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Type of Clinic:

 Healthy Studies (Primarily)  Primarily Healthy volunteer studies

In-Patient Capacity:

200

Website:

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Company Info:

Cedra Corporation

Stock Symbol: Privately held company

Austin | San Antonio

Photos:

None

Address:

Cedra

2455 NE Loop 410

Suite 150

San Antonio, TX 78217

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Phone:

(800) 580-2184
(210) 635-1515

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

Nice view of the highway.  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

2 computer rooms with 3 public computers in each 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

7 dorms with multiple bunk beds in each.  Limited electrical outlets.  You may wish to bring and extension cord and or power strip. 

Parking:

Limited On-site.  Check with study staff 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 strict policy and they 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. 

 

Current Studies (from Cedra's website)

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Airport:

San Antonio International Airport

(SAT)

5 Miles

Driving Directions

Austin-Bergstrom Int'l Airport

(AUS)

74 Miles

Driving Directions

William P. Hobby Airport

(HOU)

207 Miles

Driving Directions

George Bush Intercontinental Airport

(IAH)

210 Miles

Driving Directions

Gas Prices:
Price Trends for San Antonio
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Driving Directions:

From Dallas, TX

From El Paso, TX

From Houston, TX

Enter your own starting point

Greyhound:

500 N Saint Mary's St

12.6 Miles

Driving Directions

 

Route 14 Get off at Perrin Beitel and Loop 410.  Walk west along north side of Loop 410 feeder road 3 blocks.  Cedra is right after Wild Zebra.

Amtrak:

350 Hoefgen Ave

(SAS)

12.2 Miles

Driving Directions

Texas Eagle

South/East - 10:25 PM (#21)

North/West - 7:00 AM (#22)

Service between San Antonio to Chicago

Sunset Limited

South/East - 10:25 PM (#1)

North/West - 5:40 AM (#2)

Service between New Orleans, San Antonio and Los Angeles - Runs 3 times a week

Taxi:

Yellow-Checker

(210) 222-2222

Local Bus:

Via Metropolitan

(210) 362-2020

 

Route 14 Get off at Perrin Beitel and Loop 410.  Walk west along north side of Loop 410 feeder road 3 blocks.  Cedra is right after Wild Zebra.

$1.00 one-way

$3.75 day-pass

 

Hotels:

There is a motel a few blocks away on the feeder rd next to Denny's.  Shouldn't be that expensive. 

Complete listing based on distance

Intown Suites

0.8 Miles

Weekly Rates

9530 Perrin Beitel Road

(210) 590-8190

Driving Directions

Days Inn

1.5 Miles

 

9401 N Ih 35

(210) 946-3257

Driving Directions

Motel 6

1.5 Miles

 

9503 N Ih 35

(210) 650-4419

Driving Directions

Hostels:

San Antonio Hostel/Bed & Breakfast

San Antonio

8.8 Miles

621 Pierce Ave

(210) 223-9426

Driving Directions

$25 + $5 refundable key deposit, breakfast available for $5

 
 

 

Updated on 9/5/08

 

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