Avanza for investigators
We collaborate with medical health professionals to create moments of discovery that transform healthcare through new drugs and therapies.
Every breakthrough begins as a single moment of curiosity.
We partner with our network of medical health professionals by facilitating research funding, helping them to manage projects, and helping them stay current on local, state, federal and research policies and procedures.
Catalysts for change
Avanza was founded to allow physicians the opportunity to participate in clinical trials without depleting their practice’s financial or human resources. Below are just a few of the benefits of becoming a research investigator and participating in clinical research:
- Remain at the cutting edge of your specific area or therapeutic interest
- Gain recognition as a thought-leader within your professional community
- Offer patients new, alternative treatments only available through clinical trials
- Provide differentiated service offerings over competition
- Advance career by pursuing research interests in the name of science
- Being published for contribution to research
- Open opportunities for additional revenue and supplementary income for your practice
- Support the advancement of medicine
Let Avanza help you help others
As a member of our investigator network, we will work with you to find the right study that fits your specific therapeutic interests. Our team manages all patient recruitment and scheduling, as well as maintenance of all regulatory correspondence with the sponsor, IRB and the FDA. Avanza research coordinators conduct all study-related procedures that do not require a physician, allowing you and your staff the ability to focus on the needs of your practice.
Conducting research with Avanza allows you to eliminate costs associated with protocol maintenance. You can also keep all of your office space, as we handle storage of study materials. Additionally, you will experience no marketing expenses for your study. We can recruit patients to your study through advertisement in local markets and social media.
Interested in becoming an Avanza Investigator Partner? Contact us.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Principal Investigator over a study is usually a physician in private practice. Physician’s Assistants and Nurse Practitioners may also work on a study as a Sub Investigator under the supervision of a physician. Investigators may or may not be associated with a teaching hospital or medical school. Previous experience in research is not required to qualify as a clinical trial investigator.
Clinical trial investigators serve as a catalyst for change within the medical community. With their deep therapeutic knowledge, they lead efforts to advance new scientific discoveries for promising new treatments and therapies, bridging the gap between clinical research and clinical practice.
As a clinical trial investigator, you have the opportunity to:
- Remain at the cutting edge of your specific area or therapeutic interest
- Gain recognition as a thought-leader within your professional community
- Offer patients new, alternative treatments only available through clinical trials
- Provide differentiated service offerings over competition
- Advance career by pursuing research interests in the name of science
- Be published for contribution to research
- Open opportunities for additional revenue and supplementary income for your practice
- Support the advancement of medicine
While prior experience serving as a clinical trial investigator is not required to qualify, you will need to have an understanding of the ethical, legal, and procedural components of research. We will help build this knowledge base by providing you with opportunities to complete Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training, Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) training on investigator responsibility, and by engaging our staff of clinical research professionals directly with you throughout your research journey.
Investigators work alongside a knowledgeable Research Coordinator to ensure that the study is conducted in alignment to the study-specific protocol and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The Principal Investigator and Sub Investigators provide oversight through the duration of the trial.
Time commitment will vary from study-to-study based on the complexity of the protocol, as well as the role in which you are contracted (i.e. Principal Investigator vs Sub-Investigator). On average, investigators spend approximately 10% of their time each week dedicated to research activities.
When you are ready to get involved with research, as either a Principal Investigator or a Sub Investigator, your first step is to get in contact with us at Avanza Medical Research Center. This can be done by completing the Contact Request form on our contact page or by calling Laura Jackson at (850) 477-7900. The process to start up a new study can take several months to complete. Good Clinical Practice training and a copy of your CV and license are required to begin this process. When we have identified a study that fits your patient population as well as your interest, an Avanza Medical Research Center representative will assist you in the completion of the startup procedure.
Avanza Medical Research Center has developed relationships with various organizations within our industry. These relationships result in new study opportunities. Additionally, Avanza Medical Research Center is represented in numerous industry databases. We also actively seek out study opportunities in various therapeutic areas.
At Avanza Medical Research Center, maintaining patient confidentiality is a top priority. We have an executed Business Associate Agreement with Sacred Heart Health System. Additionally, we obtain a HIPAA Waiver Authorization through the Sacred Heart ethics board. Both of these allow us to legally review patient records preparatory to research. No patient is contacted for research without the physician’s expressed permission.
Prior to enrollment, all patients are asked to review and sign an Informed Consent Form that includes confidentiality and HIPAA language.
A confidentiality agreement with Avanza Medical Research Center will be signed at the beginning of our partnership. This agreement is general and only binds you to maintain the confidential nature of any and all information provided to you.
A study specific contract will be signed once you have had the opportunity to review the protocol in detail, to assess the feasibility, to acknowledge the required time commitment, and to agree to the monetary compensation schedule. Once this contract is signed, you will be committed to fulfilling all terms and conditions stated within the contract.
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