Parexel Study #212478 is a Bronchoscopy Study

[Scar Tissue]

When I did a phone screening and set up an appointment for this study (3 days with 1 outpatient for $2000) they did not tell me it was a bronchoscopy.

I think that was deceptive since a bronchoscopy is such an invasive procedure.

I arrived at the screening and found out that all the other people screening for this study were not informed either.

I went through with the screening and I am waiting for the results but I am not sure that I want to do it.

I read in another post about how painful it was. Has anyone done a bronchoscopy before?

[mike]

It's not so bad if they go in through the oral route.

[carmel]

Oh wow! You posted this here! Oh my god. This would've saved me an entire $100 dollar trip down to Parexel if I had seen this before hand! I went down to Parexel and talked about this in a thread in the Parexel section. There are two other people in that section who complained about this study, and now you are the fourth person. I thank you so much for writing this, it's just a damn shame this wasn't posted in the Parexel section. Such a wasted trip down there. I believe it was through the nose, mike. Lots and lots of side effects risks involved with that. Not only with procedure, but with the medications they'd have to give you if there were any complications.

[andrdfry]

Ya last year they wanted me to get a spinal tap, they didnt even say what the study was and that it involved it until I asked and harped about it. I stopped doing studies for them it seems like they just dont care.

[vark]

i don't bother to screen at paraxel anymore. never did a study there. found they were dishonest about study details or screening details. somebody should contact their isb. drive 600 miles, get told that study's cancelled, here's a different one.. for less money that you won't qualify for... drive 600 miles, get told the screening will be 3 days, not the 3 hours i was told.. etc.

[2wipes1cup]

I did a bronchoscopy study at Weill Cornell Medical College in Manhattan for $250 once (what can I say? it was my first study). One screening and one outpatient visit for the bronchoscopy. I was put under general anesthesia for a few hours, and the did it orally. My throat was sore the next day.

That was at one of the top med schools in NYC, though, and I was unconscious. I would hate to do one at Parexel while conscious.

[Scar Tissue]

I ended up passing the screening but they kept pushing the study back(2 or 3 times). Then I'm told that there is only a 21 day screening window instead of the usual 30 day screening window and if I wanted to do the study I would have to screen again. Agggghhhhh!!!!!!

[mike]

This place sounds like a masochist's dream. I have screened about three times at the Parexel in Glendale CA, and it has not been so horrible. I got into one study, but after staying the night, a liver test was one click off and I had to go. I will say that their screening process is in great need of improvement. One screening I was literally there all effing day, from before 9am to around 5pm, before finally finishing the process. When I walked into the waiting room that seated at least 25 or 30 people, there were quite a few people standing for lack of seats; that's bringing too many people in at the same time. And the last time I screened it still took way too long even though it was not nearly so crowded; a good 4 or 5 hours. It sucks when you're still fasting and you thought you would get the granola bar by 11am and now it's 1pm and they still haven't drawn anyone's blood because one employee is still out to lunch.

[mike]

Screenings should take 2.5 hours, if they go over 3 hours they do not have their **** together.

[idoitforthepong]

I've had a screening go close to 6 hours, BUT it was due to a 3 Hour (i crap you not) ECG lay down!! Granted they did tell me this over the phone but it was gently slipped in the usual script they read you and one could have easily not heard it if not paying close attention. So if it's not clear what procedures they are doing at screening be sure to ask over the phone.

btw, i can't speak about a bronchoscopy, but i did have one dosing with a feeding tube...insertion wasn't bad, but pretty irritating and annoying to have it sit there...some people couldn't even get it passed there nose though. This od of dosing is rare and i wouldn't do a study if they keep it in long unless i was really desperate.