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Research Center Profile:
Clinical Research Advantage, Inc.


Contact Info

Casey Orvin
Clinical Research Advantage, Inc.
2141 E. Broadway Rd., Suite 110
Tempe, AZ 85282
USA
Phone: 480-305-5702
Fax: 480-820-5521
EMail: corvin@crastudies.com
Web Site: http://www.crastudies.com
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Contents

Center Overview
Clinical Research Experience
Facility Description
Investigator Experience
Staff Expertise
Patient Demographics
Other Information
Contact Information

Therapeutic Areas:

Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Immunology/Infectious Diseases
Musculoskeletal
Nephrology/Urology
Neurology
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Otolaryngology
Psychiatry/Psychology
Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases

Center Overview

Take advantage of our expertise
Clinical Research Advantage, Inc. (CRA) has provided research services to the pharmaceutical industry for 19 years and has conducted more than 1300 studies in a wide range of therapeutic areas. With CRA, pharmaceutical and biotech companies have one unique source for conducting clinical drug trials. CRA is comprised of community based Investigators plus a research staff of 26 Clinical Research Coordinators. A key to our success has been our location within existing clinical practices. Our primary source of research subjects are the patients seen in our clinic settings. On average 90% of the patients come from the clinic. Our secondary sources are community based advertising and research data bank. CRA’s expertise and local clinical sites provide a sponsor with consistent subject enrollment, evaluable patients with complete and accurate data.

We offer a variety of valuable services
CRA can save you precious time by facilitating the research process at our study sites. Our experienced research staff provides the following services:

Negotiating budgets rapidly
Preparing Institutional Review Board submissions expeditiously
Identifying specific patient populations through our active clinic settings and research data bank

Leave the details to us
In addition to the above services, our qualified team offers:

Rapid patient enrollment
Study Coordinator services for Phase II-IV clinical trials
Continuous communication between study site and sponsor
Standardization and continuity across study sites
Ongoing study site quality assurance
Network of experienced research physicians with specialized populations
Round the clock medical research coverage
Strict protocol adherence and regulatory compliance
Ongoing progress reports of patient enrollment
Complete confidentiality

Clinical Research Experience

Therapeutic Areas:

  • AECB
  • Allergic Rhinitis
  • Alzheimer's
  • Angina
  • Asthma
  • Birth Control Pill
  • BPH
  • Bronchitis Acute
  • o Bronchitis Chronic
  • Cholesterol
  • Cold
  • Conjunctivitis
  • Constipation
  • Depression
  • Diabetes
  • Dyslipidemia
  • Dyspepsia
  • Epilepsy
  • Erectile Dysfunction
  • GERD
  • Headache
  • Heartburn
  • Herpes
  • HRT
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Hypertension
  • Impotence
  • Infection Skin
  • Influenza
  • Insomnia
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • Migraine
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscle Pain
  • Neurology
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Obesity
  • Otitis
  • Pain - back
  • Parkinson's
  • Pharyngitis
  • PMS
  • Pneumonia
  • Restless Leg Syndrome
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Seizures
  • Sinus Puncture
  • Sinusitis
  • Skin Infection
  • Sleep Disorder
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Strep Throat
  • UTI
  • Vaccine Hepatitis
  • Vaccine Pediatric
  • Vaccine Avian Influenza
  • Vaccine Influenza
  • Vaccine Herpes Zoster
  • Vaccine Pneumonia
  • Vaginal Yeast Infection
  • Weight Loss
Sponsors:
  • Abbott
  • Acadia
  • Accentia
  • Advanced Care Products
  • Advancis
  • AGI Pharma
  • Alcon
  • Alizyme
  • Altana
  • Alza
  • Amgen
  • Amylin
  • Arete Pharmaceuticals
  • Astellas
  • AstraZeneca
  • Aventis
  • Bayer
  • Berlex
  • Biogen
  • Biovail
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Byk Gulden
  • Cephalon
  • Cipher
  • CombinatoRx
  • Daaichi
  • Depomed
  • Diobex
  • Eisia
  • Eli Lilly
  • Endo
  • Galen
  • Genomics
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Ironwood
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • King Pharmaceuticals
  • Meda
  • MedImmune
  • Memory
  • Merck
  • Neurocrine Biosciences
  • Neuromed
  • NexMed
  • Nicox
  • Novartis
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Ono Pharmaceuticals
  • Ortho McNeil
  • Oscient Pharmaceuticals
  • Pain Therapeutics
  • Parke Davis
  • Pfizer
  • Phenomix
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Replidyne
  • Roche
  • Salix
  • Sankyo
  • Sanofi Aventis
  • Sanofi Pasteur
  • Schering Plough
  • Sensys Medical
  • Seprecor
  • Shinogi
  • Sucampo
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals
  • Tap Holding
  • TEVA Neuroscience
  • Warner Chilcott
  • Wyeth
  • XenoPort
CRO's:
  • Advanced Biologics
  • Advanced Biomedical Research
  • Anaclim
  • Averion
  • Bailer Research
  • Biopharm
  • Clin Trials
  • Clinimetrics
  • Covalent
  • Covance
  • CPR
  • Endpoint Research
  • Essential
  • i3 Research
  • ICON
  • INC Research
  • Ingenix
  • Integrium
  • Inveresk
  • Kendle
  • MDS Pharma
  • Medex
  • MedPace
  • MEDTAP
  • NMRC
  • Omnicare
  • Paragon
  • Parexel
  • Pharmaco
  • Pharmalink
  • PharmaNet
  • PPD
  • PRA
  • Quintiles
  • Resource Solutions
  • Scirex
  • Target Res. Assoc.
  • The Phoenix
  • UBC

Facility Description

Clinical Research Advantage’s facilities and equipment are state of the art for conducting clinical trials with the highest quality. Each of our ten research facilities are approximately 10,000 sq. ft. with 10-30 technical and medical professionals.

Internal Medicine:

Central Arizona Medical Associates, PC
5151 E. Broadway Road, Suite 105
Mesa, AZ 85206
Central Phoenix Medical Clinic, LLC
7600 N. 15th Street, Suite 191
Phoenix, AZ 85020
Stonecreek Medical Associates, PC
11209 N. Tatum Blvd. Suite B-175
Phoenix, AZ 85028

Family Practice:

Arcadia Family Clinic
4131 N. 24th Street, Suite B-102
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Desert Clinical Research, LLC
2310 E. Brown Rd.
Mesa, AZ 85213
East Valley Family Physicians, PLC
1455 West Chandler Blvd., Building A, Suite 1
Chandler, AZ 85224
Fiel Family and Sports Medicine, PC
1840 E. Baseline Rd. Suite C-2
Tempe, AZ 85283
Mesa Family Medical Center, PC
1345 East McKellips Road, Suite 106
Mesa, AZ 85203
Tatum Highlands Medical Associates, PLLC
26224 North Tatum Blvd. #15-A.
Phoenix, AZ 85050

Neurology:

Neurological Physicians of Arizona, Inc.
726 N. Greenfield Road, Suite 110
Gilbert, AZ 85234

Investigator Experience

Principal Investigators:

Ernie Riffer, M.D.
Internal Medicine Board Certified
14 yrs; PI on 229 studies

Thomas C. Fiel, D.O.
Family Practice Board Certified
11 yrs; PI on 152 studies

Gerald R. Shockey, M.D.
Family Practice
11 yrs; PI on 156 studies

Gerald S. Asin, MD
Internal Medicine
4 yrs; PI on 31 studies

Donna M. Desantis, M.D.
Family Practice
5 yrs; PI on 89 studies

William D. Grainger, M.D.
Neurology
9 yrs; PI on 34 studies

Richard S. Dobrusin, D.O.
Family Practice
3 yrs; PI on 24 studies

Royal B. Anspach, MD
Internal Medicine
8 yrs; PI on 24 studies

James F. Doris, M.D.
Family Practice
7 yrs; PI on 74 studies

Joe K. Gregory, D.O.
Internal Medicine
1 yr; PI on 5 studies

Staff Expertise

Clinical Research Advantage, Inc. is comprised of a research staff of 52 including 28 Clinical Research Associates with 21 of those CCRC’s. We also have 10 Registered Nurses, 6 Research Assistants, and 1 Registered Dietician among our sites. Our research staff is anxious to be a part of your next study!

Patient Demographics

Phoenix - Greater Phoenix Community 3,100,000 (Phoenix 2,500,000)

64.3% Anglo
23.7% Hispanic
4.8% African American
3.2% Native American
4.0% Other

Population by age group:

2-11 years of age: 10.0%
12-17 years of age: 7.5%
18-24 years of age: 9.6%
25-34 years of age: 20.4%
35-49 years of age: 25.5%
50 years and over: 27.0%

Other Information

As one of the most senior SMO’s in the industry, we have the experienced principal investigator and coordinators to make your next study a success. All of our sites have experience with Remote Data entry and can also use a central IRB. Please give us a call or e-mail us at marketing@crastudies.com today to see how we can help with your next study!.

Contact Information

Casey Orvin
Clinical Research Advantage, Inc.
2141 E. Broadway Rd., Suite 110
Tempe, AZ 85282
USA
Phone: 480-305-5702
Fax: 480-820-5521
EMail: corvin@crastudies.com
Web Site: http://www.crastudies.com



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