General Info:
Dr. Stein is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and member of numerous specialty societies in gastroenterology and hepatology. He is a primary investigator in many clinical research studies particularly involving hepatitis C, and has published the results of those studies, receiving the President's Choice Award for one of his studies at the 2000 American Association Study for Liver Diseases annual meeting. He is a primary investigator for a national study for treatment of hepatitis C.
Many important health and medical discoveries have been made over the last century through clinical research. Atlantic Research Affiliates is committed to contributing to the efforts of delivering innovative drugs and technologies to our patients years before they are approved for the general population.
Atlantic Research Affiliates has more-than twenty board certified gastroenterologists and infectious disease specialists on staff in multiple locations throughout northern New Jersey. Each physician is dedicated to deliver excellent care and is fully capable of providing the highest degree of attention to your needs.
For more information on how Atlantic Research Affiliates can help you learn more about participation in clinical trials and what trials are currently available, please visit our website.
You may be interested in participating in these trials because you have not responded to, or are unable to take, conventional therapy. Additionally, there are many who feel participation is useful to others who are similarly afflicted, and that your involvement in clinical trials benefits the entire group of individuals with these illnesses. We would be happy to discuss your potential involvement in trials of new therapeutics. Participation is at no charge to you; all investigational medications, lab tests, and doctor visits are paid by the study sponsor. Please call us and speak to our study directors for further information and determination of your ability to participate. Your participation in the trials is entirely voluntary. Visit our website for new information about forthcoming trials at araclintrials.com
All studies have criteria that need to be met. You simply need to let us know that you are interested in participating. You will then be asked a series of specific questions that apply to a particular study(ies) (called the pre-screening) and it will be determined if you are eligible to begin the process of screening.
A clinical trial is a research study that follows a protocol (set of rules) specifically designed for the drug being studied. There are various types of clinical trials, depending on the stage of discovery of the drug. Each study is overseen by many organizations to ensure that the protocol is being adhered to on all levels: the sponsor (the company or organization that makes the drug/device) of the study, the patient in the study,