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Altoona Center For Clinical Research
Unclaimed profileHybrid · Duncansville, Pennsylvania · ~2 sites
Intera lens
ICP 7Lift (cardio sample) 0.17Recruit soph 0.57
Quality Scorecard (1–100)
Overall79Recruit65Ops86Sponsor84Ther81
Performance (observed)
Historical trials
428
Completed
288
Terminated/Withdrawn
52
Completion rate
85%
Active now
83
Phase 2
179
Phase 3
176
Realized enrollment
261,100
First study year
1999
Years active
27
Match confidence
high
Enrollment velocity (inf)
9,670
Therapeutic
Areas
Rheumatology (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, gout, fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, diabetic neuropathy, low back pain, obesity)
Specialties
Rheumatology, arthritis, osteoporosis, phase I-IV
Breadth (conditions)
353
Languages
English + Spanish (detected)
States
Pennsylvania
Recruitment (web observed)
Facebook Ads
Yes
Google Ads
Yes
Trial Finder
Yes
Patient database
82,000+ patients
Advertises recruitment
Yes
Capability notes
Very High; 82,000+ patient database; 75% enrollment typically from internal database; dedicated recruitment staff
Relationships
Sponsors
Pfizer; Eli Lilly and Company; Amgen; AbbVie; National Cancer Institute (NCI); Bristol-Myers Squibb
CROs
ICON plc; IQVIA Pty Ltd; IQVIA Pvt. Ltd; Medpace, Inc.; PPD Development, LP; PRA Health Sciences
Owner / parent
Privately held; Dr. Alan J. Kivitz founded 1992 (rheumatology practice 1982); 48+ years exp.
Funding
Privately owned (founded 1992)
Acquisitions
N
Expansion
N - single site
Recent hiring
Y - Clinical Research Coordinator posted
Capacity & people
Investigators
—
Coordinators
—
CEO
Unknown
VP Clinical Ops
Unknown
VP Site Ops
Dr. Alan J. Kivitz, MD, MACR (Founder, President)
VP Recruitment
Unknown
Emails
altoonaresearch@gmail.com
Tech & DCT
eSource
Yes
Builds tech
Vendors (EDC system)
DCT / decentralized
N - single 40,000 sq ft facility
Tech stack
EDC (Electronic Data Capture)
Recruiting visible
Y
Notes
Established research center founded 1992 within rheumatology practice (1982). 40,000 sq ft state-of-the-art facility. 1000+ studies completed across 100+ sponsors/CROs. Largest group rheumatology in central PA. Patient pool from 16 PA counties + 2 MD + 2 WV counties (1.6M population). 4 rheumatologists, 6 PAs. Dr. Kivitz is CPI since 2004. CTGOV signal: 10 recruiting trials across 2 locations, Pennsylvania
Recommendation features (sample indication)
Ind fit 0.40Liftability 0.17Overall79
FUTURE MOAT: absolute enrollment rates, funnel CPR, measured SSU, screen-fail reasons.