Information for Sponsors/CROs

Easy To Work With

The Clinical Trials Group has experience performing studies sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and pharmaceutical companies. The office possesses a large portfolio of studies performed at all trial phases, from first-in-humans through post-marketing. Sponsors find the Clinical Trials Group focused on service, from steering the contract through the university, navigating the IRB, and meeting sponsor directives and expectations.

Benefits of Being University Based

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston was the first of the health science centers in the University of Texas System. Located on an island in the Gulf of Mexico and a short drive from Houston, the 85 acre main campus includes a complex of hospitals, four academic schools, and numerous research centers and institutes. Approximately 10,000 faculty and staff work at UTMB's main campus and its network of community-based clinics. There are more than 20,000 admissions to UTMB hospitals, 530,000 out patient visits, and over 15,000 emergency room visits annually.

UTMB serves 2400 students and 697 interns, residents, and fellows. Galveston island is also home to Galveston College, a 2 year community college enrolling 2300 students each semester and enrolling 500 students annually in continuing education classes. The island is also home to Texas A&M University at Galveston, which has an annual enrollment of over 1500 students.

Certifications

• AAHRPP Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs
• CAP College of American Pathologists
• CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act/Amendment
• Magnet American Nurses Credentialing Center

Clinical Resources

• Electronic Medical Record
• Variety of research settings available, including primary care clinics as well as a 24-hour inpatient facility

Access to specialists

• Collaboration on protocols
• Expertise and medical care for adverse events
• Internal safety monitors

Accomplished Physicians

• Credentialed UTMB faculty
• Practice in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine

Wide Range Of Potential Study Population

• Maintain a volunteer registry
• All ages: premature infants, babies, children, adolescents, adults, and elderly
• Recruit several racial groups: African-American, Hispanic, White

Ability to do Onsite Laboratory Assays

• Skilled laboratory personnel
• Special equipment

Investigational Pharmacy

• Investigational Pharmacist
• Capability to prepare and dispense complex agents

Contract Services

• Usually complete within 1 week

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

• AAHRPP accreditation
• Meets bimonthly
• Typical approval within weeks