Sponsor Advantages

Hometown Research Center

Hometown Urgent Care & Research (HUCR) is a state-of-the-art clinical research company, specializing in adult, pediatric and geriatric Phase II, III, and IV clinical trials since 2008.

The Hometown Advantage for Sponsors

In addition to a team of highly experienced clinical research coordinators, HUCR has ten full-time physicians who are principal investigators and sub-investigators. Our therapeutic specialties include: Family Practice, Urgent Care, and Pain Management. HUCR’s clinical trial team has the training and experience to adhere to strict research protocols, while reporting accurate and timely results and following all FDA, ICH and GCP guidelines. Each member is ACLS Certified and participates in our competitive Continuing Medical Education (CME) program.

HUCR’s parent company, Hometown Urgent Care, has 20 locations in Ohio, and is rapidly expanding. HUCR conducts clinical research at five of these sites: High Street and Groveport in Columbus, Woodman Drive and Dayton Mall in Dayton, and Springfield. The anchor physician at each of these urgent care facilities is also the Personal Investigator for the studies. We use central Institutional Review Board (IRB).

HUCR’s partnership with Hometown Urgent Care provides us access to an electronic data bank of over 300,000 patients from a broad geographic area that can be searched by condition (ICD code), time of treatment and zip code. This enables us to quickly and consistently meet or exceed enrollment goals, which, in turn, lowers the cost of the study for our sponsors.

Fully Equipped Facilities
EKG
MRI Imaging
Quantitative Sensory Testing
EMG nerve conduction studies
Independent X-Ray
On-site Pharmacist
Lab to process specimens
Observation units and 3 operation rooms
Capable of conducting infusion or invasive device for clinical trials
Crash cart
Centrifuge
Refrigerators and (-20 C) freezers for specimen storage
High speed wireless internet connections for research staff and monitors
Separate monitoring rooms with access to printer/copier/fax
Double locking storage room for investigational drugs
Secured storage rooms for medical records
ACLS certified staff
Clinical Regulatory Specialist and Quality Assurance Personnel

Participant Support
24/7 Telephone contact number
Major hospital within 5 miles of each research site
Informed consent processing
Rigorous safety procedures and adherence to ICP-GCP guidelines
Electronic medical records