CTRS offers two convenient, comfortable, and well-equipped locations for researchers to conduct their studies.
UHealth Tower (UHT)
West Building
1321 NW 14 Street
Suite 400
Miami, FL 33136
Don Soffer Clinical Research Center (DSCRC)
1120 NW 14 Street
7th Floor
Miami, FL 33136
CTRS has a highly skilled and experienced team of nurses, medical assistants, and clinical research coordinators prepared to service various protocols. To request our services, please complete the CTRS Request Form in our redcap survey link below:
CTRS Request Form
If you have any questions, please reach out to CTRSReservations@miami.edu
Please see the list of services provided by CTRS for clinical study support determined and classified by complexity below:
Nursing Services |
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Nursing Services - Complexity 1 |
Nursing service inclusive of vital signs and/or phlebotomy, or Room Use, or EKG, or Specimen Collection. No medication administration. Survey studies. Low risk studies. |
Nursing Services - Complexity 2 |
Nursing service inclusive of vital signs, phlebotomy, Room Use, or Specimen Collection, or EKG. Moderate risk studies – IP Drug (PO route) with minimal risk of AE’s. |
Nursing Services - Complexity 3 |
Nursing service inclusive of vital signs, or phlebotomy, or Room Use, or Specimen Collection, or EKG, or Pharmacokinetics involvement for up to 12 hours. IP Drug (IV, SubQ, or Nebulizing route) with Moderate risk of AE’s. Mixed Meal Test – multiple vital signs and blood draw. |
Nursing Services - Complexity 4 |
Nursing service inclusive of vital signs and phlebotomy, Nursing Observation and EKG, Room Use. Pharmacokinetics involvement greater than 12 hours. After-hour coverage (Weekend and Night coverage). IP Drug (IV, SubQ, or Nebulizing route) with High risk of AE’s or moderate to full ADL Coverage. |
Nursing Services - Complexity 5 |
Nursing service inclusive of vital signs and phlebotomy, Nursing Observation, EKG, Room Use. Pharmacokinetics involvement greater than 12 hours. In-Patient protocols requiring patient care and complete nursing coverage or full ADL Coverage. |
Laboratory Services |
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Laboratory Services - Complexity 1 |
Non-nursing staff to perform routine data collection, sample handling, and processing, or shipping of specimens (dry ice included), etc. 1-5 blood tubes of processing or specimen processing. |
Laboratory Services - Complexity 2 |
Non-nursing staff to perform routine data collection, sample handling, processing, or shipping of specimens (dry ice included), etc. Pharmacokinetics Processing / 6-10 blood tubes of processing or specimen processing. |
Laboratory Services - Complexity 3 |
Non-nursing staff to perform routine data collection, sample handling, processing, or shipping of specimens (dry ice included), etc. Pharmacokinetics Processing / Mixed Meal Processing / PBMC Processing / 11-20 blood tubes of processing or specimen processing. |
Laboratory Services - Complexity 4 |
Non-nursing staff to perform routine data collection, sample handling, and processing, or shipping of specimens (dry ice included), etc. Visits that require more than 20 blood tubes to be processed or specimen processing. |
Others |
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Clinical Research Coordinator |
Clinical research coordinator services are provided to work with a Principal Investigator to initiate, implement and manage clinical research studies. Coordination of Site Qualification Visit |
Sample Storage/ Specimen storage |
Sample Storage/ Specimen storage monthly. |
Medication Storage |
Medication in a refrigerator/freezer or medication storage unit. |
Protocol Review & Implementation |
Protocol Review and Implementation covering time and effort to work with the study team interested in using CTRS resources (MD orders, flowsheets, etc.). |
CTRS Maintenance Fee |
CTRS Maintenance Fee |
A COVID-19 clinical trial that tests whether an anti-inflammatory drug may help hospitalized patients better recover from the disease has been underway, with Dr. Jay and the CTRS team performing the clinical trial. It was featured on Channel 10 News.