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Animal Clinical Investigation (ACI) assists in the development of new treatment opportunities for pet animals through the design and implementation of prospective clinical trials. ACI’s success is based on the collaboration of a dynamic group of private practice specialists and primary care veterinarians.
The shared goal of the members is to provide the best treatment opportunities for pets with cancer, inflammatory and metabolic disease, arthritis, heart disease and other age-related diseases. ACI’s goal is to provide more effective and less toxic options for the treatment of pet animals. Collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry allows these options to be provided, in many cases, at substantially reduced costs.

Pet owners seeking novel treatment options for animals with serious health conditions find an Animal Clinical Investigation network veterinarian participating in a clinical trial.
Animal Clinical Investigation network veterinarian and pet owner work together to determine whether the pet is eligible for the trial. Eligible pets begin treatment at an ACI network hospital.
Information from the trial is used to help develop new drugs and treatments, providing a source of hope for people whose pets face serious illnesses.