Overview

The Northwest Clinical Research Center (NWCRC) is one of the largest independent research sites dedicated to providing the highest quality medical research and care to our patients. We take exceptional pride in the care of our patients, as well as the integrity in the data provided to our sponsors. Research sponsored by NWCRC has been published in the best of medical journals and presented at national and international scientific meetings.

Each patient receives psychological assessments and health evaluations by our medical staff. Our specialty is psychiatry and the treatment of mood disorders; however, we do conduct a variety of medical studies.

Research Experience

• Major depressive disorder
• Treatment resistant depression
• Schizophrenia
• Bipolar
• General anxiety disorder
• Pediatric constipation
• Pediatric depression
• Pediatric ADHD
• Insomnia
• Diabetes
• Low back pain
• Osteoarthritis
• PTSD
• Panic disorders
• Social anxiety
• Mania
• Autism
• ADHD
• OCD
• Pediatric bipolar and schizophrenia
• Tourette's
• Migraine
• Pediatric migraine
• Alzheimer's
• Bronchitis
• Pneumonia
• Neuropathic pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Arthritis
• Gout
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Chronic pain
• Diabetic neuralgia
• Postherpetic neuralgia
• Cholesterol
• Erectile dysfunction
• Constipation
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Sleep apnea
• Hypertension
• Hyperlipidemia
• Low testosterone
• COPD
• Binge eating disorder
• Parkinson’s disease
• Cluster headaches
• Uterine fibroids

We are proud to have provided medical, psychiatric and psychological services to the community through our partnership with the pharmaceutical industry since 1995. Our participation has helped to bring more than 30 medications to the public. We have worked with the following CROs:

• INC Research
• Inventive
• PPD
• ICON
• Chiltern
• Cognitive
• Covance
• DSP Research
• Jubilant
• MedPace
• Parexel
• Pharmanet
• PRA
• Premier Research
• Quintiles
• Stiris Research
• World Wide Clinical Trials
• Synteract 
• Syneos
• IQVIA

Some of the sponsors we have worked with include:

• Abbvie
• Abbott
• Acasti
• Accera
• Actavis
• AGI Therapeutics
• Akili
• Akros
• Alder Pharmaceuticals
• Alexza
• Alkermes
• Allergen
• Ampio
• Arena
• AssureRx
• AstraZeneca
• Aventis
• Avanir Pharmaceuticals
• Axsome
• Berlex
• Biocryst
• Biohaven
• Boehringer Ingelheim
• Bristol Meyer Squibb
• Cenerx
• Cephalon
• Cerecor,
• Collegium
• Corcept
• Cubist
• Cyberonics
• Daiichi Sankyo
• Dr. Reddy’s
• Duke Institute
• EIP
• Eisai
• Eli Lilly
• EPIX
• Fabre-Krame
• Forest
• Forum
• Envivo
• Genaissance
• GlaxoSmith
• Grunenthal
• Impax
• Janssen
• Roche
• Jazz
• Johnson and Johnson
• Lundbeck
• Merck
• Methylation Sciences
• Neuromed
• Neurosearch
• Novartis
• Organon
• Otsuka
• Parke-Davis
• Pearl, Pfizer
• PGX Health
• Progenix
• Purdue
• Renew Research
• Repligen
• Rexahn
• Rhodes
• Roche
• Sage
• Sanofi
• Sepracor
• Shire
• SmithKline
• Solvay
• Somerset
• Spinifex
• Sucampo
• Sunovian
• Supernus
• Tal Medical
• Teva Pharmaceuticals
• Tonix
• Vanguard
• VistaGen
• Vela
• Wyeth
• Zalicus
• Zogenix

Facility Description

We offer inpatient and outpatient services for phase 1 to 4 studies. We have:

• Multiple infusion pumps and chairs;
• Telemetry machines;
• ECG machines;
• Refrigerated and ambient centrifuge;
• -20 and -70° C freezers;
• Dry ice onsite;
• AED defibrillator;
• CPR- and ACLS-certified staff;
• CLIA waiver;
• Three IATA-certified laboratory coordinators; and
• Complimentary transportation.

We are two miles away from a major hospital and have easy accessibility to public transportation.

NWCRC Site Brochure

Investigator Experience

Arifulla Khan, MD
Medical Director and Principal Investigator

Dr. Khan has been conducting clinical trials in the greater Seattle area since 1984 and founded NWCRC in 1995. Dr. Kahn has more than 30 years in board-certified psychiatry practice and more than 25 years in clinical research. He has been principal investigator for more than 550 studies and sub-investigator on more than 25 studies. In addition, he has published more than 150 scientific papers in leading medical journals. His work on clinical trial design, safety and efficacy is widely recognized and presented at national and international scientific meetings. He is also an adjunct professor of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine and serves as a reviewer for such journals as the Archives of General Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry. He was extensively involved in research leading to the development of medications such as Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Serzone, Remeron, Celexa, Buspar, Zyprexa, Risperdal, Seroquel, Lexapro, Cymbalta and Abilify.

Gaylon Kipp, MD
Principal Investigator

Dr. Kip has more than 12 years of clinical research experience and has been principal investigator on about 25 studies and sub-investigator on more than 150 studies. He is a board-certified primary care physician and has provided care to patients for more than 30 years. When asked about his work, he says, "I enjoy patient contact and knowing that I’m making a difference through research."

Nalini Reddy, MD
More than 10 years of general medicine practice and six years of clinical research.
Sub-investigator on more than 100 studies

Maria Agrella Diaz, MD
Anesthesiologist/general practitioner
Sub-investigator on more than 50 studies

Shirin Schilling, MD
Board-certified psychiatrist
Principal investigator and sub-investigator

Staff Expertise

We have separate, dedicated staff members for patient visits, recruitment, pharmacy, laboratory, regulatory and data entry.

Heather Modeen
Laboratory Technician
More than nine years of experience in clinical research

Leslie Gills
Lead Regulatory and Data Entry Coordinator
More than nine years of experience in clinical research

Smitha Sudhakar
Lead Screen Team Coordinator
More than 11 years of experience in clinical research

Lisa Matriccino
Lead Recruitment Coordinator
More than four years of experience in clinical research

Gunasheela Jagadeesh
Lead Study Coordinator
More than four years of experience in clinical research

Patient Demographics

• Urban and rural patient population
• All races and ethnicities in the diverse Pacific Northwest
• Child, adolescent and adult studies are available, ages four and up
• No language translations for informed consents required

Other Information

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We average a one-to-two-week contract turnaround and a one-to-two-business day turnaround for regulatory packages/documents. Our site utilizes central IRBs and has no additional ethics committees.