Clinical research is a branch of medical science that determines the safety and effectiveness of medication, devices, diagnostic products, and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis, or for relief of symptoms in a disease.

Clinical trials are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for new drugs or devices. These trials can only take place once satisfactory information has been gathered on the quality of the product and its non-clinical safety, and Health Authority/Ethics Committee approval granted in the country where the trial is taking place.

Industry-Sponsored Trial

An industry-sponsored trial is a research study on humans, typically for a new drug or medical device, that is funded and initiated by a for-profit company like a pharmaceutical or biotechnology firm. These trials are often part of the process to get new products approved by regulatory bodies like the FDA, and the industry sponsor is responsible for designing the study, providing funding, and taking on responsibility for the trial. 

Investigator Initiated Study

Many physicians in the department are involved in investigator-initiated studies. An investigator initiated study is an application where the investigator is conducting the study and acting as the sponsor. The investigator both initiates and conducts, alone or with others, a clinical trial, and under whose immediate direction the investigational product is administered to, dispensed to, or used by a subject. An investigator initiated study does not include a corporation or an agency. These are protocols designed and written by our physicians and may receive funding from outside sources such as pharmaceutical companies, professional societies, or government agencies. The obligations of the investigator include both those of a sponsor and those of an investigator.

Registry Study

A registry study is an observational research project that uses data from a pre-existing patient registry to answer a specific research question. Unlike an interventional clinical trial, a registry study does not involve testing a new treatment, but instead analyzes how an existing treatment, disease, or exposure affects a particular population over time. This allows researchers to track long-term trends, assess real-world effectiveness and safety, and identify patterns for future research

Retrospective Study

A retrospective study, also called a historic study, is a medical research study in which the medical records of groups of individuals who are alike in many ways but differ by a certain characteristic (for example, female nurses who smoke and those who do not smoke) are compared for a particular outcome (such as lung cancer).

CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST:

• Alcoholic Hepatitis 

• Cancer Screening 

• Chronic Liver Disease 

• Crohn's Disease 

• Eosinophilic Duodenitis (EoD) 

• Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) 

• Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease (EGID) 

• Gastric Paresis 

• Hepatitis D Virus 

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) 

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome 

• Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis 

• Pancreatic Cancer 

• Pancreatitis 

• Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 

• Ulcerative Colitis 

• Wilson's Disease