
Clinical research unit
Facility
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Institutional Contacts / Head of Facilities
XM
Provisional Contacts
CERCA Institutes

Barcelona, Spain
1992
Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRIB)
Owners
HMRIB
Equipments & Services Offered
The Clinical Research Unit (URC) has facilities with capacity for 12 volunteers in the admission area and 3 dispensaries to carry out selection visits and outpatient assessments. High recruitment capacity, database of more than 500 volunteers. Quality policy: The Unit has Standard Operating Procedures to guarantee the rights and safety of patients and the quality of the data obtained from the studies, complying with the Good Clinical Practice Standards and current regulations on clinical trials. The Unit is periodically accredited by the Generalitat de Catalunya and its activity is audited by the IMIM Quality Unit. The team of professionals that makes up it: It is multidisciplinary (clinical pharmacologists, nurses, pharmacists, neuropsychologists, etc.) specialized in clinical research activities. They have collaborated in the launch and development of clinical trials promoted or co-promoted by different research groups in various therapeutic areas, by the pharmaceutical and food industries. They work in close collaboration with the Integrated Pharmacology and Systems Neuroscience Group and the World Anti-Doping Agency. They are linked to the Parc de Salut Mar (Hospital del Mar) and the Pompeu Fabra and Autònoma Universities of Barcelona.
What studies can be performed? Clinical trials without a therapeutic objective in healthy volunteers: Pharmacokinetic and metabolism studies (including bioequivalence, tolerability, first administration in humans, single dose or multiple doses) Pharmacodynamic effects: subjective effects, cardiovascular safety. Behavioral effects, stress assessment. Phase I and phase II clinical trials of efficacy and tolerability. Phase I clinical trials in special populations (Pediatrics, elderly, Down syndrome or Fragile X, users of toxic or addictive substances) Drug-drug interaction studies Nutritional intervention clinical trials. Health benefits of nutrition in cognitive performance Drug-food interaction studies Collaborations in phase II-IV clinical trials: screening visits, sample extractions, biopsies, questionnaires. Renal function measurement studies. Excretion studies in the framework of doping control Determination and identification of drugs and metabolites, in blood, urine, hair, saliva and other biological matrices. Targeted metabolomic studies.
Quality
Categorització
RIS3CAT domains & other
Social and Health System
Industrial System
Educational and knowledge generation System
Food System
CLINICAL TRIALS
GINYS-IMIM-008
Access procedure & Fares
Institutional Quality