Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc (ELTP)

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All 165 patients could be done in six weeks.


These research centers are mostly Monday-Friday operations. It's no accident that the study is designed with a 4 day stay. All surgeries will be done on a Monday, and all patients will be discharged on Friday. The place closes over the weekend, and the whole process is repeated the next Monday. Each center is only limited by the number of surgeries that can be done in one day (Monday), and they will want to have as many inpatients at a time in order to be most cost-efficient. One surgeon could do 3-4 surgeries Monday morning and 3-4 surgeries on Monday afternoon, for a total of 6-8 patients per week per research center. Add a second surgeon, it could be more.

Being conservative:

6 patients per week x 5 research centers = 30 patients/week.

165 patients / 30 patients per week = 5.5 weeks


In other words, starting surgeries on Monday June 1, every patient could be operated on and discharged from the research center by Friday July 10. Elite's protocol estimates primary completion in July, leaving 3 whole weeks for busier centers to compensate for slower centers.

Totally on target for final completion in August 2015, as stated.

https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT02401750?term=oxycodone+and+elite&rank=1