Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles

Ms. Hope Horton, RN, BSN heads up the clinical research division of the Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles overseeing all of the drug trials that are performed at our site. She is involved with all aspects of the research from reviewing protocols to choosing appropriate studies, to recruiting and screening for candidates, to seeing patients in the office and dispensing study drugs. Hope also monitors participants during the study and documents all of the findings.

Hope maintains close contact with the study sponsors through regular monitoring visits at our site. Her extensive training and experience have resulted in high quality data and excellent enrollment in the trials at our facility and with a low rate of screen failures. Repeated requests for additional studies from a variety of sponsors and ongoing communication from former participants underscore the value of our studies and the personal attention and care Hope brings to her work.

There are currently three drug trials in progress at the Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles.

We are currently enrolling patients in a study for arthritis of the knee. The study is evaluating the effectiveness of an injectable product referred to as visco supplement with the goal of helping to lubricate the joint.
A second study is currently in progress and is also open to enrollment for people with arthritis of any joint who require an anti-inflammatory. The purpose of the trial is to evaluate how people tolerated anti-inflammatories when they are taken on a long term basis.
The third study we are conducting is evaluating the effectiveness of a lubricating injection to the shoulder. The study is ongoing and is closed to enrollment.

The studies provided through the Foundation are at no cost to participants. Candidates must be healthy and meet specific inclusion criteria to be enrolled in a trial. If randomized in a trial, patients may be provided with study medication as outlined by the study design and will receive diagnostic tests relevant to the particular protocol.

Those interested in more information regarding studies available through the Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles can contact Hope Horton at 203.869.2002.

Hope Horton, RN, BSN is the Director of our Clinical Research. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Vermont with a major in Political Science. She then attended Regis University in Denver Colorado where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa as the Valedictorian with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. Hope began working with Dr. Plancher when he did his Fellowship in Sports Medicine at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado and relocated to the East coast to continue working with him as his nurse and Clinical Research Coordinator.