NEALS Clinical Trial Capabilities
Our Trained Research Sites
NEALS has over 155 member sites equipped to perform clinical research. NEALS provides sites with comprehensive training in outcome measures and site management so that NEALS sites can quickly initiate new trials and produce high quality data.
NEALS as an Academic Research Organization (ARO)
The NEALS network has 30 years of experience developing and conducting multi-center clinical trials in ALS and motor neuron disease. NEALS can help pharmaceutical companies interested in developing new study design protocols, selecting sites, and managing trials. Specifically, NEALS and its clinical trial cores have expertise in:
- Innovative Trial Design
- Project Management
- Protocol Development
- Site Selection
- Study Monitoring
- Site Management
- Vendor Management
- Data Management
- Outcome Measure Training and Development
- Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Systems
- Contract & Financial management
- Central IRB
- Training modules for clinical research coordinators, project managers, site investigators, and potential study principal investigators
Our Clinical Trial Cores
Clinical & Data Coordination Center (MGH NCRI)
The Neurological Clinical Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH NCRI) is an academic clinical research organization that acts as the NEALS Clinical & Data Coordination Center. MGH NCRI may provide NEALS studies with trial design, protocol development, project management, data management, EDC systems, site selection &management, vendor management, contract & financial management and central IRB services. For information about MGH NCRI, please contact:
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Kristin Drake
Senior Director, Business Development & Strategic Initiatives
Phone: 617-724-7076
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Outcomes & Monitoring Center (Barrow Neurological Institute)
Barrow Neurological Institute acts as the NEALS Outcomes & Monitoring Center. Barrow provides NEALS sites with training on ALS outcome measures. In addition, Barrow employs and trains NEALS site monitors who conduct site and pharmacy monitoring for trials. For information about ALS outcome measures, please contact:
Gale Kittle
Research Nurse Clinician
NEALS/BNI Outcomes Center Director
Phone: 602-406-4792
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