Clinical Trial Network Service (CTNS)

Prof. David Zeltser

Director, Clinical Trials Network Services (CTNS)

Overview

Established in 1999, Ichilov’s Clinical Trials Network Services (CTNS) provides comprehensive infrastructure for the implementation of in-patient and out-patient clinical trials throughout Ichilov Hospital. In addition to providing assistance to Principal Investigators in protocol submission, patient recruitment, and quality assurance coordinator backup, CTNS manages a clinical classification patient database to expedite clinical trial requirement compliance.

Therapeutic areas include:

Contact Info

Prof. David Zeltser

Director, Clinical Trials Network Services (CTNS)
Phone: 972-3-6973776
Email: davidz@tlvmc.gov.il

Nurit Platner R.N M.A

Chief Research Nurses/Coordinators
Phone: 972-3-6974961
Phone: 972-3-6973885
Phone: 972-52-4266763
Email: nuritp@tlvmc.gov.il

*CTNS staff is available 24 hours a day.

Information and Resources

CTNS assists the clinical research processes, including recruitment of patients according to
GCP/ICH guidelines and international regulatory standard trial management compliance.
The office is equipped for conducting clinical trials, with ample space for monitoring visits and
for handling blood samples and pathology specimens.
We offer centralized services, including preparation of source documents, submission of
regulatory documents, and handling of budget and contracts, all tailored to our clients’ needs.

Patient Identification & Recruitment
CTNS employs several methods to identify and recruit trial candidates, including: on-the-
ground cross-department efforts from emergency, internal medicine, and specific outpatient
clinics, CTNS and Ichilov Hospital database search, local advertising, and personal
connections with general practitioners in the community.
Once identified, trial patient candidates are quickly recruited, with CTNS achieving high rates
of informed consent signing, all the while maintaining GCP/ICH guidelines.

CTNS employs a number of methods to identify and recruit trial candidates, including: on-the-ground cross-department efforts from emergency, internal medicine, and specific outpatient clinics, CTNS and Ichilov Hospital database search, local advertising, and personal connections with general practitioners in the community.

Once identified, trial candidates patients are quickly recruited, with CTNS achieving high rates of informed consent signing, all the while maintaining GCP/ICH guidelines.

● Startups
● Drug manufacturers (generic and innovative)
● CROs (subcontractors, single site, and multicenter studies)
● Research institutes
● Health organizations

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