It’s been quite a year at the Clinical Research Center, our most productive ever – taking care of patients on 19 studies! We also faced staffing challenges, with one longtime team member retiring and two others needing time off to take care of family issues. As a team, we rose to the challenge and completed over 800 research patient appointments. Whew!
You might be wondering how we saw patients from 19 studies, although at any given time we are only advertising five to seven. This apparent disparity comes about because, even though a given study has reached its enrollment goal and is no longer advertising for volunteers, its patients are still coming in for their visits.
Next year promises to be just as busy for us. As we’ve stated before, our site is committed to being involved with innovative Alzheimer’s disease research and 2016 will be no exception. Our next Alzheimer’s disease clinical study will begin late this winter. We are thrilled to have been selected for this exciting potential treatment. We’ll be posting more information about the study soon. In the meantime, here is a quote from clinical research ally Michael J. Fox, who sums up our mission nicely:
“Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.”
The Clinical Research Center is currently seeking volunteer patients in studies for Type 2 diabetes, moderate to severe asthma, walking difficulties after a stroke, those with very high triglyceride levels, COPD and contraception.
If you are interested in learning more about clinical trials, contact the Clinical Research Center at 541-766-2163, or send an email to research@corvallisclinic.com or fill out our Research Study Information Request form. And, follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/corvallisclinicresearch.
– Julie Carrico is Associate Coordinator of The Corvallis Clinical Research Center
