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Post by FloridaGirl on Sept 27, 2017 16:33:13 GMT -5
FYI
if you are screening for this study what they fail to tell you on the phone screener is that you have to have a normal high
blood Uric acid MUST be over 4.5 but within normal range ( 2.5-7.1) normal range to get in.
so I spent all day driving and screening for nothing , looking at past Uric acid levels mine is 3.6 on average.
So I am pissed I would have screened for a different study if I knew this information but since they do not pay you for screening I guess they do not care about our travel expenses.
i am hoping this will help someone else. I guess I need to start asking if there are any blood values that have to be in a certain range.
this is the second time within a week that they have messed me up with screening.
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Post by travelingrat on Sept 28, 2017 19:48:14 GMT -5
so sad that happened.
best of luck with your next screening.
thanks for the info!
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Post by FloridaGirl on Oct 6, 2017 10:12:28 GMT -5
Thanks TR
I started calling every clinic near me and just by luck got into a study at OCRC
They usually want 60 and older but sponsor just lowered age so they could fill study.
They need men 55 and up
So if u know any men have them call
Seemed desperate for men i dont really know any.
I am still peeved at Covance. They pay the best and the clinic is nice so always happy to go there. Maybe i can find soing for Nov/Dec there.
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Post by vark on Apr 20, 2018 23:55:48 GMT -5
FYI if you are screening for this study what they fail to tell you on the phone screener is that you have to have a normal high blood Uric acid MUST be over 4.5 but within normal range ( 2.5-7.1) normal range to get in. so I spent all day driving and screening for nothing , looking at past Uric acid levels mine is 3.6 on average. So I am pissed I would have screened for a different study if I knew this information but since they do not pay you for screening I guess they do not care about our travel expenses. i am hoping this will help someone else. I guess I need to start asking if there are any blood values that have to be in a certain range. this is the second time within a week that they have messed me up with screening. this sort of thing is par for the course. covance does not understand the principle of informed consent. measure twice cut once. talk to the study coordinator or doctor, not just the call center minion, before driving. i've made this mistake too many times. but if they do screw you like this, report it to the sponsor and the irb. |
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FloridaGirl
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I am new to Phase 1 clinical trials so I am trying to learn as much as I can .
Posts: 160
Location: Florida
I mainly do: Healthy Studies
# of studies I have done: 3
A little about me: I am just getting started in clinical trials . Became unemployed and was doing small outpatient studies until someone told me about Covance and it has ed up a new world of making money.
So I am trying to do more inpatient studies and am hoping to do even more next year.
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Post by FloridaGirl on Apr 21, 2018 7:04:31 GMT -5
Well Vark the PA was super nice when I went in for the physical exam . She told me straight up that I probably would not qualify. She had my labs rushed and called me the next day herself and told me uric acid too low and she had me taken out of that study screening so I could rescreen.
So the actual clinic is great but the screeners can never answer all of my questions. If I know someone screening before me I ask them what the consent says in case I want to cancel.
But thanks for the info I never thought to call and ask for the study coordinator to answer specific questions.
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