MERIT’s comprehensive portfolio of services helps elevate the accuracy and effectiveness of your research. We seamlessly manage the imaging, cardiac, and respiratory components of your trial, creating efficiencies for your drug development.
Services
Ophthalmology Services
OUR IMAGING SERVICES:
Protocol Design & Consultation
Site Training & Certification
Image Acquisition & Upload
Image Read & Adjudication
Image Site Management
Study Management
Quality Assurance
IMAGING MODALITIES:
ETDRS BCVA Certification & Centralized
Data Review Services
IMAGING SERVICES:
Upload and Centralized Review of BCVA in EXCELSIOR
Full and Express BCVA Technician Certification
BCVA Lane Certification
Certification Forms Maintained in EXCELSIOR
Confirmation of Acceptable Equipment
Tracking and Scheduling of Training and Certification
Respiratory Services
OUR CORE RESPIRATORY SERVICES:
Centralized Spirometry Services
Data Acquisition and Review
Study Management
Site Management
SPECIALIZED DATA COLLECTION SERVICES INCLUDE:
- Serial Spirometry
- Bronchodilator Responsiveness Testing (Reversibility)
- Methacholine challenge
- FeNO (Fraction of Exhaled Nitric Oxide)
- DLCO
- Exercise challenge
Oncology Services
IMAGING SERVICES:
Protocol Design & Consultation
Site Training & Certification
Image Acquisition & Upload
Image Read & Adjudication
Image Site Management
Study Management
Quality Assurance
Neurology
MERIT provides imaging services for neurological clinical trials, particularly those that include retinal biomarkers.
Areas of Focus:
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein (MOG) Antibody Disease
- Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD)
Cardiac Safety Services
MERIT provides standardized collection and review of cardiac safety data, often an important safety endpoint in respiratory trials. For example, many respiratory trials require a normal ECG at screening at a minimum, and others require certain QTcF or QTcB cutoffs for inclusion/exclusion criteria.
Advantages To MERIT’s Cardiac Safety Services:
- Easily collect ECGs and spirometry in the same system
- High quality capture
- Electronic, centralized ECG system
- Fully traceable 21 CFR Part 11 compliant system
- All ECG data can be accessed anywhere in the world
- MERIT team of cardiologists for expert central review
ECGs are captured directly via USB, and ECGs are transmitted as soon as the site saves the tracing. An ECG auto-interpretation is immediately available and allows for quick identification and response to any errors.
Dermatology
MERIT supports dermatology clinical trials focusing on scar measurement.
Dermatology areas of focus include:
- Capturing lesions and counts
- Acne counts
- Monitoring skin/nail progression
- Skin malignancy
- Cross-section of tissue structures
