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Overview - Dawson Clinical Research Inc.

  • 20 Family practitioners
  • >40,000 patient database for the General Practitioners
  • 68 examination rooms
  • Rotating PIs
  • >3 Sub-Investigators on every study
  • Study coordinators – RNs, RPNs, and CCRAs
  • 15 years experience in >55 clinical trials including, but not limited to:
  • Orthopedics - Anti-coagulants for joint replacements, fracture healing
  • Cardiology – long-term CV outcome, peripheral artery disease, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, PSVT
  • Endocrinology - Diabetes mellitus
  • Gastroenterology – chronic idiopathic constipation, IBS, ulcerative colitis
  • Respiratory – Asthma, COPD
  • Nephrology
  • Chronic Pain, Opioid-induced Constipation, migraine
  • Medical devices

Ongoing Training Program

  • Annual review of site-specific SOPs
  • Current-to-date ICH/GCP training, HC Division 5 and TCPS

Equipment / Site Attributes

  • ECG, -70 freezer, centrifuge, BP cuff, weigh scale, thermometers, etc. – annual calibration
  • Secured and limited access study drug storage
  • Pharmacy and X-ray facilities on site
  • Extended clinic hours for study patients – 0630-2000 hrs x 7 days/week
  • Boardroom – training, meetings

Personnel –

Principal Investigators – 5+ years experience

  • Garry Wallace, MD
  • Douglas Friars, MD

Sub-Investigators

  • Thomas Tobin, MD – Sub-I on 20+ studies
  • Malcolm Gibson, MD – Sub-I on 20+ studies
  • Erin Turvey, MD – Sub-I on 15 studies

Management

  • Marianne Roth - >15 years experience, CCRP, CCRA

Study Coordinators / Research Nurses

  • Have many ICH-GCP-trained part-time nurses to utilize as needed

Phlebotomy

  • Dedicated research phlebotomist

Patient Recruitment

  • EMR – easily searchable for study-specific criteria to produce accurate and precise feasibilities
  • Pts are referred from their physician based on study-specific criteria and personal history to ensure study compliance
  • Pts are well educated regarding study expectations and are loyal to their physicians
  • Specialty investigator support/referrals – orthopedics, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, ENT, nephrology, respirology, neurology, dermatology
  • Study personnel is available for offsite support to review specialists’ databases
  • Utilization of online social media patient recruitment services – i.e., StudyKik
Dawson Clinical Research
Dawson Clinical Research

Successes

  • Our Screen-Failure rate is always amongst the lowest due to meticulous pre-screening exercises
  • We are on the Preferred Site Lists of multiple sponsors
  • Due to our powerful EMR system, prescreening, and dedicated staff, we achieve our target recruitment >75% of the time