Sponsor/CRO

Thank you for your interest in considering SMO-USA, Inc. to assist you in your efforts to bring cutting edge therapies to the marketplace. We take very seriously your mission and are committed to do all that we can to ensure the successful outcome of your clinical investigation. Please contact us to discuss how we may be able to work with each other.

Our bottom line goal is to provide you with ethical, quality oriented, enthusiastic, and experienced clinical research sites in an expedited and efficient manner. Whether you are managing your trial internally or utilizing the services of a Contract Research Organization, we can help speed up the site identification, qualification, initiation, budget/contractual negotiations and start up process. Our internal management and operating procedures are specifically designed to quickly provide you with multiple and highly qualified sites that meet your specific criteria. Because we only present those sites that meet your self-defined needs, you can significantly reduce the time and resources required to evaluate and qualify a site or Principal Investigator.

We assign a Project Manager to your study to assist with early centralized communication. This increases efficiency by reducing the time you typically spend answering similar site generated questions.

We have excellent working relationships with many quality CRO's. Because of these established relationships, communication is greatly enhanced. Additionally, because the CRO may have previously worked with a particular site, they are familiar with its capabilities and past performance. This can significantly reduce time and resources expended during the site identification and qualification process. Having an established relationship between the monitor and site can also reduce monitoring time and expense.

Quality

All of the Investigators in the SMO-USA network are highly experienced clinicians and researchers. We are not a clinical research training ground! In order to become a part of our network, a physician must demonstrate that they have successfully participated in 3-5 clinical studies.

Clinical Research Coordinators must also meet stringent criteria. Since we place an enormous amount of responsibility for the success of your study on them, we ensure that they have the skills and capabilities to manage it appropriately.

Efficiency

Since we utilize our database to identify investigators based on your specific criteria, a significant amount of your time and resources are saved during the initial site identification, screening, and qualification of our investigators.

Because of our ability to present multiple sites, one call to us can assist you in selecting numerous investigative sites. We do not believe in the all or none philosophy. You are always free to select only those sites that you want to use. All sites must (and do) demonstrate their own merit for selection and do not expect to be chosen just because they are part of the network.

Budgetary and contractual discussions are always centralized, thus minimizing lengthy negotiations for each site. Upon agreement of a budget (which is applicable across all sites), a clinical trial agreement can typically be executed within one week or less.

SMO-USA, Inc. Company Highlights

• Ability to provide multiple, quality sites with one phone call
• Ability to conduct Phase I through Phase IV studies
• Large database of highly skilled, experienced and enthusiastic Investigators
• Dedicated, full time, and experienced Clinical Research Coordinators
• Nationwide coverage
• Access to large patient populations with cultural diversity
• Efficient and centralized contract and budget resolution
• Ability to conduct inpatient and outpatient studies
• Strong working relationships with local and central IRB’s and laboratories
• Established and stable relationships with large public, private and military institutions
• Through our Rapid Recruit service, provide emergency or replacement sites within 72 hours or less.
• Track record of consistently meeting or exceeding enrollment goals
• Aggressive patient recruitment program to support local site’s own efforts
• Proven ability to successfully conduct even the most challenging of studies
• Stable, effective and mutually beneficial working relationships with Investigative sites
• Unique, customized services for customers participating in our SELECT program
• Supporting member of ACRP and DIA