Implementing a Study
OCTRI provides resources and services to help investigators successfully implement a wide variety of study activities.
- Study Start-Up & Coordination Services
- Nursing Services
- Bionutrition Services
Including Body Composition & Energy Expenditure Measurements - Laboratory Services
Study Start-Up & Coordination Services
- Compliance Preparation & Submission (IRB)
- Recruiting, Scheduling & Consenting Study Participants
- Preparation of Study Documentation
- Pediatric Study Coordination
- ClinicalTrials.gov Registration
- Investigational New Drug (IND) and Device Exemption (IDE) Application & Maintenance
- Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) Coordination
- Links to OHSU Study Start-Up Policies & Forms
Nursing Services
- CTRC Nursing Services Guide
- Phlebotomy & Specimen Collection
- Vital Signs & Physical Measurements
- IV Starts & Medication Infusions
- Inpatient Room
- Electrocardiograph (12-Lead ECG)
- Cardiac Monitoring
- Catheter Access (Groshong, Port-a-Cath, PICC & Hickman)
- Insulin Clamp
- Pediatric Nursing Services
- Pharmacokinetic & Pharmacodynamic Studies
- Point of Care Testing: CBG, Hemoglobin, HCB & Urine Dip
- IVGTT: Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Testing
- Meal Tolerance Testing (MTT)
- Oral Glucose Tolerance Testing (OGTT)
Bionutrition Services
- Feeding Studies
- Research Meals & Diets
- Food Intake & Supplement Assessment
- Meals for Study Participants
- Nutrition Education & Counseling
Body Composition Measurements
- Body Composition Measurement: Anthropometric Measurements
- Body Composition Measurement: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)
- Body Composition Measurement: Bod Pod
- Body Composition Measurement: DEXA
Energy Expenditure Measurements
- Energy Expenditure: Activity Monitoring
- Energy Expenditure: Exercise Testing
- Energy Expenditure: Indirect Calorimetry
Laboratory Assays & Analysis Services
- Laboratory Assays & Analyses
- Clinical Specimen Processing, Storage & Shipping
- DNA & RNA Extraction & Purification
- Genetic Analyses
