Sponsors / CRO

University Clinical Research, Inc. (UCR), is a privately-owned, multi-specialty, clinical research center offering service to the pharmaceutical, nutritional, and medical device industries.  Established in 1984, UCR is recognized within the pharmaceutical industry as a leader in providing rapid, quality data in phases I, II, III, and IV.   

UCR is conveniently located 7 miles from the Ft. Lauderdale airport and 20 miles from the Miami International Airport in sunny Pembroke Pines, Florida.  There is much for the monitors to do in the area. 

UCR always has an investigator on site. UCR’s 3 Investigators are:/strong>

• Larry I. Gilderman, DO
• Andrea J. Ramsay, MD
• Rafael A. Garcia, MD

UCR’s 9 Clinical Research Coordinators have years of experience that includes: 

• Remote Data Entry (RDE) experience on several systems (i.e., InForm, e-Trial, Phase Forward, INET, IMPALA, many more…)
• IVRS Experience (i.e., ClinPhone, RAMOS, Quintiles, ClinTrak, UBC, ICON)
• Weekly SOP training
• Certified smoking cessation counselors
• Certified staff for shipment of hazardous materials
• Experienced with paper and electronic diaries
• Experienced with skin ratings and lesion counts (dermatology studies), A1C and OGTTs (diabetic studies), ABPMs/OMRONs (hypertension studies), DSM4 criteria (insomnia studies), post-void residual testing/uroflows/bladder ultrasounds (OAB studies), ESRs/xrays (OA studies), DEXAs/Xrays/gyn procedures (Osteoporosis studies), urine analysis/microscopic cultures/gram stains (UTI studies), endometrial biopsies/pap smears/ultrasounds (Women’s Health studies), and more…  
• Experienced with ECGs
• Experienced with questionnaires for many therapeutic areas (i.e., QOL, WOMAC, pain scales, food/lifestyle, and many more…)
• Trained on diet and lifestyle counseling
• CPR and ALS trained and certified

UCR specializes in phase II, III, and IV clinical research studies in many therapeutic areas that include (but not limited to) the following:

Acne Heartburn/GERD Overactive Bladder Allergy Herpes Pain Management Birth Control Hormone Replacement Post-Menopausal Studies BPH Hot Flashes Restless Leg Syndrome Bronchitis Hypertension Respiratory Tract Infection Cholesterol Infectious Disease Rosacea Constipation Intermittent claudication Sexual Dysfunction Cold Sores Insomnia Sinusitis Depression/Anxiety Irratable Bowel Syndrome Smoking Cessation Diabetes Menopause Special Population Diarrhea Metabolic Syndrome Urinary Tract Infection Dyspepsia Migraines Vaccines (i.e., Shingles, Flu, Avian Flu, Small Pox, Japanese Encephalitis, HPV, and Pneumonia) Erectile Dysfunction NSAID Pain & GI Safety Vaginitis Fibromyalgia Obesity Women’s Health Headaches Osteoarthritis Yeast Infections Healthy Patients Osteoporosis

OTHER UCR FACTS:

• Have Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) number for government funded trials
• Prefer to utilize central Institutional Review Board, and experienced with many boards (currently working with: Quorum, Schulman, Sterling, Coast, Goodwyn, New England, Biomedical, Chesapeake, WIRB, Copernicus, Independent).
• Integrated with a large private practice with access to 26,000 patient database and 10,000 active charts
• HIPAA compliant
• Maintain a computerized patient tracking system
• Utilize database and unique advertising strategies for rapid recruitment of study patients
• South Florida’s diverse demographics is a definitive representation of the national population
• Clean data, through our quality assurance procedures, ensure clean audits by both the sponsors and the FDA.