- Hypertension (High blood pressure)
- Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Obesity/Weight Loss
- Arthritis
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Osteoporosis
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Gout
- Healthy Studies
Pharmacokinetics/PK Unit
In addition to our out-patient study facility, Orange County Research Center is home to a spacious 45-Bed PK Unit where in-patient studies are conducted.
Pharmacokinetics/PK Unit Facilities
- 45 bed unit
- Separate rooms for males and females
- Spacious recreation area with satellite television and internet
- Showers
- Laboratory
- Pharmacy with clean room
- Private examination rooms
- Conference room
- Monitoring rooms with phone and internet
Pharmacokinetics/PK Unit Studies conducted at OCRC include:
- First in Man trials
- Special Populations
- Oral and IV Dose Ranging
- Drug-Drug Interaction
- Bioavailability/Bioequivalence
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacodynamics
- Thorough ECG/QTc
- Pilot Studies
- Food Effect Studies
- Clinical Equivalence Studies
- Renal Impairment Studies
- Healthy Studies
Phase I Equipment:
- Bedside Telemetry
- Crash Cart/Defibrillator
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Dinamaps
- Holter Monitoring
- Electrocardiogram
- Echocardiography
- Ultrasound
- Treadmill
- -80 freezers, alarmed
- -20 freezers
- Refrigerated Centrifuges
- Infusion Pumps
- Laminar Flow
- Atomic Clocks
If you are interested in participating in a pk unit study please call 888-375-5524.