In 2001 Trover Health System established the Trover Center for Clinical Studies to provide the 70+ Trover Health System physicians access to cutting edge medical technology. Our goal is to bring the latest medical treatments to rural Western Kentucky and to provide our patients with early access to promising new medicine and medical technology.

Patients are offered the opportunity to participate in clinical trials for new medicines and the latest medical treatments. Patients qualifying for research studies may receive free physician care, study medication and tests related to the trial. Research trials are supported by experienced Trover Health System physicians, nurse practitioners and registered nurses research coordinators trained in conducting research trials.

Current Trial Studies

Trover Research physicians are currently conducting trial studies for the following medical conditions:

• Acute Coronary Syndrome: Patients 45 years or older who have recently experienced an acute myocardial infarction (MI) or have had severe MI Symptoms.
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with Constipation: Patients ages 18 or older with a diagnosis of IBS complains of abdominal pain with less than 3 bowel movements a week.  
• Type II Diabetes Mellitus: Patients between the ages of 18-85; be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) according to the American Diabetes Association (1997) and World Health Organization (1998) criteria at least 3 months prior to the Screening Visit.  Patients maybe taking current diabetic medication but maybe asked to change medications.  (2 studies)
• Migraine Headache: Patients ages 18 or older with a history of chronic migraines for at least 6 months and maybe taking up to  100 mg topramax.   
• Hypertension: Patients 18 years or older with moderate to severe high blood pressure.  (2 studies)
• Shingles (herpes zoster):  Patients 50 years old or older diagnosed with shingles and seen within 72 hours of the rash beginning. 

If you feel you, or someone you know, may qualify for any of these studies, please contact the Center for Clinical Studies at 270-825-7497 or 1-866-301-8448 for additional information.

NOTE: Patients must meet specific guidelines for the medical conditions that are covered in the study. Compensation may be provided to offset a patient's time and travel associated with participation in the study.

Having type 2 diabetes increases your risk for many serious complications. Some complications of type 2 diabetes include: heart disease (cardiovascular disease), blindness (retinopathy), nerve damage (neuropathy), and kidney damage (nephropathy). Learn more about these complications and how to cope with them visit the American Diabetic Association for more information. http://www.diabetes.org/about-diabetes.jsp

Persistent hypertension is one of the risk factors for strokes, heart attacks, heart failure and arterial aneurysm, and is a leading cause of chronic renal failure.

Acute Coronary Syndrome is an umbrella term used to cover any group of clinical symptoms compatible with acute myocardial ischemia.  Acute myocardial ischemia is chest pain due to insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle that results from coronary artery disease (also called coronary heart disease). For more information on this and other heart related condition you can visit the American Heart Association at http://www.americanheart.org