University of California Los Angeles Selects Velos...( FREMONT Calif. April 23 /- After a re...),Health

FREMONT, Calif., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- After a review of several vendors, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has selected the services of Velos and its flagship product, Velos eResearch. The clinical research management system is being implemented at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and an affiliated clinical research network, Translational Oncology Research International, (TORI). Plans are in place to deploy the system in non-cancer studies being conducted in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

A UCLA selection committee chose Velos eResearch because the system offered the best core functionality for managing clinical trials and it was the most adaptable and user-friendly for tracking patients.

"We have a very complex structure here on campus and in the TORI Network," said Nancy Ryba, a registered nurse and director of the Jonsson Cancer Center's Clinical Research Unit. "Velos eResearch allows us to accurately track the patients and studies with the level of detail that we require. Equally important, Velos is the most user-friendly for those who work with the system. It is also the most flexible and adaptable for addressing all of our on-campus and off-campus needs."

The cancer center tracks everything from simple studies to very complex, multi-arm clinical trials that require very detailed patient information, Ryba said. The system will also be used to track studies within the TORI network, a large group of participating research sites and medical practices stretching throughout the country, as well as some international sites.

"We are pleased to be selected and to have this opportunity to serve UCLA," stated John S. McIlwain, President and CEO of Velos, Inc. "The School of Medicine and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer have a well-known commitment to excellence in medical research. They also have an outstanding l
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