRCs follow studies from regulatory preparation, and participate in developing study advertising too. NICR, cognizant of sponsor objectives, strongly supports our CRCs’ endeavors leading to accelerated study initiation, responsible screening and enrollment.

NICR places great importance on continuous quality-assurance and internal auditing from the first study patient, onwards. Our staff regularly works with electronic data capture, fully supported by our in-house IT professionals. Our offices use customized study management software on secure internal servers backed-up nightly. All CRC stations are web-enabled for study communication.

Located in central Los Angeles, NICR operates in dense populations including:

Los Angeles County
9.3 million

Orange County
2.7 million

Riverside/San Bernardino
3.1 million

Ventura County
750,000

All of our investigative sites use computer databases for study patient identification. NICR’s website also facilitates discrete patient study inquiries.

For more information, please contact:

Sali Aswad, M.D.
Medical Director
National Institute of Clinical Research
1127 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 809
Los Angeles, CA 90057 USA
Phone: 213-481-2568
Fax: 213-481-2597
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Last updated on August 21, 2008