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MedLabs Research of Houston, Inc. is an investigator
owned research facility that focuses on clinical studies for
the treatment of mental health and related disorders. MedLabs
Research can effectively assist your company by decreasing
the time-to-market development of your mental health and psychiatric
product lines.
MedLabs Research of Houston, Inc. is unique in that it
has ready access to one of the largest populations of acute
and chronically ill psychiatric patients in Houston, Texas -
a city of over 3 million persons. Through an exclusive arrangement
with
DAPA ® Psychiatric & Substance Abuse Programs
we are able to enlist an extensive and willing population of
mental health and chemically dependent persons for clinical
research trials.
With an in-house regulatory and quality assurance department,
MedLabs Research is able to maintain a rapid study implementation
and one of the lowest query ratios in the industry. Our research
team has special interest in Phases I- IV, Outcome and Validation
clinical trials. We provide a sizable, dedicated patient recruitment.
Our staff is highly experienced in clinical CNS research trials.
We are confident that our experienced staff will be successful
in conducting and recruiting patients for your trials.
Our coordinators have been well-trained and comprise a team
with combined achievements including but not limited to: doctoral
candidate, licensed psychotherapist; mental health clinicians;
years of experience conducting psychiatric clinical trials;
lead coordinators on numerous clinical trials, involving Schizophrenia,
Schizoaffective Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, Borderline Personality
Disorders, Adult, Child and Adolescent Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder, mixed attentional and affective disorders, Social
Anxiety Disorder, , Major Depressive Disorder and Treatment-Resistant
Depression, Dual Disorders; Alcoholism and Substance Abuse and
Dependencies. They participate as certified raters for a wide
range of scales for numerous diagnoses. The coordinators are
also trained in these areas: phlebotomy, EKG, vital statistics,
centrifuge, packaging dangerous goods, keeping CRF's and all
regulatory documents, and all requirement of protocols by our
Sponsors and CRO's.
- Dedicated Monitor Rooms with outlets for phone, fax, and
high speed Internet connection.
- Dedicated Fax Machines: Administration: (713) 974-2252;
MedLabs: (713) 974-7580.
- Private Exam Room. including: calibrated height/weight
scale, EKG machine, calibrated digital blood pressure cuff,
and phlebotomy equipment.
- Lab Processing Equipment including: quarterly calibrated
centrifuge, refrigerator,
-20 degree freezer, access to dry ice for shipping, and
all necessary items for exams.
- Private Study Coordinator Offices with individual computers,
phones, and high speed Internet access.
- Secure Study Drug Storage Room with locking drug cabinets,
drug refrigerator, climate- control and daily temperature
log.
- Secure Regulatory and Source Document Binders Room.
- Individual Phone access per office for IVRS; High Speed
Internet connections
for EDC.
- ADA access in building (American Disabilities Act Access).
- All doors with outside and lobby access are securely locked.
- CRCs with National Certification in Phlebotomy.
- GCP Good Clinical Practice; ACRP.
- CLIA Certification (shipping dangerous and infectious
materials) training for
all coordinators.
- Access to all shipping/mail services (FedEx, USPS, UPS,
DHL, etc.).
- On-site regulatory staff to aide in the quick implementation
of all clinical studies.
- Use of Central IRB.
- Location is within minutes of inpatient hospital facility;
immediate access to major interstate freeways and metro
bus line; two major airports (IAH and HOU).
- Affiliation with numerous psychiatric hospitals, mental
health clinics, outpatient treatment centers, social service
agencies, emergency rooms of both public and private hospitals,
and personal care homes within the Houston/Galveston metropolitan
area.
- Close working relationship with a large Houston based
psychiatric treatment center, DAPA® Psychiatric &
Substance Abuse Programs which treats both inpatient and
outpatient populations.
MedLabs Research also has an excellent
association with all of the DAPA® programs including:
two adult and one geriatric Partial Day Hospital programs,
three inpatient psychiatric hospital units, Houston Child
Protective Services, a Chemical Dependency Intensive Outpatient
Program CD-IOP, TCADA COPSD (Co-Occurring Psychiatric &
Substance Disorders Services under the Texas Commission on
Alcohol & Drug Abuse; TAIP Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration
Program under Harris County Community Supervision & Corrections
Dept.
Please call or email for additional information regarding
MedLabs Research of Houston, Inc. including more data about
our population's clinical disorders. If you should have any
questions, please contact:
Beth Kaplan
Vice President - Business Development
MedLabs Research of Houston, Inc.
6260 Westpark, Ste 250
Houston, TX 77057
Phone: (713) 783-8889 x242
Fax: (713) 974-2252
Email: bkaplan@medlabsresearch.com
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