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Type of Clinic:

 Healthy Studies (Primarily)  Primarily Healthy volunteer studies

In-Patient Capacity:

100

Website:

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Company Info:

Cedra Corporation

Stock Symbol: Privately held company

Austin | San Antonio

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Address:

Cedra

8501 N Mopac Expy
Suite 200
Austin, Texas 78759

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Phone:

(800) 580-2184
(512) 345-0032

Recruiting Hours (CST)

Sunday

3:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Monday

8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Tuesday

8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Wednesday

8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Thursday

8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Friday

8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Saturday

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Screening:

Unless special procedures are required, everything is done in one visit including the reading of informed consent, lab work and physical.  Be sure to pay attention during the consent reading as many doctors will quiz you and can bar you from the study if they feel you don't fully understand what your getting yourself into. 

Cedra is very strict with "no shows" and cancellations. 

If you make an appointment with this clinic, make sure you arrive early as they will not serve you if you are late. 

Also, make sure you call to cancel if you know you will not make it.

Volunteer Amenities:

Big Screen TV

In-Room TV

Private Bedside TV

Cable

Satellite

DVD Player

Video Games

Board Games

Pool Table

Ping Pong

Foos Ball

Darts

Movie Library

Quiet Room

Computer Room

Rec Room

TV Room

Activities like crafts, bingo or tournaments

There are lots of spare TV's to hook up your game console to.   Lots of comfy beanbags.   When you finish the study, you get a campy advertisement T-shirt and a pill bottle filled with M & M's.

Internet Access:

Wifi

LAN

Public Computers w/Internet

Public Computers w/ no Internet

3 public computers with slow and sluggish access.  WI-FI is open and fairly fast though can be bogged down with large groups.

Housing:

Private Rooms

Semi-Private (4 or less)

Dorms (5 or more)

Hospital Beds

Bunk Beds

4 Dormitories with multiple bunk beds in each.  Very limited electrical outlets.  Bring an extension cord and or power strip.  Be sure to strip your sheets before you leave or they will fine you!

Parking:

Limited On-site.  Be sure to get permit for long studies.  Check with receptionist for where to park. 

Food:

Food is catered in by multiple local restaurants.  Limited menu since most studies are short. 

Payment:

You will typically get most of your money after your last procedure visit, whether that be an in-house stay or out-patient and the rest in the mail two to three weeks later.  If you are a backup who does not stay the first night, you get $25 cash and a Priority card.  If you are a backup and stay the night and are not used for dosing, then you will get $75 cash and a Priority Card.  Priority Cards allow you to get into a study as long as your labs are in range. 

This is not guaranteed!  This is just the way it's been so far but the polices can always change.

Additional Information:

Studies are updated on the website as they arrive, so be sure to check often. 

This clinic mostly does bio-equivalency studies which means multiple stays with out-patients.  However, there are longer studies with single stays.  

Bring enough clothes for length of study.  Laundry is done on longer studies. 

 

Do not bring a camera-phone or laptop with built in camera.  Cedra has a very strict policy and yhey will take it away at check-in.  They will allow you to use the phone under staff supervision when staff is available.  If you sneak it in and get caught, you may get fined.  Plus there are a lot of people who will turn you in, primarily people who got their phone taken away.  So do yourself a favor, if you plan on doing lots of studies, get a secondary non-camera phone. 

 

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Hotel info is below, for everything else, See Austin Travel info page

Hotels:

There are several business chain hotels in the area.  Listed are affordable places.

Complete listing based on distance

Econo Lodge

0.8 Miles

 

9102 Burnet Road

(512) 835-7070

Driving Directions

Extended Stay America

2.7 Miles

Weekly Rates

10100 N. Capital of Texas Hwy.

(512) 231-1520

Driving Directions

Intown Suites Lamar

2.7 Miles

Weekly Rates

9909 N Lamar Blvd

(512) 719-3993

Driving Directions

 

 

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