Volunteers
Needed for Research Studies
Progress in health science is made possible by the many volunteers who
participate in clinical research studies, allowing researchers to analyze
vital information about the participants' health. In the Department of
Preventive Medicine, clinical research studies are carefully designed
and closely monitored by trained investigators. Such studies may lead
to discoveries of new, better ways to treat and prevent disease.
The Department of Preventive
Medicine needs eligible volunteers for the studies listed below. For more
information on these studies, please call the recruitment staff,
telephone 901-448-8400 or 1-800-916-2606.
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BRIDGES--A research study to determine if answers
to a simple questionnaire can provide
an accurate diagnosis of urinary urge incontinence that could be
used by primary care
providers. Bridges is using an FDA approved drug called “fesoterodine”
(Toviaz).
Now recruiting women over the age of 18 who have accidental urine
leakage more than 7
times a week. Click
here to view more specific information or call 901-448-8400.
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CANDLE--Conditions Affecting Neurocognitive Development
and Learning in Early Childhood--an observational study
of children and their environment to determine the effects of the
behavioral, social, economic, cultural, genetic, and environmental
conditions on brain development (including cognitive and motor skill)
in children from the perinatal period to three years of age.
View the CANDLE website: http://www.candlestudy.org.
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CHANGE--Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health
Science Center (UTHSC) Department of Preventive Medicine want to
enroll 600 participants, male and female, between the ages 18 to
75, in a research study to help prevent weight gain and control
blood pressure in hypertensive smokers or in smokers who recently
quit and have elevated blood pressure. The research study is called
CHANGE. For more information, see http://www.utmem.edu/news/ne.php?HYPER=/news/august/weight.htm.
Click
HERE to view a CHANGE Study flier (pdf file, size 137
KB).
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about new studies, contact our recruitment office at telephone
901-448-8400. |
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