Coastal Medical Research Group, Inc. is an independent, privately-owned clinical research company. Since its inception in 1996, Coastal Medical Research Group’s mission has been to set the quality standard and to provide an exemplary clinical research environment.

Strict adherence to Good Clinical Practices and Food and Drug Administration regulations have gained Coastal Medical Research Group the respect and recognition of the leading companies in the industry.

Coastal Medical Research Group’s staff represents a sophisticated degree of training , teamwork, and efficiency. Staff clinicians are recognized leaders in their respective fields with many scholarly and prestigious affiliations. All consultants are board certified and/or qualified.

Coastal Medical Research Group’s corporate headquarters is in San Luis Obispo; operating throughout the Central Coast.

Therapeutic areas in which our center specializes:

Allergy Asthma Cardiology Dermatology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Gynecology Infectious Diseases Metabolism Muscular Skeletal

Neurology Obesity Oncology Otorhinolaryngology Psychiatry Pediatrics Pulmonary Rheumatology Urology

List of sponsors:

Abbott Access Pharmaceuticals Advancis Agouron ALZA Astra Zenica Altana Pharma Aventis Barrier Bayer BioCryst Boehringer Ingelheim Bristol Myers Centocor Clay Park Labs Connaught Covalent Daiichi Eisai Eli Lilly Fleming GlaxoSmithKline

Hisamitsu ISIS Janssen Johnson & Johnson LabSalvant Merck Merrimak Myriad Novartis Oakwood Ortho-McNeil Otsuka Parke Davis Perrigo Pfizer Pharmacia Pozen Purdue Replidyne Sanofi-Aventis Sanofi-Pasteur Schering Plough Searle SmithKline Beechham Sucampo Tap Holdings Viropharma Yamanouchi Pharma America

CRO’s which our center has worked with:

• AAI
• Advanced Biologics
• Charles River
• Clinquest
• Covance
• HMR
• i3Research
• Ingenix
• Inveresk Research
• Kendle
• MDS Pharma Services
• Metropolitan Research Associates (MRA)
• Paragon
• Parexel
• Phoenix International
• PPD Development
• PRA
• Quintiles
• Research Testing Laboratories (RTL)
• Scirex
• TKL
• UBC - United BioSource Corporation

Coastal Medical Research Group, Inc. is a clinical research administrative site located at a medical facility. This includes housing of coordinators, regulatory services, storage of study medication, source documents, CRF's and space for monitor visits. This site has a -20 degree freezer, -70 degree capabilites, blood drawing and EKG station. The medical facility has a total of 11 exam rooms, x-ray, lab, dexa scan, and audio booth. Coordinators will travel to Clinics when other specialy areas are used other than Family Practice.

Steven W. Carlson M.D.
Gastroenterology
10 years research experience

Joseph Kuntze, MD
Urology
10 years research experience

Frank Mazzone M.D.
Family Practice
12 years research experience

Vance Rodgers, MD
Gastroenterology
12 years research experience

Ian B. Murton, M.D.
Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
3 years research experience

Lewis E. Gamarra, MD
Internist
2 year research experience

Yvette Paletta, RN, Director & CRCC
23 years in research

Julie Dratwa, IRB/Regulatory Coordinator
7 years in research

Judy Piper, Coordinator
8 years in research

Rachel Bryson, Research Assistant
9 months in research

Debbie Cassidy, Coordinator
3 months in research

WIRB, Quorum, Chesapeake, SAIRB, Copernicus, Schulman, Sterling, Coast, Biomed, St. Davids HRRB, Goodwyn, Ethical Review Committee, NEIRB, and IntegReview

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

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For more information, please contact:

Yvette Paletta
Director
Coastal Medical Research Group, Inc.
47 Santa Rosa Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 USA
Phone: 805-549-7570
Fax: 805-549-7571
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Last updated on August 21, 2008