About Clinical Trials of Texas

Site Maintenance Organization Overview (The Center)

Clinical Trials of Texas, Inc. (CTT) is located in the northwest portion of San Antonio in the Southwest Texas Medical Center. We are a quality Site Maintenance Organization (SMO) that contracts with research physicians who are not only experienced with the code of federal regulations and Good Clinical Practices, but are also well accomplished in conducting clinical research protocols while meeting sponsor goals and timelines.

We work with board certified, well-established physician groups that specialize in a large assortment of medical areas. This gives us the diversity to conduct studies in a wide variety of medical disciplines. Working with CTT gives physicians the ability to effectively conduct and oversee study tasks while maintaining their own private practices. As a Site Management Organization, we ensure compliance and handle all of the regulatory documentation required by sponsors and institutional review boards.

We make sure that our staff is well-trained on all GCP guidelines and FDA regulations. Many of our research coordinators are ACRP certified or are working to become certified. We also have nurses on staff who can assist with hospital-based protocols which require hospital privileges. CTT prides itself on having highly qualified coordinators that know the policies and procedures for conducting research protocols properly and ethically. Additionally, CTT has a dedicated full-time subject recruiter. Having a dedicated recruiter helps to ensure that our recruitment goals are met and allows coordinators to focus on subject care and protocol compliance.

CTT prides itself on being technologically advanced by maintaining an Oracle database (Permedics Surveyor Software) that stores all patient records, forecasts protocol specific visit windows and tracks patient study involvement as well as enrollments in all studies. We are capable of electronic data capture and transmission through any medium required, having extra phone lines dedicated solely to data transmission and a T-1 internet connection for high-speed web-based data transfer.

Speed and precision in all aspects of conducting clinical protocols, from start up to completion, are what make CTT one of today’s leading research centers in south Texas. We welcome the chance to discuss our capabilities with sponsors and CROs as well as the opportunity to be considered for new studies.

Research Facility Description

Patient visits are conducted on site, in hospitals or at the investigator sites, depending on protocol requirements. Our facility has three private exam rooms, equipped with wall mounted blood pressure cuffs, otoscopes and ophthalmoscopes, a private waiting area, dedicated lab and administrative offices for coordinators and staff. Other on site medical equipment includes a 12 lead ECG machine, weight scale, adjustable exam tables with stirrups and a temperature monitored refrigerator and freezer for the storage of specimen and temperature sensitive drugs. Ambient drugs are kept in a climate controlled, locked storage room. All medical equipment at CTT is calibrated and/or inspected by an authorized outside vendor on at least an annual basis and we adhere to all OSHA standards including biohazard collection and removal. The following equipment can be found on our investigator’s sites: Crash cart, bone density imaging scanner, ultrasound/sonogram capabilities, colposcope, urodynamics, treadmill, cardiac echo, temperature monitored refrigerator and freezers, centrifuges, x-ray capabilities, auditory and visual testing capabilities, emergency care and lab drawing stations.