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Tips for Finding Clinical Trials
One of the toughest and most-time consuming parts for medical research staff conducting the clinical trials is actually finding volunteers willing to participate. Research staff are looking for you! There are numerous ways to identify clinical trials looking for healthy human volunteers.
Trials are actively conducted by hospitals, universities, foundations, and contract research organizations (CROs, firms that conduct studies for big pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies). According to CISCRP, nearly 40% of these clinical trials can be learned about through media such as tv, radio, or printed ads. While finding studies through tv and radio ads might be difficult, you can actively scour the wanted section of your local newspapers to find trials. |
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Most local research clinics run ads for volunteers in the local newspaper, employment papers, on TV, and on the radio. They also post ads on Craigslist and on their own websites. Call them up as soon as you see something of interest. If the study is no longer recruiting volunteers, they might enter you in there database for future study participation.
Look up local research clinics in your phone book and ask (a) if they have any studies openly recruiting healthy volunteers and (b) if you could be entered into their volunteer database. College campuses and major universities with research hospitals are also great places to find clinical trial. Schools of medicine, dentistry, and nursing, along with departments of psychology, sociology, and communications, at local universities, are always looking for willing volunteers for their experiments. Perform an internet search for the hospitals, schools, and departments on nearby campuses, then look for any section concerning clinical trials or research volunteers.
When searching for clinical trials on our website you will click on a Clinical Trial Information sheet like this example.
>> Status of the Clinical Trial (This will appear at the top in red or green)
These headings appear on the left side of the information sheet and are fairly self explanatory. Doing this will help you to quickly evaluate if the clinical trial is right for you.
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- Conditions: Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis; Allergic Asthma
Intervention: Biological: Immunotherapy
Sponsor: Leti Pharma GmbH
Recruiting - Conditions: Physical Activity; Psychiatric Disorder
Intervention: Diagnostic Test: The Exercise in Mental Illness Questionnaire (EMIQ)
Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Not yet recruiting - Conditions: Sepsis; Septic Shock; Endothelial Dysfunction
Intervention: Other: Endothelial Glycocalyx
Sponsor: University Hospital Muenster
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Hypertriglyceridemia
Interventions: Other: MCT; Other: SFA; Other: MUFA
Sponsor: Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Recruiting - Condition: Healthy
Interventions: Drug: Oxytocin nasal spray; Drug: Placebo
Sponsor: University Hospital, Bonn
Completed - Condition: Schistosomiasis
Interventions: Drug: L-PZQ ODT; Drug: Biltricide®
Sponsor: Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Aortic Aneurysm
Intervention: Procedure: Endovascular embolization
Sponsor: University of Leipzig
Not yet recruiting - Conditions: Overweight; Obesity
Interventions: Drug: Semaglutide; Drug: Placebo
Sponsor: Novo Nordisk A/S
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Intervention: Procedure: video-assisted nasal self-packing
Sponsor: University Hospital, Essen
Recruiting - Condition: Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Interventions: Drug: Lenvatinib; Drug: Nivolumab
Sponsors: IKF Klinische Krebsforschung GmbH at Krankenhaus Nordwest; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Eisai GmbH
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Hot Flashes
Intervention: Other: Open Label Placebo
Sponsor: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Recruiting - Condition: Aging
Intervention: Other: Anodal tDCS + intensive cognitive training
Sponsors: University Medicine Greifswald; Technische Universität Dresden
Recruiting - Condition: Tetralogy of Fallot
Intervention: Other: Transthoracic echocardiography at rest, during PLR, HG and CPX (including blood gas analysis in both groups). Additionally Fallot patients will undergo routine blood testings.
Sponsor: Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie
Recruiting - Condition: Chronic Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases (CED)
Intervention: Other: intervention group
Sponsor: RWTH Aachen University
Recruiting - Condition: Pregnancy
Intervention: Drug: Betamethason Sodium Phosphate
Sponsor: University Hospital Tuebingen
Recruiting - Condition: Oxytocin, Lorazepam, Anti-Anxiety Agents, Physiological Effects of Drugs
Interventions: Drug: Oxytocin; Drug: Lorazepam; Drug: Placebo nasal spray; Drug: Placebo Oral Tablet
Sponsor: University Hospital, Bonn
Completed - Conditions: Diet Modification; Overweight
Interventions: Dietary Supplement: inulin; Dietary Supplement: maltodextrin
Sponsor: Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Recruiting - Condition: Healthy Adults
Interventions: Combination Product: Drug:OP0201; Combination Product: Drug: Placebo
Sponsor: Novus Therapeutics, Inc
Not yet recruiting - Conditions: Lung Cancer; NSCLC; Pulmonary Neoplasm; Squamous Cell Lung Cancer; NSCLC Stage IV
Intervention: Drug: ERDAFITINIB
Sponsor: Lung Cancer Group Cologne
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Breech Presentation
Intervention:
Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Recruiting - Condition: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Intervention: Device: Sham OR active Transcranial direct current stimulation
Sponsors: Charite University, Berlin, Germany; German Research Foundation
Recruiting - Conditions: Xerosis Cutis; Dry Skin; Pruritus; Pressure Ulcer; Intertrigo; Incontinence-associated Dermatitis; Skin Tear; Skin Care
Intervention: Other: Implementation of skin care algorithm
Sponsor: PD Dr. Jan Kottner
Enrolling by invitation - Condition: Hypoxia, Altitude
Intervention: Procedure: Hypoxia
Sponsor: Universitätsklinikum Köln
Recruiting - Condition: Gagging During Transesophageal Echocardiography
Interventions: Procedure: Acupuncture; Procedure: Placebo
Sponsor: University Medicine Greifswald
Recruiting - Conditions: Complication of Renal Dialysis; Long-Term Disorder of Dialysis
Intervention:
Sponsor: University of Luebeck
Recruiting - Condition: Pancreas Cyst
Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Next Generation Sequencing; Diagnostic Test: CEA and lipase; Diagnostic Test: Cytology; Diagnostic Test: Histology of resected pancreas cyst
Sponsors: Theresienkrankenhaus und St. Hedwig-Klinik GmbH; University Hospital Heidelberg
Recruiting - Condition: Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source
Intervention:
Sponsor: Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Recruiting - Conditions: Metabolomics; Critical Care; Critical Illness; Critical Illness Myopathy; Critical Illness Polyneuropathy; Intensive Care (ICU) Myopathy; Muscle Weakness
Intervention:
Sponsors: Technische Universität München; Helmholtz Zentrum München
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Iron Deficiency Anemia
Interventions: Drug: Polyglucoferron; Drug: Ferric carboxymaltose; Drug: Ferrous Sulfate
Sponsors: Dr. Frank Behrens; University Hospital Frankfurt, Department of Anaesthesiology; IRON4U; University Hospital Frankfurt Institute for Biostatistics & Mathematical Modelling
Recruiting - Condition: Healthy
Interventions: Drug: BI 425809 (Treatment T1); Drug: BI 425809 (Treatment T2); Drug: BI 425809 (Treatment R)
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
Recruiting - Condition: Alcohol Use Disorder
Intervention:
Sponsor: Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
Recruiting - Condition: Atrial Fibrillation
Intervention: Procedure: LAA amputation
Sponsor: University of Giessen
Completed - Condition: Self Care
Intervention: Device: Eversense Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Sponsors: Kinderkrankenhaus auf der Bult; Senseonics, Inc.
Enrolling by invitation - Conditions: Patient Care; Drug Therapy
Interventions: Device: Medtronic MiniMed 670G Insulin Pump in Auto Mode; Device: Medtronic MiniMed 670G Insulin Pump without Auto Mode
Sponsor: Kinderkrankenhaus auf der Bult
Enrolling by invitation - Condition: Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Interventions: Other: No dressing; Other: Mepilex® Border Sacrum; Other: ALLEVYN Life Sacrum; Other: Optifoam® Gentle Sacrum
Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Recruiting - Condition: Evaluation of CT in Coronary Artery Stenosis
Intervention: Diagnostic Test: CT
Sponsors: Das Radiologische Zentrum; Prof. Buss; Dr. Andre
Recruiting - Conditions: PPROM; Early-Onset Neonatal Sepsis
Interventions: Diagnostic Test: microbiome analysis; Diagnostic Test: Conventional cultures; Diagnostic Test: CAAP48 measurment
Sponsors: Jena University Hospital; Center of Fetal Surgery, University Hospital Halle Saale; Section for Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Hospital Halle Saale
Recruiting - Condition: Hepatic Impairment
Intervention: Drug: Pimodivir
Sponsor: Janssen-Cilag International NV
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Interventions: Drug: Cisplatin; Drug: Carboplatin; Drug: Pemetrexed; Drug: Nab-paclitaxel; Drug: Gemcitabine; Drug: Docetaxel; Drug: M7824
Sponsors: EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.; Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Interventions: Drug: M7824; Drug: Placebo; Drug: Durvalumab; Drug: Etoposide; Drug: Pemetrexed; Drug: Carboplatin; Drug: Paclitaxel; Drug: Cisplatin; Radiation: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT)
Sponsors: EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.; Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Not yet recruiting - Conditions: Biliary Tract Cancer; Cholangiocarcinoma; Gallbladder Cancer
Intervention: Drug: M7824
Sponsors: EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.; Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Psoriasis Vulgaris
Intervention: Drug: MC2-01 cream
Sponsor: Drug Delivery Solutions Ltd. (part of MC2 Therapeutics)
Recruiting - Condition: Solid Tumors
Intervention: Drug: Avelumab
Sponsors: EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.; Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Not yet recruiting - Conditions: Degenerative Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Posttraumatic Arthropathy; Instability, Joint; Stiffness of Knee, Not Elsewhere Classified; Deformity of Knee
Interventions: Device: Computer assisted primary total knee replacement with OrthoPilot FS101 navigation system and Software 5.1; Device: Computer assisted primary total knee replacement with OrthoPilot Elite navigation system and Software 6.0
Sponsor: Aesculap AG
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Obstructive Lung Diseases
Intervention: Diagnostic Test: Blood sampling, FeNO, bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchoscopic tissue sampling
Sponsor: Heidelberg University
Recruiting - Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation; Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation; Persistent Atrial Fibrillation; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases
Intervention: Device: CoolLoop® cryoablation system
Sponsors: AFreeze GmbH; Raffeiner GmbH
Recruiting - Condition: Asthma
Interventions: Drug: MRx-4DP0004; Drug: Placebo
Sponsor: 4D pharma plc
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Erectile Dysfunction
Intervention:
Sponsors: European Association of Urology Research Foundation; Boston Scientific Corporation
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Diabetes Mellitus
Intervention: Device: New BGMS (US)
Sponsors: LifeScan Scotland Ltd; Institut für Diabetes-Technologie ( IfDT)
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Interventions: Behavioral: Lifestyle; Drug: Sacubitril/Valsartan
Sponsors: Newcastle University; Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi; University Hospital Regensburg; Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina; Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Not yet recruiting - Conditions: Ischemic Heart Disease Chronic; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Interventions: Behavioral: lifestyle intervention; Behavioral: usual care
Sponsors: Techniker Krankenkasse; Technische Universität München; privates Institut für angewandte Versorgungsforschung GmbH; IDS Diagnostic Systems AG; Federal Joint Committee, Germany
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Psoriasis
Interventions: Drug: Guselkumab; Drug: Placebo Injection
Sponsor: Janssen-Cilag G.m.b.H
Not yet recruiting - Conditions: Hepatitis C; Acute Hepatitis C
Intervention: Drug: Sofosbuvir and Velpatasvir
Sponsors: Hannover Medical School; HepNet Study House, German Liverfoundation; Gilead Sciences; German Center for Infection Research
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Common Cold
Intervention: Device: ColdZyme
Sponsor: Enzymatica AB
Completed - Conditions: Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery; Valve Surgery
Intervention: Drug: Cardioplegia Solution
Sponsor: Swiss Cardio Technologies AG
Recruiting - Condition: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Interventions: Drug: LY900014; Drug: Insulin Lispro
Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
Recruiting - Condition: Idiopathic Parkinson Disease
Interventions: Drug: Safinamide Methanesulfonate; Drug: Safinamide methanesulfonate matching placebo
Sponsor: Zambon SpA
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Migraine
Interventions: Drug: Erenumab Dose 1; Drug: Erenumab Dose 2; Drug: Erenumab Dose 3; Other: Placebo
Sponsor: Amgen
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Migraine
Interventions: Drug: Erenumab Dose 1; Drug: Erenumab Dose 2; Drug: Erenumab Dose 3; Other: Placebo
Sponsor: Amgen
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Wet Macular Degeneration
Interventions: Drug: Faricimab; Drug: Aflibercept; Drug: Sham Procedure
Sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
Recruiting - Condition: Multiple Myeloma
Interventions: Drug: GSK2857916; Drug: Pembrolizumab
Sponsors: GlaxoSmithKline; Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Postoperative Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
Interventions: Drug: TAK-954 Placebo; Drug: TAK-954
Sponsor: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Not yet recruiting - Conditions: Acute Myeloid Leukemia; High-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome; Low-risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Intervention: Drug: Bemcentinib
Sponsors: GWT-TUD GmbH; Groupe Francophone des Myelodysplasies; VU University Medical Center; BerGenBio ASA
Recruiting - Condition: Dental Implants
Intervention: Device: OsseoSpeed EV implant
Sponsor: Dentsply Sirona Implants
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Retroperitoneal Sarcoma
Intervention:
Sponsors: Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano; TransAtlantic Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group
Recruiting - Conditions: Pediatric Cancer; Solid Tumor Pediatric; Hematological Malignancies
Intervention: Drug: Durvalumab / Tremelimumab Combination Therapy
Sponsor: AstraZeneca
Not yet recruiting - Condition: Follicular Lymphoma
Interventions: Biological: GP2013; Biological: rituximab
Sponsors: Sandoz; Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Completed