In-Patient Services

Flourish Research has the facilities, staff experience, and equipment to perform a variety of Early Phase Studies, from First-in-Human to early proof of concept.

Built For Efficiency & Excellence

Our state-of-the-art facilities and dedicated teams are supported by centralized services that streamline every milestone, from study start to recruitment to database close.

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Budgets & Contracts

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Regulatory

SOPs

SOPs

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Training

QA/QC

QA/QC

Capabilities & Experiences

100+

Studies

170,000+

Patients

Staff Experience

Douglas Denham, DO

Chief Medical Director

Dr. Denham Has Overseen More Than 100 Phase 1 Studies.
Faisal A. Fakih, MD

Chief Medical Director

Dr. Fakih Has Overseen 20 Phase 1 Studies.
Parke Hedges, MD

Investigator

Dr. Hedges Has Conducted 20 Phase 1 Studies.
Mark Rosenthal, MD

Investigator

Dr. Rosenthal Has Overseen 4 Phase 1 Studies.
Barbara Corral, DNP, MSN, MA, FNP-BC

Director Early Phase Services

Dr. Corral Has Conducted More Than 20 Phase 1 Studies.
Steven Schmid, PhD

Senior Director, Lab

Dr. Schmid Has More Than 35 Years Of Experience In Drug Discovery And Development.
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Complex Inpatient Studies

Case Studies:

  • Challenge: a complex schedule of 6 inpatient days, followed by 8 consecutive days of outpatient visits, with a 56-day washout, and then another 6-days inpatient/8-days outpatient series, with multiple PK and safety timepoints.
    Success: Flourish randomized 33 participants in one month with 88% retention.
  • Challenge: a drug involving considerable potential side effects.
    Success: Flourish randomized 72 participants with an 85% completion rate by preparing participants for potential side effects during informed consent and developing strong patient relationships

Top Enrollers:

  • Flourish is consistently recognized as a top enroller, in healthy and special population studies, including rescue situations
  • Robust prescreening program and special population databases

Early Phase Facilities & Equipment

  • 57 inpatient beds
  • Dedicated, secure overnight facilities
  • Temperature data logging & phone alert system
  • Synchronous Atomic Clocks
  • Backup generators
  • Dietician-planned meals
  • IV infusion dosing/monitoring
  • eDocs, eRegulatory for 24/7 access of data
  • eSource
  • Accommodations for sponsor/CROs for onsite observation of dosing/procedures
  • Limited-access, temperature-controlled drug storage
  • Pharmacy hood
  • Ambient and refrigerated centrifuges
  • Drug & specimen refrigerators
  • -80°C and -20°C freezers
  • ECG, with onsite interpretations
  • EEG Procedures
  • Spirometry
  • Accredited sleep labs
  • YSI machines (Biochemistry Analyzer)
  • Crash Carts

PBMC Onsite Processing

Flourish Research offers in-house PBMC (Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell) services to meet client needs for the evaluation of cellular immune function within the clinical trial setting.

  • Onsite processing eliminates the need for sample transport
  • Network-wide SOPs and quality control
  • Four labs supporting 8 sites across the U.S.
  • Deliverable: high-yield, high-viability cryopreserved (PBMC) cells
  • Oversight by PhD PBMC thought leader

Best-in-class facilities and processes:

  • Temperature-controlled labs
  • Isolation using Ficoll/CPT and/or other isolation techniques
  • Class II A2 biosafety cabinets
  • Fluorescent staining & image analysis
  • Two-step cryopreservation process
  • Long-term storage in vapor phase of liquid nitrogen at -135°C

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