This page contains Information that might be helpful for Industry Sponsors. Included is information regarding our subject recruitment, details about our site, and information about our IRB’s.
General Information about UAB
As part of the UAB/UA Health System, we are affiliated with all UAB clinics and facilities. This allows us to participate in protocols that require multiple disciplines. For outpatient studies we use & list the Kirklin Clinic as our site for subject visits & evaluations. For Inpatient studies, we use the main UAB Hospital as our site, regardless of the subject’s exact location (i.e.: West Pavilion, North Pavilion, etc...)
Due to the overlapping of UAB’s Institutional Research & Healthcare facilities, there are often different names and addresses for the same location & different addresses based on physical location, mailing or courier service. Please refer to the addresses below for exact location. It is not our policy to alter CVs for individual studies; however, we will be as accommodating as possible.
We can also utilize the UAB PCIR for PK studies and patient visits and the UAB Outreach Research Lab to process samples.
Subject Recruitment & GI/Hepatology Clinic
Located in the Kirklin Clinic there are over 10,000 (GI/Hepatology related) patients seen each year. Specifically there are 640 new and 2930 returning Hepatitis C patients each year. The clinic also offers 15 referring physicians. This provides a solid recruitment base for clinical trials.
Institutional Review Boards (IRB)
Per UAB requirements, we use a Local IRB for all research studies. For industry sponsored studies, The Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB) is designated as a local IRB. WIRB meets daily and enables us to have flexible submission dates, which in turn allows for faster start up.
For Investigator Initiated studies we use the UAB IRB, which meets weekly. Again, this allows us to have relatively flexible submission dates.
IRB Approval Time
We estimate that it will take approximately 4 weeks to receive approval once the submission is received by either review Board.
Locations & Address:
| UAB GHCRP 1808 7th Avenue South BDB 802 Birmingham, AL 35294 |
Out Patient Site Address The Kirklin Clinic 2600 6th Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35233 |
In Patient Studies UAB Hospital 619 19th Street South Birmingham, AL 35294 |
| UAB IDS Pharmacy 1802 6th Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35249 North Pavilion, Room 3470 |
UAB CRU 625 19th Street South, JT15 Birmingham, AL 35233 |
UAB Hospital Laboratory (local lab) 619 19th Street South Birmingham, AL 35294 |