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Headquartered in Morehead City, on the coast of North Carolina outside Raleigh, Lucas Research is a hybrid of a medical practice and multi-site Clinical Research organization with more than 50 team members. We’ve combined some of the best practices from other industries with healthcare to create our operational model, a targeted approach to digital marketing and a focus on ongoing team member education. The result is a superior guest service model that drives our unique approach to patient engagement. It has earned our team the honor of top recruiting research site across numerous studies.
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LUCAS RESEARCH BY THE NUMBERS
96%
Study Patient
Retention Rate
#1
Recruitment Site in 7 Global Studies
7-14 Days
Contract and Budget Negotiation Time
#1
Recruiting Site in 28 Studies in the US
<2 Days
Site Activation to First Screener Time
90%
of Completed Studies Met Enrollment Goals
35,000+ Patients
in Active Database who have expressed interest in participating in Clinical Research with a reach to over 750,000 across the region
OVER 220+
STUDIES CONDUCTED
Dr. K. Jean Lucas
MD, FACP, FACE
Principal investigator and board certified in internal medicine and the subspecialty of endocrinology, Dr. Lucas started Lucas Research in 2004 to apply her years of patient caring into moving medicine forward. She completed her undergraduate education at Duke University and attended medical school at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She did her internal medicine residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. and her internship at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville, N.C. Her endocrinology fellowship with a medical faculty appointment was completed
at Duke University Medical Center.
“We’ve invested decades in care for our patients and our communities. Offering a comprehensive healthcare approach with clinical research empowers patients to partner with us in moving medicine forward.”
- Dr. K. Jean Lucas
#1 Enroller in Recent Trials
Type 1 Diabetes Study
Type 2 Diabetes study
NASH study
NAFLD
Hyperlipidemia/Dyslipidemia/Hypertriglyceridemia
Cirrhosis Study
Device Study
Vaccine Study
Obesity Study
Top Therapeutic Areas
Cardiovascular
Endocrine & Metabolic
Gastroenterology
Infectious Disease & Vaccines
Respiratory
Women’s Health
Immunology & Inflammation
STATE OF THE ART FACILITY
23,000 square feet of space custom-built for expansion
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In House Fibroscan Machine
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MRI and MRE
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OverNight Phase 1 Facility
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DEXA scanner w/ Body Composition
WE ARE A PROUD hyperCORE ALLIANCE PARTNER
8 alliance partners: 100+ sites spanning 2 continents & 5 countries
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Second-largest clinical research site organization in the world
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15,000,000+ patients
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400+ vaccine trials