Our dedicated research program conducts both inpatient and outpatient trials. The ProMedica Health System (PHS) Research Office is located on the campus of The Toledo Hospital, which provides a central location and accessibility for patients participating in our research trials.
The PHS Research Office strives to facilitate the conduct of research trials with the utmost integrity, with strict adherence to Good Clinical Practice. Our investigators and coordinators work closely together to ensure patient safety, and the collection of the high quality data.
We are located at a large tertiary hospital in Toledo, Ohio, and have access to state of the art equipment.
We can provide:
- Private monitoring area
- Dedicated Research exam rooms
- EKGs
- Full laboratory services, including -70 freezers
- Off-site overflow storage
- Pharmacy services
- Locked and alarmed drug storage refrigerator
- Radiology services (DXA, CT scans, X-rays)
- Many other additional testing services available
Our PHS Research Office has been conducting phase II-IV clinical research trials for more than 15 years. Some of our therapeutic specialties include cardiology, critical care, diabetes, family practice/internal medicine, hypertension, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, orthopedic/sports medicine, pulmonary, pediatrics and vascular.
We have worked with numerous pharmaceutical companies, including: Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Abbott, Baker-Norton, Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Byk Gulden, Centocor, Dey Labs, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Genzyme, Glaxo, Guilford, Hoffman-LaRoche, Knoll, Lorus, Merck, Merrem, Medimmune, Organon, Orthobiotech, Parke Davis, Pfizer, Pharmacia & Upjohn, RPR, Sanofi, Schering Plough, Takeda, The Medicine Company, Wyeth, along with numerous CROs.
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The staff of our PHS Research Office has extensive experience in conducting and managing clinical research trials. Our research coordinators are registered nurses and pharmacists, and have experience in a variety of specialties. We have a research coordinator on call 24 hours at all time.
Patients are drawn from hospital inpatients, including emergency room and two family practice clinic settings. Any patient may be approached; even non-investigator patients. We advertise in the community and private physician office settings for outpatient study candidates. The Toledo metropolitan population approximates 500,000.
Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
Endocrinology
Immunology/Infectious Diseases
Nephrology/Urology
Neurology
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Pediatrics/Neonatology
Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases
Rheumatology
Trauma/Emergency Medicine
ProMedica Health System, ranked among the Top 5 most integrated health systems in the U.S. for the fifth year, was formed in 1986 and is a Toledo, Ohio-based, not-for-profit health care organization with 15,000 employees, 71 corporations and joint ventures, 2,900 physicians and more than 283 facilities in Ohio and Michigan. ProMedica facilities treat more than 2.4 million patients annually and which includes 10 hospitals; ProMedica Continuing Care Services with senior, rehabilitation and integrative services; ProMedica Physician Group, a large network of primary care, obstetrics, and specialist physicians; Paramount Health Care, the largest HMO in northwest Ohio; and the Health, Education and Research Corporation, with more than 200 academic relationships. For more information, please visit www.promedica.org
Melanie Wheeler, RN, BSN, MBA, CCRC
Research Coordinator
The Toledo Hospital/ProMedica Health System
PHS Research Office
2142 North Cove Blvd, Suite HMT 880
Toledo, OH 43606
USA
419-291-8027
419-479-6125 (fax)
Melanie.wheeler@promedica.org