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Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Unclaimed profileAcademic Network · Baton Rouge, Louisiana · ~1 sites
Intera lens
ICP 5Lift (cardio sample) 0.57Recruit soph 0.43
Quality Scorecard (1–100)
Overall72Recruit48Ops87Sponsor75Ther78
Performance (observed)
Historical trials
351
Completed
258
Terminated/Withdrawn
29
Completion rate
90%
Active now
62
Phase 2
35
Phase 3
22
Realized enrollment
141,059
First study year
1998
Years active
28
Match confidence
high
Enrollment velocity (inf)
5,038
Therapeutic
Areas
Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Dementia, Nutrition
Specialties
Obesity, Metabolic Health, Diabetes, Cardiovascular, Cancer, Dementia, Nutrition
Breadth (conditions)
290
States
Louisiana
Recruitment (web observed)
Trial Finder
Yes
Recruitment pages
Yes
Advertises recruitment
Yes
SEO
Limited blog presence
Capability notes
Yes - Established research center with outpatient clinic
Relationships
Sponsors
Pennington Biomedical Research Center; Eli Lilly and Company; Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc; BioKier Inc.; Eisai Inc.; Klein Buendel, Inc.
CROs
Blue Cross Blue Shield; Ethicon, Inc.; The Wright Group in Crowley, LA
Partnerships
Louisiana Clinical & Translational Science Center, PCORI/REACHnet (5M patient EHR data), Ochsner Health System, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Owner / parent
Louisiana State University (LSU) - Public academic research center; $1.32 billion in grant funding; $184 million in Louisiana state domestic product impact
Funding
NIH/PCORI grants
Expansion
Y - REACHnet expands across Louisiana, Texas, California with claims data integration
Capacity & people
Investigators
—
Coordinators
—
CEO
Dr. Jennifer Rood (Interim Executive Director as of Jan 2026)
VP Clinical Ops
Unknown
VP Site Ops
Cody VanMeter, MBA (Clinical Trials Unit Director)
VP Recruitment
Unknown
Emails
Jessica.Stromain@pbrc.edu
Tech & DCT
EHR
Y - EMR-integrated for remote care models
eSource
Yes
eConsent
Yes
Builds tech
Unknown
Home visits
Y - remote health coaching and telehealth studies documented
DCT / decentralized
Y - remote/distributed care models with Ochsner collaboration
Tech stack
Unknown
Recruiting visible
Yes
Notes
ClinicalTrials.gov signal: 5 recruiting trials across 1 location(s), states: Louisiana. National leader in nutrition, obesity, metabolic health research. Clinical Trials Unit CMO: Frank Greenway, MD. 35+ years history, 7,879 publications, 402,000+ citations. Focuses on basic, clinical, population health research. Academic structure may indicate slower procurement cycles.
Recommendation features (sample indication)
Ind fit 1.00Liftability 0.57Overall72
FUTURE MOAT: absolute enrollment rates, funnel CPR, measured SSU, screen-fail reasons.