The Cardio-Metabolic CRO
hVIVO is a specialist in cardiometabolic clinical studies, offering a broad spectrum of pharmacodynamic assessments in the indication of obesity, insulin resistance, endothelial dysfunction, diabetes, lipid disorders, hypertension, or Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD). Supported by a broad network of medical specialists in endocrinology, diabetes, cardiology, hepatology, and nephrology. With over 30 years of scientific leadership from Professor Thomas Forst and access to respective patient populations, hVIVO delivers end-to-end trial support spanning PK/PD consultancy and full-service clinical operations
- Specialists in cardiometabolic clinical research, with longstanding expertise across obesity, diabetes, metabolic disorders and its comorbidities.
- Comprehensive phenotyping and diagnostic capabilities, including metabolic monitoring, body composition and energy expenditure assessments, vascular and endothelial function testing.
- Specialised advanced imaging such as MRI PDFF, liver elastography or DEXA for internal organ tissue mapping.
- In-house recruitment and referrals from hospital sites
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Scientific & Technical Capabilities
Metabolic Assessments
- Oral Glucose Tolerance Testing
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring
- Insulin Resistance Assessments
- Standardised Meals
- Food intake assessments
Fat Tissue Distribution /Energy Expenditure
- FibroScan® (Liver Fat and Stiffness)
- MRI PDFF (Liver Fat)
- MRI Elastography (Liver Stiffness)
- DEXA Scan (Body Composition)
- Air Displacement Plethysmography (BodPod)
- Energy expenditure (Indirect Calorimetry)
Vascular / Endothelial Function
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Intima Media Thickness
- Flow Mediated Dilatation
- Holter ECG
- Heart Ejection Fraction Measurement
- Laser Doppler Microvascular Blood Flow Assessments
- Pulse Wave Tonometry
Biomarker assessments
- Adipokines
- Cytokines
Indications
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Obesity
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Insulin resistance
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Metabolic syndrome
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Metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver diseases (MASLD),
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Diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type 2)
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Lipid disorders
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Hypertension
Special Population and Patient Experience
Special Populations
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Elderly
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Pharmacogenetic Normal, Intermediate, Excessive Metabolisers
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Gender Trials (female, post-menopausal)
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Renal Impairment
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Hepatic Impairment
Patient Populations
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Diabetic
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Obese
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Women’s Health (PCO, Endometriosis)
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Dermatology (Atopic dermatitis, Psoriasis)
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Hypertension
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Hypercholesterolemia
End-to-End Drug Development Support
The hVIVO group provides end-to-end drug development support and has standalone and full-service offerings spanning regulatory strategy and submission support, CMC and PK/PD consultancy, project management, data management, and biostatistics services. With an established database of over 400,000 participants, including participants with cardiovascular and metabolic disease, hVIVO can ensure your studies run seamlessly from start to finish.
News & Resources
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hVIVO provides a panel of metabolic, endocrinological and vascular testing for the assessments pharmacodynamic effects in cardiometabolic clinical trials.
Yes, including continuous glucose monitoring, meal tests, insulin resistance and beta cell function testing, and energy expenditure assessments.
FibroScan®, MRI‑PDFF, and DEXA are available for liver and body composition imaging.
Obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver diseases (MASLD), diabetes mellitus (type 1 and type 2), lipid disorders, hypertension.
Yes, including early‑phase studies, PK/PD consultancy, and full clinical operations.
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