Overview

Pharmaceutical Research & Consulting, Inc. (PRC) is a fulltime, privately owned clinical research facility, headed by Dr.Gary Gross and Dr. Michael Ruff.

Experience

PRC has conducted over 390 Phase II-IV clinical research trials since 1979. Our research experience includes adult and pediatric studies in the following therapeutic areas:

• Asthma
• Allergic Rhinitis
• Bone Density
• COPD
• Chronic Cough
• Sinusitis
• Urticaria
• Heartburn/Reflux
• Bronchitis
• Allergic Conjunctivitis
• Flu Prevention
• Nasal polyps

Sponsors/CROs worked with include:

Facility

Our facility is centrally located in Dallas, easily accessible to the surrounding metropolitan areas, right off Highway 75.

Equipment:

• Spirometry
• ECG
• locked drug storage room
• 6 fully equipped exam rooms
• full laboratory
• -30° F freezer
• -70° F freezer
• dedicated refrigerator
• stadiometer
• patient lounge with recliners and TV
• children’s playroom
• large room for monitoring visits
• refrigerated centrifuge
• fax
• Xerox with scanner
• dedicated monitoring rooms
• temperature control devices
• barometer
• back-up power generator
• Wi-Fi (and high-speed internet)

Investigators

Dr. Gary Gross, the Medical Director of PRC, is certified with both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. He has been conducting clinical trials since 1979.

Dr. Michael Ruff is Board Certified in both pediatrics and Allergy and Immunology. He has been the principal investigator or a sub-investigator on numerous studies since joining PRC in 1987.

Dr. Matthew Feldman is certified with both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.  He has been a sub-investigator on numerous studies since joining PRC in 2017.

Dr. Lara Gross is certified with both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.  She has been involved in clinical research since 2005, and a sub-investigator on numerous studies since joining PRC in 2018.

Staff

Vickie Wilde, RMA, CCRC
Clinical Research Coordinator

Katrina Goldie, BS, BA
Clinical Research Coordinator

Joy Bruick, BSN, RN
Clinical Research Coordinator

Jennifer Panzer, CCRC
Clinical Research Coordinator

Sarah Glover, MS, BS
Clinical Research Coordinator

Emily Osta, BS
Administrative Coordinator

Ha Dang, BA
Research Coordinator Assistant

Patients

The majority of our research subjects come from the large patient database stemming from Dr. Gross' and Dr. Ruff’s adjoining private practice. Most live in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and range in age from 6 months to 80+ years. The ethnic makeup of our research subjects on average is 75% Caucasian, 20% Afro-American, and 5% Hispanic, Asian, and other groups.