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Overview

 

The Research Department at Heart and Vascular Institute of Texas was formed in 1994 to support the scientific interests of our 13 board-certified, fellowship-trained, cardiologists. These physicians have conducted over 60 (Phase II – IV) clinical trials of the latest investigational medicines, devices, and gene therapies. With a searchable database of over 100,000 patients, our 13 physicians are readily able to exceed the enrollment expectations of our sponsors. Our site also experiences few patients who are lost to follow-up or who withdraw consent. This trend is due to our thorough screening methods, enthusiastic coordinators, and pre-established rapport with our patients.

 

Our site is capable of utilizing a central Institutional Review Board (IRB). We are also proficient working with the local hospital-based IRBs. Our physicians are credentialed to practice within the Baptist Health System (5 hospitals), CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Healthcare System (2 hospitals), Methodist Healthcare System (3 hospitals), and the physician-owned, state-of-art TexSAn Heart Hospital. Of interest, the Heart Hospital waives IRB jurisdiction to Western IRB.

 

Heart and Vascular Institute of Texas is conveniently located less than 5 miles from San Antonio International Airport. Our facility includes 22 exam rooms, 64-slice CT scanner, 2 nuclear cameras, 3 echocardiography / vascular laboratories, 2 crash carts, CLIA certified laboratory, Coumadin® and pacemaker clinics. All of our equipment (e.g., centrifuges, weight scales, sphygmomanometers, electrocardiographs, -70°C Freezer, etc.) is routinely maintained and calibrated by a local biomedical vendor, according to each manufacturer’s specifications. Investigational product is stored in a limited-access, double-locking, temperature-controlled storage area. Clinical Research Associates and auditors are provided with ample work area and high-speed Internet access.

 

Clinical Research Experience

 

Our investigators have experience conducting trials in the following therapeutic areas:

·        Acute Coronary Syndrome

·        Acute Myocardial Infarction

·        Angina

·        Antiplatelet Therapy

·        Arrhythmia

·        Atrial Fibrillation

·        Coronary Artery Disease

·        Electrophysiology

·        Heart Failure

·        High Atherothrombotic Risk

·        Hyperlipidemia

·        Interventional Cardiology

·        Gene Therapy

·        Hypertension

 

We have conducted clinical trials with the following sponsors / clinical research organizations:

·        Accumetrics Inc.

·        Amgen, Inc

·        AstraZeneca

·        Aventis Pharmaceuticals

·        Berlex Laboratories, Inc.

·        Bertek Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

·        Boehringer Ingelheim

·        Bristol-Myers Squibb

·        Boston Scientific Corporation

·        Cardiac Pacemakers Inc.

·        Cardium Therapeutics, Inc

·        Centocor Inc.

·        The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

·        Cogentus Pharmaceuticals, Inc

·        COR Therapeutics, Inc.

·        Covance

·          DuPont Merck

·        Duke University Medical Center

·        Eli Lilly and Company

·        G. D. Searle & Company

·        Genentech, Inc.

·        Guidant

·        Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.

·          ICON Clinical Research

·          Impulse Dynamics, Inc

·        Kendle International Inc.

·        Medtronic Vascular

·        Merck & Co., Inc.

·        MSP Singapore Company LLC

·        Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc           

·        NHLBI

·        Novartis

·        PAREXEL International

·        Parke Davis / Pfizer Inc.

·        Pfizer, Inc.

·        PPD

·        Procter & Gamble

·        Schering-Plough

·        George Washington University

·        Quintiles Transnational Corp.

·        Rhone-Poulenc Rorer / Aventis

·        sanofi-synthelabo

·        St. Jude Medical

·        Takeda

 

Our site has worked with the following Institutional Review Boards:

·        Baptist Health System Institutional Review Board

·        Copernicus Group IRB

·        IntegReview Ethical Review Board

·        Methodist Healthcare System Institutional Review Board

·        Quorum Review Inc.

·        Schulman Associates Institutional Review Board, Inc.

·        Western Institutional Review Board, Inc.

 

Patient Demographics

 

San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the United States with 1.3 million people.

 

Gender

·        52 percent are female

·        48 percent are male

 

Age

·        28 percent of the population is under the age of 18

·        11 percent are age 18 to 24

·        29 percent are age 25 to 44

·        22 percent are age 45 to 64

·        10 percent are age 65 years and older

 

Race

·        66 percent are White

·        6.7 percent are Black or African American

·        0.5 percent are American Indian and Alaska Native

·        2.1 percent are Asian

·        0.1 percent are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

·        22.5 percent are Some other race

·        2.1 percent Two or more races

 

(61.3 percent Hispanic or Latino of any race)

 

—Source: US Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey Data Profile Highlights

 

Staff

 

Steven W. Farris, RN, BSN, CCRC

Director of Clinical Research

7 years of clinical research experience

IATA Certified

NIH GCP Training

 

Raquel F. Lopez, BS

Clinical Research Coordinator

7 years of clinical research experience

IATA Certified

NIH GCP Training

CITI Training

 

Renée C. Zunker, BA

Regulatory affairs Specialist

22 years of clinical research experience

NIH GCP Training

CITI Training

 

Contact Information

 

Steven W. Farris, RN, BSN, CCRC

Director of Clinical Research

Heart & Vascular Institute of Texas

ATTN: Research Department

1933 NE Loop 410

San Antonio, Texas 78217

(210) 804-6064 Direct

(210) 804-6095 Facsimile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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