UK Body Composition Core Laboratory

 

Application Form:

University of Kentucky

Body Composition Core Laboratory

Please complete the following Body Composition Core Laboratory Protocol Application. Our Mission is to provide support to Principal Investigators and Study Coordinators to facilitate the implementation of body composition research.  If you need assistance, contact Jody L. Clasey, PhD, FACSM, Director of the Body Composition Core Laboratory at 257-8055.  Additional support staff available for consultation are:

 

Ralph Miller, MD, ScD                    Medical Supervisor   323-5821

Adrienne L. Janowiak, MS           Laboratory Manager 257-5347

 

Protocols will be reviewed 2 weeks following submission.

Protocols are reviewed by the BCCL Committee on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month. Please submit your application to the Body Composition Core Laboratory, 100 Seaton Center. Please attach the following to the Body Composition Core Laboratory Application:

 

PAPER COPY

DISKETTE COPY (Word, PC)

DOCUMENT

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·         Copy of Body Composition Core Laboratory application

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·         Copy of the research protocol which should include the following information:

·         Abstract

·         Specific Aims

·         Background/significance

·         Preliminary Studies

·         Experimental Design/Methods (include a flow sheet or schema)

·         Statistical Design

·         Biographical sketch of PI and Co-Investigators (2 pages each) - No diskette version required of the Biosketches.

·         Literature cited

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·         Copy UK IRB application, including consent form.  Upon IRB approval, submit a copy of the approval notice and stamped, dated, approved consent form to Jody L. Clasey, Ph.D. (100 Seaton Center).  Projects can be submitted to the IRB and Body Composition Core Laboratory simultaneously but cannot be initiated until notice of IRB approval has been received.

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·         Copy of study flowsheet (chronological list of study procedures)

You will be asked to present a brief description of your protocol at the Body Composition Core Laboratory Committee meeting if requested.  Jody L. Clasey, Ph.D., Director, Body Composition Core Laboratory will notify you of the date and time of the meeting.  You will be notified of the results of the review within 2 weeks.

 

Prior to study implementation you will need to meet with the Body Composition Core Laboratory director and pertinent Body composition Core Laboratory staff to review the final implementation details of your project and if necessary schedule an in-service for the Body composition Core Laboratory staff.

 

PUBLICATION CREDIT:  Since the continued growth and success of the Body Composition Core Laboratory is dependant on documented of need and use, it is respectfully requested that acknowledgement and/or citation of the Body Composition Core Laboratory support in all publication of research that results from utilization of Body Composition Core Laboratory resources.  The reprint citing the Body Composition Core Laboratory support should be sent to Jody L. Clasey, Ph.D., 100 Seaton Center.

 

Access our World Wide Web site at www.uky.edu for further detailed information regarding Body Composition Core Laboratory resources.

 

 

Body Composition Core Laboratory Protocol Application

For Body Composition Core Laboratory Use Only:

Project Number:  _______________           Priority Score:  ____________________

Date Received: ________________           Date Approved:  __________________

IRB Approval Date: _____________            

 

Project Title: Project Title:  

 

Principal Investigator:

Phone:

Department:

Pager:

                                   

Co-Investigators

Department

Phone/Pager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Names of individuals approved to obtain consent:

Research Coordinator:                                Phone/Beeper

Contact person billing/financial questions:                         Phone/Beeper:

Estimated duration of project  

SUBJECTS: Age range:                                                        Diagnosis: 

Demographics: Gender and Minority Inclusion  -  Study Population Projections

Most funding agencies (including The National Institutes of Health) requires that all proposals include a description of the anticipated racial or ethnic and male or female compositions of your study population.  If women and minorities, or children will not be included in your study populations, a specific justification for this exclusion must be provided.  Jody L. Clasey, Ph.D., Director, can help the investigator with this section, if needed.

NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS

 

American Indian or Alaskan native

 

Asian or Pacific Islander

 

Black, not Hispanic Origin

 

Hispanic

 

White, not  Hispanic Origin

 

Other or unknown

 

Total

Female

0.4

1.4

6.3

4.3

38.7

0

51

Male

0.4

1.4

5.5

4.5

37.1

0

49

Unknown

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

0.8

2.8

11.8

8.8

75.8

0

100

University of Kentucky INPATIENT POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS (excluding maternity and OB admissions)

 

American Indian or Alaskan native

 

Asian or Pacific Islander

 

Black, not Hispanic Origin

 

Hispanic

 

White, not  Hispanic Origin

 

Other or unknown

 

Total

Female

0.04

0.5

6.2

0.4

48.2

0.8

56.1

Male

0.03

0.4

4.8

0.4

37.7

0.6

43.9

Unknown

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

0.07

0.9

11.0

0.8

85.9

1.4

100

PROJECTED STUDY SUBJECTS DEMOGRAPHICS

 

American Indian or Alaskan native

 

Asian or Pacific Islander

 

Black, not Hispanic Origin

 

Hispanic

 

White, not  Hispanic Origin

 

Other or unknown

 

Total

Female

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Body Composition Core Laboratory Application: Resource Request

Director (Jody L.Clasey, Ph.D. 7-8055; fax 3-1090)

 

Patient Category: Indicate type of research subject (A,B, D, or combination): 

 

A  - Patients/Subjects admitted solely for research purposes; all study costs are provided by the investigator’s grant and/or Body Composition Core Laboratory.

B  - Patients admitted for routine medical care and who simultaneously participate in a research project; non-research hospital costs are covered by the third party carrier.

D  - Patients/Subjects who participate in industry-initiated studies; all hospital and/or Body composition Core Laboratory costs are provided by the drug company.  (Please contact Jody L. Clasey, Ph.D. to discuss current Body Composition Core Laboratory charges for industry sponsored studies.)

 

Please identify the screening process for eligible subjects / patients and how Body Composition Core Laboratory resources will be utilized for screening purposes versus patients/subjects enrolled in the study:

 

 

 

Please indicate if additional support, resources, or laboratories of the University of Kentucky (or other institutions) are being utilized for this investigation:

 

 

Body Composition Core Laboratory Time and Space requested.

 Include anticipated requirements for subjects recruited who do not complete the study as well as subjects who will complete the study.

 

Type of Visit

 

Number of Subjects

 

Number of Visits/Studies  per Subject

 

Total  Number of Visits/Admissions

 

Average Time per Visit/Study

 

Total Time:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write brief justification for the use of the Body Composition Core Laboratory:

 

 

 

 

 

 PI Signature _______________________________________                                Date _____________________


 

 

Procedures and Personnel Request

 Please summarize your request for duties to be performed by the Body Composition Core Laboratory personnel:

 

 

 

Available Procedures

4

Comments

Hydrostatic Weighing

 

 

       Residual Lung Volume

 

 

Air Displacement Plethysmography 

 

 

       Thoracic Volume

 

 

Single Frequency Bioelectric Impedance (BIA)

 

 

Multi-Frequency Bioelectric Impedance (BIA)

 

 

Foot-to-Foot Bioelectric Impedance (BIA)