CTR News Room

“Less is more” may not be the mantra of many large clinical research centers, but Clinical Trials Research (CTR) in the greater Sacramento area has proven that big results can come from smaller teams. CTR is a private research site that performs clinical studies in a more personal and approachable manner. They accomplish this by treating fewer patients per day and spending more time educating and talking to volunteers than typically larger public centers would. For nearly 30 years, CTR’s small team has greeted more than 1,000 volunteers with smiles and provided answers to their many questions and concerns along the way. The center’s small business approach eases the fears of many patients who already have enough to worry about.

Nicholas’s life appeared to be the American dream: loving wife, two young boys and a successful business of his own. But when diabetes started slowing him down and taking over his health, and ultimately his life, he contemplated giving up. “Diabetes caught up to me and started putting a hurtin’ on me, to the point where I was unable to do a lot of the necessary tasks of my trade,” he said. But he didn’t let the disease defeat him that easily.

Without clinical research trials, many of the lifesaving medications available today simply would not exist. Clinical Trials Research (CTR) is destigmatizing the process for research volunteers, who may fear becoming “Guinea pigs,” by providing individualized care and education along the way and minimizing risk to patients. “The number one concern is do no harm,” said Robyn Lawrie, a nurse practitioner at CTR. “We would never do anything to ever hurt you.” Since 2000, CTR studies have helped approve more than 200 medications with the help of over 1,000 patient volunteers, and the clinic has maintained its reputation for quality care and volunteer attention.