MediSphere is an independent, dedicated clinical research
company which conducts Phase II, III and IV clinical research for
pharmaceutical, biotechnology, nutritional and medical device
industries. Founded in 1992, MediSphere has participated in more
than 500 national and multinational clinical trials.
MediSphere has more than 25,000 active patient files in two
clinic locations in Evansville, IN, the major city in the Tri-State
area. The Tri-State, with a population of 1.2 million, is composed
of 11 counties in Southwest Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southeast
Illinois.
MediSphere is a member or the Alliance for Multispeciality
Research (AMR), an Independent Site Alliance (ISA) of established,
geographically diverse, professional clinical research sites. This
not-for-profit support organization is composed of 27
multi-therapeutic, highly experienced research centers across the
United States.
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Allergy:
Cardiovascular:
- Angina Pectoris
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Echocardiography - NIDDM & Weight Loss Products
- Essential Hypertension
- Intermittent Claudication
- Intermittent Claudication in Diabetics
- Renal Protection in CABG
- Venous Stasis Ulcers
Central Nervous System:
- Depression, Treatment-Resistant
- Major Depression
- Primary Insomnia
Dermatology:
- Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- Genital Herpes
- Herpes Labialis
- Herpes Zoster
- Skin & Soft Tissue Infections
- Tenia Pedis
- Venous Stasis Ulcers
Endocrine/Metabolism:
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Dyslipidemias
- Dyslipidemias in NIDDM
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Obesity
- Obesity in NIDDM
Gastroenterology:
- Duodenal Ulcer & Gastric Ulcer
- Gastric Protection (NSAIDS)
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Heartburn
- Heartburn - Provocative Meal Studies
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia
Infectious Diseases:
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Bacterial Exacerbation of COPD
- Acute Sinusitis
- Community Acquired Pneumonia
- Complicated Urinary Tract Infection
- Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- Genital Herpes
- Helicobacter Pylori
- Herpes Labialis
- Herpes Zoster
- Influenza
- Lower Urinary Tract Infection
- Otitis Externa
- Skin & Skin Structure Infections - Complicated and
Uncomplicated
- Skin & Soft Tissue Infection
- Streptococcal Pharyngitis
- Urinary Tract Infection, Complicated/Uncomplicated
- Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
Medical Devices:
- Anticoagulant Monitoring
- Antiseptic-Coated Central Venous Catheter
- Blood Gas Analyzer
- Home Health Care Monitoring Products
- Ionophoretic Drug Delivery Systems
- Point-Of-Care Diagnostic & Monitoring Health Care
Facilities Products
- Rapid Screening for Influenza A & B
Musculoskeletal:
- Acute Ankle Sprain
- Acute Epicondylitis
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis Prevention
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Nephrology:
- End Stage Renal Disease
- Hemodialysis
- Peritoneal Dialysis
Neurological:
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Migraine Headache, Adult and Adolescent
- Parkinson's Disease
Otolaryngology:
- Hearing Impairment Testing
- Otitis Externa
- Pharyngitis
- Sinusitis
Pain:
- Acute Epicondylitis
- Acute Ankle Sprain
- Acute Low Back Pain
- Chronic Back Pain
- Chronic Pain Syndromes
- Pain due to Osteoarthritis
- Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
- Post-Herpetic Neuralgia
Pharmacokinetic Studies:
- Outpatient Pharmacokinetics
Respiratory:
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis
- Bronchial Asthma
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - COPD
- Community Acquired Pneumonia
- Exercise-Induced Asthma
Special Formulations:
- Inhalation Therapy
- Intranasal Therapy
- Iontophoretic Drug Delivery Systems
- Orally Disintegrating Tablet
- Rx to OTC Switch
- Sustained/Extended Release
- Topical Therapy
- Transdermal Delivery Systems
Special Populations:
- Elderly
- Pediatric & Adolescent
- Renal Impairment
Urology:
- Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
- Complicated Urinary Tract Infection
- Lower Urinary Tract Infection (Cystitis)
- Overactive Bladder
- Pyelonephritis
- Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection
- Urge, Stress and Mixed Incontinence
Women's Health Care:
- Genital Herpes
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Women
- Lower Urinary Tract Infection (Cystitis)
- Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis Prevention
- Selective Estrogen Regulator Modulators
- Vulvovaginal Candiasis
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On-Site Equipment/Services:
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Emergency Equipment: Crash Cart, Automated External Defibrillator
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Diagnostics: ECG, phlebotomy, Laboratory for
Processing & Shipping Specimens, Pulmonary Function Testing
(Puritan Bennett - 100), Doppler, Holter Monitoring &
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) Capability, Mercury
Sphygmomanometers
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Equipment: : Refrigerator - Not Frost Free,
-20° Freezer, Fax Machines, Dry Ice, Locked, Temperature Controlled
Drug Storage, Centrifuge
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Services: Diet Counseling, Certified Clinical
Research Coordinators, Remote Data Entry (Including Internet
Access). Full time Physicians on site. Comprehensive SOP's
(available on request), OSHA Compliant, CLIA Certified for Provider
Performed Microscopy, FAA - Bio-hazard Certification. Compliant
with GCP/ICH Guidelines for Informed Consent Process.
Available Services: Diagnostic Radiography,
Ultrasonography, Computerized Tomography, Magnetic Resonance
Imaging, Hologic DEXA, Body Composition Analysis, Exercise
Treadmill Testing, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiac Imaging,
Nuclear Imaging, Certified Vascular Laboratory, Renal Dialysis,
Peritoneal Dialysis Urodynamics, Endometrial Biopsy,
Ophthamology
MediSphere Medical Research Center, LLC, Industry
Sponsors:
- 3M Pharmaceuticals
- Abbott Laboratories
- Agouron
- Ajinomoto Pharmaceuticals
- Alcon
- Allergan
- Alpharma USPD, Inc.
- Alza Pharmaceuticals
- Amgen Inc.
- Amylin Corporation
- Astra Merck
- Astra Pharmaceuticals
- AstraZeneca
- Aura Laboratories, Inc.
- Aventis
- Bayer Corporation
- Boehringer-Ingelheim
- Boehringer-Mannheim
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Dey Pharmaceuticals
- DuPont Pharmaceutical Company
- Drug Delivery Technologies, Inc.
- Endo Pharmaceuticals
- Eli Lilly & Co.
- Ethical Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- G. D. Searle Pharmaceuticals
- GelTex
- Genentech, Inc.
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Glaxo-Wellcome
- Hoechst Marion Roussel
- HYAL Pharmaceuticals
- Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- IOMED, Inc.
- Janssen Pharmaceutical Research Institute
- Johnson & Johnson
- Knoll Pharmaceutical Company
- Lorex Pharmaceuticals
- Marion Merrill Dow
- Merck Human Health Division
- Merck Research Laboratories
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- Milkhaus Laboratories
- MSP Singapore Company LLC
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
- Novartis
- Nycomed Salutar, Inc.
- Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals
- Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals
- Perrigo Company
- Pfizer Inc.
- Pharmacia & Upjohn
- Pozen Inc.
- Praecis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Procter & Gamble Corp.
- Purdue Pharma
- Quidel Inc.
- Recordati S.p.A.
- R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute
- Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
- Roberts Pharmaceuticals
- Roche Laboratories
- Roche Bioscience
- Roche Diagnostics
- Sankyo, USA
- Schering Plough
- Schwarz Pharma
- Sepracor, Inc.
- Sigma Tau Research
- SmithKline Beecham
- Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Syntex Laboratories, Inc.
- Takeda America, Inc.
- TAP Holdings, Inc.
- United Therapeutics Corp.
- Vanguard Medica Ltd.
- Viropharma
- Vyteris
- Whitehall Robins
- Wyeth Ayerst
- Zeneca Pharmaceuticals
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MediSphere Medical Research Center, LLC, Contract
Research Organization (CRO) Sponsors:
- Barton & Polansky
- Berger & Boyer
- BioPharm
- Boston Health Care Associates
- Bradstreet Clinical Research Associates
- Clinical Trials Management Services (CTMS)
- Clinimetrics Research Associates
- ClinTrials, Inc.
- Concepts in Pharmaceutical Research (CPR)
- Corning Besselaar, Inc.
- Collaborative Clinical Research
- Covalent Research Alliance, Inc.
- Covance
- Healthcare Products Development
- IBRD/Phoenix
- ICON
- Ingenix
- Innovex, Inc.
- Integrated Research
- Kendle International
- Kern McNeill International
- Kunitz & Associates, Inc.
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- Lineberry Associates
- MIMC
- MEDEX
- MedPace
- MTRA
- NutraTec, Inc.
- Paragon Biomedical Inc.
- Parexel International Corporation
- Pharmaceutical Research Associates (PRA)
- Pharmakenetics, Inc.
- PharmaNet, Inc.
- Phoenix International Life Sciences
- PPD Development
- PPD Pharmaco
- Premier Research Worldwide
- Quintiles, Inc.
- Quintiles/BRI
- Scientific Data Inc. (SDI)
- SCIREX Corporation
- TAB Consulting, Inc.
- Target Research Associates
- World Wide Clinical Research
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Steven K. Elliott, M.D., and his Family Medicine group, conduct clinical research in conjunction wit their private medical practice. Dr. Elliott is certified by the American Board of Family Practice, a member of the American Academy of Family Practice and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.
FDA Audits in October 1999 , May 2001, September 2006, and November 2008 Three showed no deficiencies and no 483's issued.
MediSphere's clinical staff consists of the following
members:
Medical Director
Steven K. Elliott, M.D., FAAFP
SubInvestigators
Alexander E. Dela Llana, MD
Hubert S. Reyes, MD
Mike Gerald A. Sebastian, MD
Mary "Sammie" Rutherford, RN, BSN, MSN, FNP
Julie Vittori, FNP
Chief Operating Officer
John Wathen, B.S.
Operations Manager
Kim Dwojak
Administrative Staff
Lesa Woodruff, BS
Contracts Administrator
New Business Development Asst.
Terri Miller
Patient Representatives
Marilyn Perry
Dottie Murphy
Kelly Dorsey
Clinical Research
Amy Wathen, BSW
Director, Clinical Operations
Georgettea Schucker, CMA, CCRC
Manager, Clinical Services
Jenifer Miller, BS, CCRC
Senior Study Coordinator
Connie Folz
Clinic Research Assistant
Michael Ennis
Clinic Research Assistant
Carrie Covert, BS, CCRC
Clinic Research Assistant
Sherri Scheller
Clinic Secretary
Regulatory Department
Anna Bruggenschmidt
Regulatory Affairs Administrator
Our patients come from southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and
southeast Illinois. The population is relatively stable and
non-transient. MediSphere selects patients who are reliable and
compliant with medical regimens. We have more than 26,000 patient
profiles in our computerized Patient Tracking System.
Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
Dermatology/Plastic Surgery
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Immunology/Infectious Diseases
Musculoskeletal
Nephrology/Urology
Neurology
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Otolaryngology
Pediatrics/Neonatology
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases
Rheumatology
MediSphere East's new 9,300 square foot research facility was completed in early 2002. This state-of-the-art, modern medical complex features a retail pharmacy, a diagnostic radiology office and a three-physician family medical practice.
Georgettea Schucker, CMA, CCRC
MediSphere Medical Research Center, LLC
Medisphere East
Administrative Offices & Clinic
1401 Professional Boulevard, Suite 100
Evansville, IN 47714
USA
812-471-4110
812-471-4275 (fax)
GSchucker@medisphereresearch.com
www.amrllc.com/
