GP + INVESTIGATOR
A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
PATIENT AND HOME DOCTOR
All clinical investigators are licensed specialists for internal medicine or general medicine.
Additional qualifications like as cardiology, gastroenterology, diabetology, sports medicine and further are available.
- Several thousand patients are treated in HAND practices (outpatient clinics) every day
- A database of more than 500.000 patients is available
- All previous findings, third-party findings and the current medication are included in the database
- Concurrent treatment of patients by GP during study
- Reliable detection and reporting of AEs and SAEs
- Low rates due to selection of suitable patients and long-term doctor-patient relationship
Principal Investigators of HAND Clinical Research
Dr. Axel Schaefer
Facharzt für Innere Medizin
Dr. Axel Schaefer is specialist in internal medicine since 2000 with focus on cardiology and intensive care. 2002 he started his own business in a group practice located in Essen.
2003 he started to step into the role of a clinical investigator in Phase II to IV clinical trials. He is now acting as principal Investigator and LKP (Leiter der klinischen Prüfung following AMG § 40) in Germany.
Also as consultant for the international pharmaceutical industry he participated in more than 150 clinical studies successfully.
He was the co-founder and key driver to establish the network of General Practioners (GP) throughout Germany, known as HAND Clinical Research.
Dr. Joachim Sauter
Zentrum für Klinische Forschung Allgäu Oberschwaben
Dr. Joachim Sauter is specialist in internal medicine since 1994 with focus on diabetology, cardiology and gastroenterolgy. 1994 he started his own business in a group practice in Wangen.
1995 he started to step into the role of a clinical investigator in Phase II to IV clinical trials. He is now acting as principal investigator and LKP (Leiter der klinischen Prüfung following AMG § 40) in Germany. He participated in more than 130 clinical studies successfully.
He is a member of the network of General Practioners(GP) throughout Germany, known as HAND Clinical Research.
Dr. Krause und Dr. Berger-Roscher
MedicoKIT GmbH
Dr. Thorsten Krause (left) and Dr. Jürgen Berger-Roscher (right). Both attending GP`s, they have set themselves up as licensed physicians in Goch.
Since 2011 they took over and operate an Office for clinical pharmaceutical research. Their study expertise reaches from phase 2 to phase 4 studies. On top of that, from 2019 they are dedicated lecturers affiliated to the medical university of Duisburg-Essen.
The medicoKIT GmbH team is a member of the network of General Practioners(GP) throughout Germany, known as HAND Clinical Research.
Dr. Alexander Segner
Zentrum für Klinische Studien Dr. Segner
Dr. Alexander Segner is specialist in internal medicine since 1999 with specific education in diabetology. 2000 he started his own business located in St. Ingbert. Since 2014 running a group practice at two locations with focus on diabetology.
1998 he started to step into the role of a clinical investigator in Phase II to III clinical trials. He is acting as principal Investigator and LKP (Leiter der klinischen Prüfung following AMG § 40) in Germany. Also as consultant for the DDB Landesgruppe Saar and in addition chairman of the study group Diabetology at the Saarland.
He is a member of the network of General Practioners(GP) throughout Germany, known as HAND Clinical Research.
Dr. Dirk Hagemann
Klinisches Forschungszentrum Dr. Hagemann
Dr. Dirk Hagemann is specialist in internal medicine since 2004 and worked as deputy in internal medicine at the St. Josef Hospital, part of the Ruhr University in Bochum. 2007 he started his own business in a group practice in Essen.
2001 he started to step into the role of a clinical investigator in Phase II to IV clinical trials. Since then he is successfully acting as principal investigator in Germany. The result was that 2012 he started a specialized clinical research site in Essen.
He is a member of the network of General Practioners(GP) throughout Germany, known as HAND Clinical Research.
Dr. Georg Plaßmann
UHZ Klinische Forschung
Dr. GeorgPlaßmann is a specialist in general medicine since 2002. He worked with three other associates in a group practice in Essen.
Together they founded "UHZ Klinische Forschung", the Clinical Research Department enclosed in their outpatient center.
All of them work as Principal Investigators and they have successfully conducted more than 100 clinical phase II to IV trials.
UHZ Klinische Forschung is one of the founding members of HAND clinical research network.
Dr. Nicole Toursarkissian
MEDIC TRIALS STUG
Dr. Nicole Toursarkissian is a specialist in internal medicine since 2001 and cardiology since 2003. In 2003 she started her own group practice for general medicine and cardiology in Berlin.
In 2004 she started to step into the role of a clinical investigator in phase II to IV clinical trials. She is acting as Investigator, principal Investigator and LKP (Leiter der klinischen Prüfung following AMG § 40) in Germany. In 2012 she established the specialized clinical research site “MEDIC TRIALS STUG” enclosed in her outpatient center in Berlin and has successfully conducted more than 80 clinical Phase II to IV trials.
MEDIC Trials STUG is a member of the network of General Practitioners throughout Germany, known as HAND Clinical Research.