Primary Care Clinical Trials

Primary Care Clinical Trials (PCCT) performs a wide variety of clinical research studies under the auspices of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. Our experienced research staff includes full-time Faculty, Clinical Fellows, a Clinical Research Coordinator, Medical Techs and other administrative professionals. We have over 25 years of experience in Pharmaceutical industry–supported clinical trials. Serving as Principal Investigator of the clinical trials is Christopher V. Chambers, MD.

Our areas of experience include trials related to: vaccines, cardiac heart failure, diabetes mellitus, sexually transmitted diseases, and more. We mostly participate in Phase II, Phase III and outcome trials.

We are currently seeking participants for the following study:

Concomitant administration of HPV and COVID-19 vaccines in boys and girls 9-11 years old

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Select clinical trials we have recently participated in:

  • Pentavalent Meningocaccal vaccine in males and females 10-25 years old
  • COVID-19 Vaccine in adults at high risk of exposure
  • Atrial fibrillation screening in older individuals
  • Pneumococcal vaccine in healthy infants
  • Long term study of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in young women

DFCM Research Team

  • Christopher V. Chambers, MD - Director
  • Mark Altshuler, MD
  • Janis Bonat, DNP, CRNP
  • Krys Foster, MD, MPH
  • Elizabath Daly. MD
  • Kaitlyn Davis, MS, MPH - Clinical Research Coordinator
  • William Leach, MA- Project Manager for Cancer Screening Trial