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Overview
Winter Park Urology Associates conducts
clinical trials according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
Guidelines issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and
Code of Federal Regulations. Since 1997 we have participated
in multiple Phase II to Phase IV pharmaceutical and biotech
clinical trials on an outpatient basis. Specific areas of
interest include benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostate cancer,
overactive bladder, urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction,
prostatitis, premature ejaculation and prostate cancer
prevention.
Director of Research: David H. Jablonski, M.D.
Research Administrator: Sharon Livingstone, RN, MBA, CCRC
Study Coordinator: Felipe Valerio M.A., CCRC
Winter Park Urology Associates Research
Department
1812 North Mills Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803
Phone: (407) 992-2673
Fax: (407) 896-9454
e-mail:
sharonlivingstone@wpuafl.com
What Are Clinical Trials?
Clinical Trials are research studies in which people help
doctors find ways to improve health and cancer care. A clinical
trial is one of the final stages of a long a careful drug
research process. Studies are done to find out whether promising
medications and approaches to disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment are
both safe and effective.
Types of Trials
Prevention Trials - used to test new approaches, such as
medicines, vitamins, minerals, or other supplements that doctors
believe may lower the risk of a certain type of cancer. These
trials look for the best way to prevent cancer in people, who
have never had cancer, or to prevent cancer from reoccurring, or
to prevent a new cancer from occurring in people who have
previously had cancer.
Early detection and screening trials - used to test the
best way to find diseases, such as cancer, in its early stages.
Treatment Trials - are used to test new approaches to
surgery or radiation, new combination of treatments, and or to
test new drugs.
About the Process
Clinical Trials have three phases that allow researchers to ask
& answer questions in a way that results in reliable information
about the drug and protects the patient.
Men and women who decide to participate in any of the sponsored
trials, will work with a team of doctors, nurses, and research
coordinators, while being under the care of their regular
doctor. These professionals provide care, carefully monitor the
patients’ health, and give specific instructions about the
study.
Please click on the area of interest
below to learn more about our current studies:
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