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NCT06045221CompletedPhase 3

A Study of Orforglipron (LY3502970) Compared With Semaglutide in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Inadequately Controlled With Metformin

A Phase 3, Randomized, Open-Label Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Once Daily Oral LY3502970 Compared With Oral Semaglutide in Adult Participants With Type 2 Diabetes and Inadequate Glycemic Control With Metformin (ACHIEVE-3)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The main purpose of this study is to assess efficacy and safety of orforglipron compared with oral semaglutide in participants with Type 2 diabetes and inadequate glycemic control with metformin.The study will last around 61 weeks.

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1698 (actual)
First submitted
13 Sept 2023
Start date
22 Sept 2023
Primary completion date
22 Aug 2025
Lead sponsor
Eli Lilly and Company
NCT number
NCT06045221

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Participants enrolled: 1698
  • From 22 Sept 2023 to the primary completion date, 22 Aug 2025
  • 131 sites in 6 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Are currently receiving or planning to receive treatment for diabetic retinopathy and/or macular edema, for example, laser photocoagulation or intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors.
  • Have a history of ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar state or coma within the last 6 months prior to screening, or between screening and randomization.

Other illness

  • Have Type 1 Diabetes
  • Have a New York Heart Association functional classification IV congestive heart failure.
  • Have a history of an active or untreated malignancy or are in remission from a clinically significant malignancy for less than 5 years.

Lab values

  • Have an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<45 milliliter/minute (mL/min)/1.73 square meter (m²) or lower than the country-specific threshold for discontinuing metformin therapy per local label as determined by the central laboratory at screening.
  • Have a serum calcitonin level of ≥35 nanogram/Liter (ng/L), as determined by the central laboratory at screening.

Who the study is looking for

  • Have Type 2 Diabetes
  • Have HbA1c ≥7.0% (53 mmol/mol) to ≤10.5% (91 mmol/mol), as determined by the central laboratory at screening.
  • Have been on stable diabetes treatment with metformin ≥1500 milligram (mg)/day during the 90 days prior to screening and maintained through randomization.
  • Are of stable body weight (±5%) for at least 90 days prior to screening and agree to not initiate an intensive diet or exercise program during the study with the intent of reducing body weight, other than the lifestyle and/or dietary measures for diabetes treatment

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (131)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Centro Médico Viamonte
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
CIPREC
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
Consultorio de Investigación Clínica EMO SRL
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Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
Instituto Centenario
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CABAArgentinaUnknown status
Centro de Investigaciones Metabólicas (CINME)
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Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresArgentinaUnknown status
Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas Córdoba
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CórdobaArgentinaUnknown status
Instituto Médico DAMIC
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CórdobaArgentinaUnknown status
CIMeL
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LanusArgentinaUnknown status
Policlinica Red OMIP
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Mar del PlataArgentinaUnknown status
Centro de Investigaciones Medicas Mar Del Plata
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Mar del PlataArgentinaUnknown status
Instituto de Especialidades de la Salud Rosario
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RosarioArgentinaUnknown status
Fundacion Estudios Clinicos
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RosarioArgentinaUnknown status
Instituto Médico Catamarca IMEC
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RosarioArgentinaUnknown status
INECO Neurociencias Oroño
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RosarioArgentinaUnknown status
Instituto Médico Fundación Grupo Colaborativo Rosario Investigación y Prevención Medica
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RosarioArgentinaUnknown status
Centro de Salud e Investigaciones Médicas
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Santa RosaArgentinaUnknown status
Sanatorio Norte
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Santiago del EsteroArgentinaUnknown status
Beijing Pinggu District Hospital
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BeijingChinaUnknown status
West China Hospital of Sichuan University
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ChengduChinaUnknown status
Chongqing General Hospital
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ChongqingChinaUnknown status
Dalian Municipal Central Hospital Affiliated of Dalian Medical University
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DalianChinaUnknown status
Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical Univesity
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FoshanChinaUnknown status
Zhejiang Hospital
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HangzhouChinaUnknown status
The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University
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HarbinChinaUnknown status
Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital
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HuizhouChinaUnknown status
Huzhou Central Hospital
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HuzhouChinaUnknown status
Jinan Central Hospital
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JinanChinaUnknown status
First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
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KunmingChinaUnknown status
The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science &Technology
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Luoyang ShiChinaUnknown status
Nanjing First Hospital
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NanjingChinaUnknown status
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
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NanjingChinaUnknown status
Nanyang First People's Hospital
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NanyangChinaUnknown status
JiangXi PingXiang People's Hospital
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PingxiangChinaUnknown status
Pudong New Area People's Hospital Shanghai
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
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ShanghaiChinaUnknown status
The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
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WenzhouChinaUnknown status
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
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ZhengzhouChinaUnknown status
Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University
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ZhenjiangChinaUnknown status
Gifu University Hospital
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GifuJapanUnknown status
Takai Internal Medicine Clinic
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Kamakura-shiJapanUnknown status
Shiraiwa Medical Clinic
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KashiharaJapanUnknown status
Mikannohana Clinic, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
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MatsuyamaJapanUnknown status
Nakamoto Internal Medicine Clinic
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MitoJapanUnknown status
Nakakinen clinic
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NakaJapanUnknown status
Medical Corporation Sato Medical clinic
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OotakuJapanUnknown status
Manda Memorial Hospital
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SapporoJapanUnknown status
Ohishi Internal Medicine Clinic
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TsuchiuraJapanUnknown status
Centro Para El Desarrollo de La Medicina Y de Asistencia Medica Especializada S.C.
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CuliacánMexicoUnknown status
Lahoja. Asociacion Para La Investigacion Y La Farmacovigilancia
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DurangoMexicoUnknown status
Centro de Investigacion Medica Integral
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GuadalajaraMexicoUnknown status
Private Practice - Dr. Arechavaleta Granell Maria del Rosario
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GuadalajaraMexicoUnknown status
CICEJ Centro de Investigacion Clinica Endocrinologica de Jalisco S.C.
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GuadalajaraMexicoUnknown status
Instituto Jalisciense de Investigacion en Diabetes y Obesidad
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GuadalajaraMexicoUnknown status
Virgen Cardiovascular Research SC
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GuadalajaraMexicoUnknown status
Centro Especializado En Diabetes, Obesidad Y Prevencion De Enfermedades Cardiovasculares
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Mexico CityMexicoUnknown status
Caimed Investigacion En Salud S.A. de C.V.
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Mexico CityMexicoUnknown status
Cardiolink Clin Trials
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MonterreyMexicoUnknown status
Eukarya PharmaSite
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MonterreyMexicoUnknown status
Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio González
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MonterreyMexicoUnknown status
Clínica García Flores SC
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MonterreyMexicoUnknown status
Unidad Biomedica Avanzada Monterrey
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MonterreyMexicoUnknown status
Centro de investigación y control metabólico
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San Nicolás de los GarzaMexicoUnknown status
Centro de Investigacion Medica de Occidente, S.C.
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ZapopanMexicoUnknown status
Isis Clinical Research Center
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GuaynaboPuerto RicoUnknown status
Research and Cardiovascular Corp
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PoncePuerto RicoUnknown status
Latin Clinical Trial Center
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San JuanPuerto RicoUnknown status
Mgcendo Llc
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San JuanPuerto RicoUnknown status
Albany Medical College, Division of Community Endocrinology
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AlbanyUnited StatesUnknown status
Velocity Clinical Research Austin
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AustinUnited StatesUnknown status
Heritage Valley Medical Group, Inc.
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BeaverUnited StatesUnknown status
Northwest Clinical Trials
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BoiseUnited StatesUnknown status
Joslin Diabetes Center
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Ellipsis Research Group - Brooklyn - 7th Street
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BrooklynUnited StatesUnknown status
San Fernando Valley Health Institute
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Canoga ParkUnited StatesUnknown status
Clinical Research of West Florida, Inc. (Clearwater)
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ClearwaterUnited StatesUnknown status
Aventiv Research Inc
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ColumbusUnited StatesUnknown status
The Corvallis Clinic, P.C.
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CorvallisUnited StatesUnknown status
Connecticut Clinical Research - Cromwell
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CromwellUnited StatesUnknown status
Velocity Clinical Research, Dallas
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DallasUnited StatesUnknown status
Revival Research Institute, LLC
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DearbornUnited StatesUnknown status
Neighborhood Healthcare Institute of Health
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EscondidoUnited StatesUnknown status
Diabetes and Thyroid Center of Ft. Worth
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Fort WorthUnited StatesUnknown status
Velocity Clinical Research, Gardena
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GardenaUnited StatesUnknown status
New West Physicians Clinical Research
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GoldenUnited StatesUnknown status
American Health Network of Indiana, LLC_Greenfield
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GreenfieldUnited StatesUnknown status
PharmQuest Life Sciences LLC
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GreensboroUnited StatesUnknown status
The Research Center of the Upstate
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GreenvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Clear Brook Medical Associates
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
Endocrine Ips, Pllc
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
Juno Research
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
Family First Medical Center
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Idaho FallsUnited StatesUnknown status
Logan Health Research
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KalispellUnited StatesUnknown status
Kansas City Research Institute
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Kansas CityUnited StatesUnknown status
New Phase Research And Development
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KnoxvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Wr-Crcn, Llc
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Las VegasUnited StatesUnknown status
Balanced Life Health Care Solutions/SKYCRNG
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LawrencevilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Biopharma Informatic LLC
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
Velocity Clinical Research, Westlake
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
South Florida Clinical Research Institute
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MargateUnited StatesUnknown status
Clinical Neuroscience Solutions, Inc.
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MemphisUnited StatesUnknown status
Southern Endocrinology Associates
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MesquiteUnited StatesUnknown status
Miami Dade Medical Research Institute, LLC
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MiamiUnited StatesUnknown status
Tekton Research, Inc
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MooreUnited StatesUnknown status
Lucas Research, Inc.
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Morehead CityUnited StatesUnknown status
Delricht Research
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New OrleansUnited StatesUnknown status
Infinity Clinical Research - Norco
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NorcoUnited StatesUnknown status
Alliance for Multispecialty Research, LLC
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NormanUnited StatesUnknown status
Valley Clinical Trials, Inc.
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NorthridgeUnited StatesUnknown status
West Orange Endocrinology
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OcoeeUnited StatesUnknown status
Absolute Clinical Research
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PhoenixUnited StatesUnknown status
Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Preferred Clinical Research (Ofc 18)
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PittsburghUnited StatesUnknown status
Eastside Research Associates
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RedmondUnited StatesUnknown status
Rainier Clinical Research Center
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RentonUnited StatesUnknown status
SKY Integrative Medical Center/SKYCRNG
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RidgelandUnited StatesUnknown status
Synexus Clinical Research US, Inc.
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesUnknown status
Norcal Endocrinology & Internal Medicine
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San RamonUnited StatesUnknown status
Encompass Clinical Research
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Spring ValleyUnited StatesUnknown status
Accellacare - Piedmont
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StatesvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Clinical Research Atlanta
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StockbridgeUnited StatesUnknown status
Latin Clinical Trial Center Florida
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TamaracUnited StatesUnknown status
Clinical Research of West Florida
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TampaUnited StatesUnknown status
Cotton O'Neil Diabetes & Endocrinology
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TopekaUnited StatesUnknown status
Premier Research
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TrentonUnited StatesUnknown status
University Clinical Investigators, Inc.
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TustinUnited StatesUnknown status
Velocity Clinical Research, Valparaiso
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ValparaisoUnited StatesUnknown status
Texas Valley Clinical Research
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WeslacoUnited StatesUnknown status
Great Lakes Medical Research, LLC
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WestfieldUnited StatesUnknown status
Metabolic Research Institute, Inc
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West Palm BeachUnited StatesUnknown status
Tekton Research, Inc
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WichitaUnited StatesUnknown status
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center ( WFUBMC )
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Winston-SalemUnited StatesUnknown status
North Georgia Clinical Research
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WoodstockUnited StatesUnknown status

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