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The Clinical Research Center includes physicians; registered nurses; certified coordinators; radiologic and ultrasound technologists and medical assistants; patient recruiters; and regulatory, budget and administrative support staff. The CRC has performed and managed more than 150 Phase I, II, III and IV clinical studies. The staff prepares protocols, informed consents, and other regulatory documents for submission to the EVMS Institutional Review Board which meets monthly. Expedited review is available for proposed amendments. The Center places advertisements, recruits and screens volunteers, obtains informed consents, schedules all office visits, performs tests and procedures, and reports results to sponsoring organizations.

Routine audits by pharmaceutical sponsors and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have resulted in praise for the CRC's overall conduct of studies, subject retention, record keeping, and drug accountability.

The Clinical Research Center can support other clinical research by providing consultation on study design, development of protocols, and informed consents. The CRC provides experienced staff who manage all aspects of research studies from recruiting patients and handling biological specimens to coordinating the study and entering data with post-study follow up.