En las pruebas de investigacin clnica participan muchas personas

distintas. Cada prueba tiene criterios muy

especficos que deben cumplir los voluntarios. Algunos ejemplos de
estos criterios son: el sexo, la edad, el tipo
de afeccin mdica, el medicamento/tratamiento previo y la
gravedad de la afeccin mdica.
Los voluntarios para pruebas clnicas pueden tener diversas razones
para participar como pacientes
voluntarios. Muchas personas simplemente desearan ayudar a que
avance la medicina moderna, y su papel
como participantes del estudio es esencial para la obtencin de
conocimientos con el objeto de mejorar la
atencin mdica para millones de personas en la actualidad y en el
futuro. Otras personas desean
desempear un papel ms activo en el cuidado de su salud y
participar en los estudios de fase II y III, donde
pueden recibir tratamientos experimentales que tal vez no se
encuentren a disposicin del pblico en general
hasta dentro de varios aos. En todas las fases del estudio.
HCRC is directed by Isabel C. Arnold RN, BSN, CCRC a
bilingual, certified, and
highly experienced clinical research coordinator who
entered the clinical research
field in 1993.

Isabel is from Chile, where she graduated from "La
Universidad Catolica de Chile" in
1990 as a Registered Nurse. For the following six years
she worked and gained

experience in the areas of pediatrics, OBGyn, internal
medicine, and cardiology. In
1993 she also began to participate in clinical research
trials, mainly in the areas of women's health and
internal medicine.

Bill Arnold has been the Business Manager for
HCRC since the Centers inception in early
2007. Among his
responsibilities are: the company finances;
data management; website design, creation,
and maintenance;
volunteer recruitment; marketing, human
resources, and management of the Centers
facilities and information
technology. In addition to his duties at HCRC
Bill was also a member of the Institutional
Review Board (IRB) at National Jewish Health
for two years.


Horizons Clinical Research Center,
LLC is a modern and well
equipped 3,000 square foot facility
designed specifically to
conduct clinical research studies.
The facility consists of a
pleasant lobby and reception area,
two patient exam rooms,
three clinical research coordinator
offices, one private
monitoring office, laboratory, two
secured storage rooms with
temperature control (one for study
medication and the other for
archiving study material), break
room and kitchen.