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Clinical Trials

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What Is a Clinical Trial?

A clinical trial is a research study that tests a medicine or therapy in people to help us understand how well it works and how safe it is. Clinical trials contribute to the advancement of medicine with the goal of making life better for people. Looking for more details on what to expect from our clinical trials? Find more information here.

Clinical Trial Inclusivity

Including diverse groups of people in any clinical trial is extremely important because people respond differently to medicines depending on their age, sex, race, ethnicity and many other factors. To make sure this trial diversity happens, we work with communities from the start to make our clinical trials as inclusive and accessible as possible for people around the world. Learn about our commitment to diversity in clinical trials here.

Clinical Trial Participants

We can’t conduct trials without help from clinical trial participants. Every clinical trial participant provides valuable information to advance medical research and helps move medicines forward to reach countless people waiting for them.

Thank You, Clinical Trial Participants

Clinical trial participants help pave the way for new, groundbreaking medical treatments. In collaboration with TIME, we're highlighting stories from three clinical trial participants who share their experiences. We're grateful to every participant—like Paul, Allison and Bill—who help us advance science.

Clinical Trials Transparency

We have a history of transparency when it comes to our clinical studies. In 2004, we became the first company to voluntarily disclose our clinical studies initiation and post-study results in a publicly available registry.

Since the start of 2014, we have enhanced our transparency initiatives to align with the PhRMA/EFPIA Principles for Responsible Clinical Trial Data Sharing. We recognize that sharing clinical study data can enhance public health. But responsibly sharing that data is necessary to safeguard the privacy of patients, respect the integrity of national regulatory systems, and maintain incentives for investments in biomedical research.

Independent Clinical Research

In addition to sponsoring our own clinical research and research collaborations, we also have programs that allow us to support external requests. We can provide resources and/or financial support for independent clinical research that is initiated, designed and sponsored by external researchers. 

We consider independent clinical research projects based on scientific merit and strategic fit with our areas of research interest. These reviews are carried out by global committees composed of Lilly medical and scientific staff members from relevant therapeutic areas.

Health care and research professionals may submit a concept online.

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Find a Clinical Trial

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Lilly Trial Experience