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Second Highest Value in SQL

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

IQVIA Clinical Trial Landscape analysts need to identify the second highest recorded C-reactive protein value among completed clinical trials. Write a PostgreSQL query that returns the second highest distinct CRP measurement after applying the required trial and metric filters.

Requirements

  1. Join clinical_trials to trial_measurements using trial_id.
  2. Include only completed trials and measurements where metric_name = 'CRP'.
  3. Exclude NULL measurements and return the second highest distinct value. Duplicate highest or second-highest measurements must not create additional ranks.

Schema

clinical_trials
ColumnTypeDescription
trial_idPKINTUnique clinical trial identifier
trial_nameVARCHAR(150)Clinical trial name
phaseVARCHAR(20)Clinical development phase
statusVARCHAR(30)Current trial status
trial_measurements
ColumnTypeDescription
measurement_idPKINTUnique measurement identifier
trial_idINTReferences clinical_trials.trial_id
metric_nameVARCHAR(50)Name of the clinical metric
metric_valueNUMERIC(10,2)Recorded numeric measurement
unitVARCHAR(20)Measurement unit
Tablesclinical_trialstrial_measurements
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