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Center Overview
The Kentucky Medical Research Center is a community-based, independently owned clinical research center with offices in Lexington, Kentucky. We are dedicated to conducting clinical research trials efficiently and at the highest level of quality.
Kentucky Medical Research Center's primary objectives are to:
- Provide optimal patient care and excellent service.
- Maximize the productivity of sponsors by meeting enrollment goals.
- Produce research study reports free of errors.
Kentucky Medical Research Center's recognized and experienced team is committed to providing Phase II, III, and IV clinical research studies to the pharmaceutical, nutritional, and medical device industries. To date, Kentucky Medical Research Center's clinical investigators and consultants have conducted over three hundred national and multinational clinical trials in the therapeutic areas of:
- Allergy/Immunology
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology/Metabolism
- Gastroenterology
- Infectious Diseases
- Musculoskeletal/Connective Tissue Disorders
- Neurology
- Nutrition/Weight Loss
- Pain Management
- Podiatry
- Pulmonology
- Smoking Cessation
- Urology/Nephrology
- Vaccines
- Vascular/Cardiovascular Disorders
- Women's Health
Kentucky Medical Research Center will:
- Complete regulatory packets and contract/budgetary negotiations in a timely manner
- Have clean FDA audits
- Strive for frequent high patient enrollment utilizing
- Center Watch
- Website recruitment
- Patient referrals
- Multimedia advertising
- Investigator/physician referrals and databases
- Referrals from occupational medicine and ambulatory care clinics
Facility Description
Kentucky Medical Research Center's clinical facility is a 6000 square foot office adjacent to Lexington’s community and teaching hospitals and medical office buildings.
Diagnostic/Clinical Equipment/Clinical Capabilities
- Drug Storage (locked and temperature/humidity monitored)
- Lockable refrigerator for drug storage
- Centrifuge and refrigerated centrifuge
- In-house specimen processing (current CLIA waiver)
- Biological sample refrigerator/freezers (-20° and -70° Celsius), temperature monitored with locking capabilities
- Microscope
- Spirometer
- 12 Lead EKG machine
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Access to specialized equipment/procedures such as
- Dexa Scan with Body Composition Analysis Software
- Radiology
- MRI/CT Scanning
- Echocardiogram
- Stress Treadmill
- Transvaginal Ultrasound
- Prostate Ultrasound
- Mammography
- Sleep Lab
- Endoscopy
- Nuclear Medicine
- Holter Monitoring
- Ambulatory Monitoring
Investigator Experience
Medical Management
John E. Pappas, M.D.Medical Director/Principal Investigator
Dr. Pappas is well established in the clinical research community. Studies conducted by Dr. Pappas have consistently ranked in the top percentiles concerning evaluable patients. He has conducted and supervised over three hundred clinical trials. He also serves as a lecturer and consultant for numerous pharmaceutical companies. In 1998 and 2006, Dr. Pappas was audited by the FDA and no 483 was issued; he was found to be adherent to all pertinent regulations, guidelines, and practices concerning his conduct of the clinical trials under audit.
Staff Expertise
- Board Certified Physicians
- Nurse Practitioners and RNs
- SOCRA Certified Chief Operating Officer/Site Director
- Experienced Clinical Research Coordinators
- Regulatory Coordinators
- Certified Medical Assistant
- 1 Pharm.D. Consultant
- Information Technology Consultants
- Administrative/Support Staff
Other Information
- Experience with remote and internet data entry
- Study management and patient tracking system
- Quality assurance program
- HIPAA compliance
Kentucky Medical Research Center's dedicated staff insures that contracted enrollment is met or exceeded for each study. Recruitment goals are obtained through:
- Extensive in-house subject database
- Referrals from affiliated private practices and databases
- Referrals from occupational medicine and ambulatory care clinics
- Referrals from patients and personal contacts
- Center Website
- Center Watch
- Advertising
- Direct Mail
- Radio
- Television
- Newsletters/Flyers/Posters
Currently Enrolling Trials
CenterWatch is listing the following trials that are actively recruiting patients at this center.
- Are you concerned about your cholesterol?
- Breast Pain Study
- Clinical Trial using a Topical Patch in the Treatment of Pain Associated with Tendonitis or Bursitis of the Shoulder, Elbow, or Knee
- Do you have Insomnia? Efficacy and safety of 2mg/day of M100907 on Sleep Maintenance Insomnia with a sub-study of the effect of M100907 on stable Type II Diabetes Mellitus: a 12-week, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
- Is Diabetes part of your life?
- Over 65 with high cholesterol?
- Researchers want to find out if an ivestigational drug, indacaterol, can help people with COPD (chronic obstructive lung disease).
- Type 2 Diabetes on a stable dose of Metformin?
Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Diane C. Houck, BS, CCRP
Chief Operating Officer
Kentucky Medical Research Center
354 Waller Avenue, Suite 110
Lexington, KY 40504 USA
Phone: 859-225-5672
Fax: 859-276-1020
E-mail:
If you are interested in contacting this center to discuss placing a clinical trial there, please complete and send the E-mail form below. A representative from the research center will then follow up with you.
