Resources

The Duke Clinical Research Unit provides specialized facilities, staff, resources, and expertise in conducting early phase clinical research. The following services are available:

• Project management
• Research coordination
• Biostatistics
• Data management
• Randomization
• Lab sample collection and processing
• Subject recruitment
• Subject reimbursement
• Pharmacy services: Packaging; Drug storage; Drug dispensing

The DCRU is a 13,000 sq ft facility with

• 3 proof-of-concept dormitory rooms accommodating 8 adult or 6 pediatric beds
• 10 licensed hospital beds including 2 "infant family rooms"; permits "standard-of-care" services
• Outpatient facility with 3 infusion chairs and 2 exam/procedure rooms
• Metabolic kitchen: Regular, therapeutic, and research diets; Controlled feeding studies; Infant formula preparation
• Specimen collection and fully-equipped specimen processing/storage labs
• Investigational pharmacy
• Security: cameras, alarms with locked doors, locked elevators, on-site 24/7 Duke security personnel

Contact Us

Contact Vivian West for more information or to schedule research in the DCRU by email: vivian.west@duke.edu or by phone: 919 668 0189.

Please visit Duke's Clinical Research Support Office (CRSO) for more information about site-based research at Duke.