Investigational Drug Services
The Investigational Drug Services (IDS) is part of the Indiana University Health Pharmacy Department. All Indiana University Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved clinical trials requiring study drugs to be dispensed or administered within any IU Health facility must be coordinated through the Adult Academic Health Center (AAHC) IDS.
The AAHC IDS involvement includes but is not limited to clinical trials conducted at University Hospital, Methodist Hospital, Riley Hospital for Children, IU North Hospital, IU West Hospital, and associated outpatient clinics and infusion centers.
The IDS facilitates approximately 350 ongoing studies.
- Services provided by IDS include:
- Operationalizing study protocols to ensure adherence to IU Health policies and procedures
- Study drug inventory ordering, maintenance, and dispensing
- IV drug preparation
- Drug accountability record maintenance
- Prescription form development
- Cerner builds and order set development
- Study blinding and/or randomization maintenance
- Hosts monitor review visits and audit reviews
- Protocol or IRB consultation on requirements relative to study drugs
For more information, please visit the IDS page on the Office of Clinical Research website.
About Investigational Drug Services
The AAHC IDS involvement includes but is not limited to clinical trials conducted at University Hospital, Methodist Hospital, Riley Hospital for Children, IU North Hospital, IU West Hospital, and associated outpatient clinics and infusion centers.
The IDS facilitates approximately 350 ongoing studies.
- Services provided by IDS include:
- Operationalizing study protocols to ensure adherence to IU Health policies and procedures
- Study drug inventory ordering, maintenance, and dispensing
- IV drug preparation
- Drug accountability record maintenance
- Prescription form development
- Cerner builds and order set development
- Study blinding and/or randomization maintenance
- Hosts monitor review visits and audit reviews
- Protocol or IRB consultation on requirements relative to study drugs
For more information, please visit the IDS page on the Office of Clinical Research website.
IDS Hours
IDS is open Monday – Friday, 8 am – 4:30 pm, and observes all IU Health holidays.
A pharmacist is on call to answer emergent questions about a protocol and to monitor temperatures of locations containing study drug.
The contact can be found in Diagnotes by searching “IDS” in schedules. Alternatively, you may call the inpatient University Hospital pharmacy and they can connect you with the IDS team member on call.
IDS
Email: IDS@iuhealth.org
Phone: 317.944.1900
Fax: 317.948.1496
Contact
IDS Hours
IDS is open Monday – Friday, 8 am – 4:30 pm, and observes all IU Health holidays.
A pharmacist is on call to answer emergent questions about a protocol and to monitor temperatures of locations containing study drug.
The contact can be found in Diagnotes by searching “IDS” in schedules. Alternatively, you may call the inpatient University Hospital pharmacy and they can connect you with the IDS team member on call.
IDS
Email: IDS@iuhealth.org
Phone: 317.944.1900
Fax: 317.948.1496
