Clinical Research Center Core

A one-time, initial fee per protocol is charged regardless of whether subjects are ever enrolled in the protocol.  This fee includes expenses common to all protocols, i.e., the time spent by the Administrative Review Committee to review the application, plus additional administrative time to record protocol activity, account for use of facility resources, and process the annual progress report.

Complex Visit: all intensive visits which require the study room to be used – Investigational drug infusion, constant patient observation with/without PK blood draws; all biopsy visits; all GTT visits with more than 2 time point blood draws; and meal tests.  This fee does not include any overtime nursing costs. Overtime nursing costs will be calculated at time-and-a-half for the nurse involved in the study.

Fee for the use of the CRC space without using nursing support.  Per minute fee is used for billing ($1.66/minute = $100/hour).

Fee is per hospital day (per inpatient admission). This fee is based on the DHHS-negotiated research patient care rate for inpatient days at MMC. This rate only applies to CTSA-supported admissions.

Includes space and nursing support as follows: VS, Anthropometrics, 1-time blood draw, other body fluid specimen collection, Rapid oral HIV test; urine pregnancy test; ECG, questionnaires, administration of oral medications, all types of 1-time injection – sc, im, iv, iv infusion, which require no more than one hour patient observation.  This fee does not include any overtime nursing costs. Overtime nursing costs will be calculated at time-and-a-half for the nurse involved in the study.

Per visit fee for the use of the CRC space without using nursing support.

This service is designed to meet the needs of investigators throughout the clinical research life cycle. Research activities supported may range from IRB submission to pre-screening and chart review, performing study visits, and maintenance of regulatory compliance.

Per visit fee for the use of the CRC space without using nursing support.

Includes space and nursing support as follows: VS, Anthropometrics, 1-time blood draw, other body fluid specimen collection, Rapid oral HIV test; urine pregnancy test; ECG, questionnaires, administration of oral medications, all types of 1-time injection – sc, im, iv, iv infusion, which require no more than one hour patient observation.  This fee does not include any overtime nursing costs. Overtime nursing costs will be calculated at time-and-a-half for the nurse involved in the study.

Complex Visit: all intensive visits which require the study room to be used – Investigational drug infusion, constant patient observation with/without PK blood draws; all biopsy visits; all GTT visits with more than 2 time point blood draws; and meal tests.  This fee does not include any overtime nursing costs. Overtime nursing costs will be calculated at time-and-a-half for the nurse involved in the study.

Fee is per hospital day (per inpatient admission). This fee is based on the DHHS-negotiated research patient care rate for inpatient days at MMC. This rate only applies to CTSA-supported admissions.

A one-time, initial fee per protocol is charged regardless of whether subjects are ever enrolled in the protocol.  This fee includes expenses common to all protocols, i.e., the time spent by the Administrative Review Committee to review the application, plus additional administrative time to record protocol activity, account for use of facility resources, and process the annual progress report.

Fee for the use of the CRC space without using nursing support.  Per minute fee is used for billing ($1.66/minute = $100/hour).

This service is designed to meet the needs of investigators throughout the clinical research life cycle. Research activities supported may range from IRB submission to pre-screening and chart review, performing study visits, and maintenance of regulatory compliance.