Overview

Founded by Dr. Stephen K. Tyring and Dr. Patricia Lee, Center for Clinical Studies (CCS) is a full-time private outpatient research facility with two locations in the Houston, Texas area.  Dr. Tyring and Dr. Lee are Principle Investigators and each have more than 25 years’ experience in conducting clinical trials.  With over 50 years of combined experience, Dr. Tyring, Dr. Lee, our Research Fellows and staff, have specifically set new trends in medicine and changed the way all physicians treat various diseases.  Our knowledgeable and experienced full-time staff strive to provide outstanding patient care and are dedicated to making a difference in people's lives through quality clinical research.  

Experience

CCS conducts Phase I - IV clinical trials for the Pharmaceutical industry and Government, as well as Investigator initiated studies. We are committed to providing accurate and detailed research in a timely and professional manner.

Clinical research indications:

Sponsors:

Contract Research Organizations (C.R.O.)

Facility

Webster/ Clear Lake 451 N. Texas Avenue Webster, TX 77422

Houston 1401 Binz Street, Suite 200 Houston, TX 77004

Some of the equipment and services available at our sites:

• Refrigerated, programmable centrifuge
• Freezers (-20°C and -70°C), temperature monitored
• Refrigerators (4°C), temperature monitored
• Access to dry ice
• Climate controlled and secured drug & records storage
• Extensive computerized patient database
• Private space for monitors with high-speed internet connection, phone, fax, and copiers
• ECG Equipment
• Experience with Canfield Photographic equipment
• Crash cart
• CLIA waived Laboratory with processing space
• IATA trained staff
• Ability to collect and store PK/PD specimens
• 3 private patient examination rooms at each location
• 37 ⁰C Incubator (for QuantiFERON – TB Gold test)
• All staff are CITI-GCP trained

Investigator

Stephen K. Tyring, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. is a board-certified Dermatologist and Virologist whose research interests include the therapy of various mucocutaneous diseases; especially those disorders with an infectious and/or immunological basis.  He is an expert on herpes viruses, particularly Shingles, the herpes zoster virus.  Dr. Tyring has pursued these fields for more than 30 years and has successfully completed more than 300 clinical trials.  He is an invited speaker at world-wide medical and public health conferences, the author of over 700 journal articles and book chapters, as well as nine books. 

In addition to his roles as Medical Director and Principle Investigator at Center for Clinical Studies, Dr. Tyring has the following current appointments:

• Dermatologist, Dermatological Association of Texas
• Clinical Professor:                                     
          Departments of Dermatology, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
            The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Member:
          The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
            The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences:
          The School of Public Health
            The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

To view Dr. Tyring’s full CV, please visit our website at www.ccstexas.com.

Staff

Our team is comprised of full-time Research Coordinators (averaging 6 years experience), Clinical Research Investigators (averaging 25 years experience), Fellows, Research Assistants, Administrative, Regulatory, Recruitment and Laboratory personnel with years of experience conducting clinical trials in a variety of therapeutic areas. Site managers ensure excellence at both our sites.

Patients

Patients are drawn from the greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth most populous metropolitan in the U.S. With 2.3 million people in the city of Houston, we have a large and diverse population for potential participants.  In addition to Dr. Tyring’s private Dermatology office, we utilize the following tools for patient recruitment:

• Physician referrals
• Television
• Social Media
• Radio
• Health Fairs
• Internet/Website
• Newspaper and print ads
• Brochures and print materials
• Newsletters
• Craig's List

Other

For your convenience, we utilize central IRBs.