Pacific Sleep Medicine Services, Inc., Avastra Clinical Trials has conducted clinical trials for over 10 years. Our dedicated medical professionals conduct research with the utmost compassion and respect for our participants. We are proud to have an elite team of board-certified physicians in multiple disciplines including: Sleep Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurology, Pulmonary Disease, and Internal Medicine, among others. Avastra Clinical Trials is growing rapidly across the United States and currently has centers located throughout California, Utah, Oregon, and Arizona.

Our Investigators have conducted over 150 Phase II-IV trials and have worked with a variety of Sponsors including: Cephalon, Inc., Sanofi-Aventis, Inc., Neurocrine Biosciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Takeda America, Merck, Sepracor, Evotec, Endo, Schwarz, Transcept, Wyeth, Eli Lilly, Organon, Forest, Medicinova, Actelion, Arena, Novartis, XenoPort, Novo-Nordisk, Pfizer, and Vanda Pharmaceuticals.

Areas of Experience:

• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Chronic Pain
• Depression
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
• Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
• Healthy Normal
• Insomnia
• Influenza
• Memory
• Migraines / Headaches
• Narcolepsy
• Obesity
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Opioid Induced Constipation
• Post-Herpetic Neuralgia
• Psychiatric Disorders
• Restless Legs Syndrome
• Shift Work Sleep Disorder

Our Los Angeles facility has all the necessary equipment for conducting clinical trials including: exam rooms, -20 freezer, centrifuge, high-speed internet, ample secure storage for record and drug, monitoring space, and a 24-hour answering service. The facility offers a home-like setting for inpatient sleep studies with eleven comfortable bedrooms that utilize state of the art monitoring equipment.

Milton K. Erman, M.D.
Dr. Milton Erman (M.D., New York University, 1975) is Chief Medical Officer of Pacific Sleep Medicine Services, Inc., Avastra Clinical Trials and a member of Scripps Clinical Medical Group (La Jolla). As a Board-Certified psychiatrist with a sub-specialty board in Sleep Medicine, Dr. Erman has been involved in the Sleep Medicine field since the early 1970’s. He was the Director of the Sleep Disorders Center of the University of Texas. More recently, he was the Head of the Division of Sleep Medicine at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation. He has served as the national chairperson for the Sleep Center Accreditation Committee and as the Executive Secretary/Treasurer of the American Sleep Disorders Association (ASDA). Dr. Erman has presented hundreds of invited lectures at universities and to medical societies in Asia, Europe, and Central America. He continues to make frequent lectures at Grand Rounds and to professional associations. Dr. Erman’s clinical interests and expertise are: insomnia, circadian rhythm disturbances, and parasomnias in childhood and young adults.

Yury Furman, M.D.
Dr. Yury Furman (M.D., University of California, Irvine, 1990) is a neurologist who is Board-Certified in Sleep Medicine. Dr. Furman is in charge of curriculum for the Sleep Fellowship Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His clinical interests and expertise are: narcolepsy, sleep apnea, parasomnias, Restless Leg Syndrome, and pediatric sleep disorders. Dr. Furman has been actively involved in the sleep field since the early 1990’s. Dr. Furman is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He is also Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Furman was recently selected by the American Sleep Disorders Association to serve on the Health Policy Committee on Health and Economics.

CenterWatch is listing the following trials that are actively recruiting patients at this center.

• Are you taking Ambien?
• Does Your Sleep Leave You Feeling Tired and Un-rested During the Day?
• Opioid-Induced Constipation bringing your life to a standstill
• Trouble sleeping?
• Trouble Staying Asleep?

For more information, please contact:

Pacific Sleep Medicine Services, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)
6333 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 501
Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA
Phone: 323-653-3434, (Toll-Free) 1-877-92-SLEEP or 1-877-927-5337
Fax: 323-653-6281
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Last updated on August 21, 2008