Overview

Clinical Physiology Associates, a multispecialty research group,has been conducting clinical trials for the pharmaceutical andmedical device industries for 35+ years. The use of central IRBsand laboratories are preferred. Turn around time for regulatorydocuments is less than 3 days. 

Experience

CPA Studies by discipline

Numbers within ( ) refer to the number of different medicinesstudied. Some medicines were studied in more than one protocol

Pharmaceutical Companies worked with:

Contract Research Organizations Worked With:1978-Present

Facility

• Examination rooms (3)
• Laboratory work areas (1)
• Conference rooms [monitor work areas] (3)
• Double locked limited accesstemperature controlled drug storage room with
  • Shelves
  • Counter tops
  • Refrigerator/ freezer
  • Steel locked controlled substance cabinet
• Physician dictation area with X-ray view box
• Video surveillance cameras with remote access
• Coordinators’ offices (3)
• Administrative offices (3)
• Spacious waiting room
• Rest rooms (2)

SPECIALIZED SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT

Urology

• Dantec Urodyn 1000 urine flowmeter (2)
• Diagnostics Ultrasound Bladder Scan (2)
• Rigiscan Plus (with computer interface)
• Infusion Equipment (IMED Gemini PC-1) (2)

Cardiovascular

• Parks Penilab V (non- invasive vascular lab)
• Parks hand-held transcutaneous Doppler flowmeter
• Parks photoplethysmograph and miscellaneous instruments toperform non-invasive assessments of the peripheral and penilecirculations
• Hokanson automatic cuff inflator
• Nihon Kohden Cardiofax V [12 lead EKG] (2)
• Novametrix transcutaneous oxygen monitor (2 channel)
• Omron digital blood pressure monitor (3)
• Quinton Exerdop™

Anthropometry

• Harpenden Stadiometer

Gynecology

• Vabra endometrial biopsy aspirator & relatedinstruments

Pulmonary

• KoKo Spirometer with computer interface

Laboratory (dry ice is available daily)

• Refrigerator/ freezer -20 degrees Celsius (various)
• Clinical centrifuges
• Refrigerated centrifuge (Jouan CR412)
• Test tube shaker
• Leitz binocular optical microscope
• Temp-Blok module heater
• Corning Biotrack 516

Computers & Related Items

• High Speed Internet and fax
• intra- office network
• Computers

Demographics of the area (July 2009 University of Florida BEBR)

• Population estimate: 625,124
  • Persons 65+ years of age: 150,029
  • Females 18+ years of age: 255,050
• Study Center Database: 5071
  • # female patients 3,551
  • # male patients 1,520
  • # of persons 65+ years of age: 2,136
  • # of male patients 65+ years of age: 746
  • # of female patients +65 years of age: 1,390

Investigator

Kevin M. Fleishman, MD.
Board Certified Obstetrics and Gynecology

Pedro Ylisastigui, M.D. 
Board Certified Internal Medicine

Sergio Mather, M.D.
Board Certified Internal Medicine & Endocrinology

Natasha Bower, M.D.
Board Certified Obstetrics and Gynecology

Anais Badia, D.O.
Board Certified Dermatologist

Staff

The study center is staffed with full time study coordinators,coordinators’ assistants and administrative personnel. Allcoordinators and their assistants are trained in shippinginfectious & biological substances as per 49 CFR section172,702 & IATA regulations. All staff members are trained inbasic life support (CPR), HIPAA guidelines for clinical researchersand the protection of human research subjects.

Other

Institutional Review Boards Utilized

• Chesapeake Research Review, Inc.
• Coast Institutional Review Board
• Copernicus Group
• Essex Institutional Review Board
• Independent Investigational Review Board, Inc.
• Integ Review Ethical Review Board
• Institutional Review Board for Clinical Physiology Associates(disbanded 1993)
• Lee Memorial Health System Institutional Review Committee
• New England Institutional Review Board
• Quorum Review
• RCRC Institutional Review Board
• Research Consultants Review Committee Institutional ReviewBoard (RCRC IRB)
• Schulman Associates Institutional Review Board
• St. Davids Human Research Review Board
• Sterling Institutional Review Board
• Western Institutional Review Board