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Clinical trials in the Birmingham area
615 studies are recruiting volunteers at 277 research sites in the Birmingham, AL area.
Sites in Birmingham, Bessemer, Alabaster, Centreville, Pelham, Adamsville and 1 more towns.
#42 in the US for recruiting studies#1 in Alabama#14 in the US per resident
- Studies recruiting
- 615
- Research sites
- 277
- Conditions studied
- 148
- Studies per 100,000 residents
- 51.6
Conditions being studied
The conditions with the most studies recruiting in the area. A study can be for more than one condition.
- Leukemia30 studies
- Lung cancer20 studies
- Breast cancer17 studies
- Uterine cancer17 studies
- Ovarian cancer16 studies
- Liver disease15 studies
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma15 studies
- Type 2 diabetes15 studies
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)14 studies
- Cystic fibrosis14 studies
- Overweight and obesity14 studies
- Anemia13 studies
- Eczema (atopic dermatitis)12 studies
- Head and neck cancer12 studies
- Pancreatic cancer12 studies
All 148 conditions
- Leukemia30
- Lung cancer20
- Breast cancer17
- Uterine cancer17
- Ovarian cancer16
- Liver disease15
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma15
- Type 2 diabetes15
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)14
- Cystic fibrosis14
- Overweight and obesity14
- Anemia13
- Eczema (atopic dermatitis)12
- Head and neck cancer12
- Pancreatic cancer12
- Sarcoma of soft tissue12
- Bladder cancer11
- Endometrial cancer11
- Skin cancer11
- Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)10
- High blood pressure (hypertension)10
- Interstitial lung disease10
- Sickle cell disease10
- Heart failure9
- Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)9
- Ischemic heart disease (IHD)9
- Kidney cancer9
- Melanoma9
- Neuroendocrine tumor9
- Brain cancer8
- Cardiovascular disease8
- Prostate cancer8
- Anxiety disorder7
- Cervical cancer7
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)7
- Neuroblastoma7
- Osteoarthritis (OA)7
- Parkinson's disease (PD)7
- Peripheral nerve disease7
- Stroke7
- Atrial fibrillation (AF)6
- Depressive disorder6
- Fallopian tube cancer6
- Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)6
- Alopecia5
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)5
- Epilepsy5
- Esophageal cancer5
- Multiple myeloma (MM)5
- Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)4
- Cardiomyopathy4
- Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)4
- Gout4
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)4
- Intellectual disability4
- Liver cancer4
- Low back pain4
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)4
- Narcolepsy4
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)4
- Psoriasis4
- Rhabdomyosarcoma4
- Urinary incontinence4
- Abdominal cancer3
- Alzheimer's disease3
- Asthma3
- Biliary tract cancer3
- Down syndrome3
- Essential thrombocythemia (ET)3
- Fabry's disease3
- Gallbladder cancer3
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor3
- Hodgkin's lymphoma3
- Myelofibrosis3
- Peritoneal cancer3
- Rhabdoid tumor3
- Ulcerative colitis (UC)3
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm2
- Alopecia areata2
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)2
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)2
- Congenital heart disease2
- COVID-192
- Crohn's disease2
- Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)2
- Germ cell tumor2
- Growth hormone deficiency2
- Hypercholesterolemia2
- Influenza (flu)2
- Migraine2
- Motor neuron disease (MND)2
- Neurofibromatosis2
- Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)2
- Neuropathic pain2
- Overactive bladder (OAB)2
- Peripheral vascular disease2
- Pulmonary hypertension2
- RSV infection2
- Short-sightedness (myopia)2
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)2
- Testicular cancer2
- Thrombocytopenia2
- Traumatic brain injury2
- Type 1 diabetes2
- Urethral cancer2
- Acute coronary syndrome1
- Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)1
- Amyloidosis1
- Anal cancer1
- Celiac disease1
- Chronic cough1
- Chronic idiopathic urticaria (hives)1
- Chronic sinusitis1
- Chronic skin ulcer1
- Fibromyalgia1
- Food allergy1
- Frown lines (glabellar lines)1
- Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)1
- Gestational diabetes1
- Huntington's disease (HD)1
- Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy1
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)1
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)1
- Opioid use disorder1
- Osteoporosis1
- Palmoplantar pustulosis1
- Polycythemia vera1
- Pompe disease1
- Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder1
- Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)1
- Primary hyperoxaluria1
- Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)1
- Prurigo nodularis1
- Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)1
- Retinal degeneration1
- Rett's disorder1
- Rheumatoid arthritis1
- Schizophrenia1
- Spasmodic torticollis1
- Systemic sclerosis1
- Thyroid cancer1
- Tricuspid valve regurgitation1
- Ureteral cancer1
- Vaginal cancer1
- Vasculitis1
- Vitiligo1
- Vulvar cancer1
- Vulvovaginal candidiasis (thrush)1
166 more studies are for conditions not yet in our catalog.
Whom the studies accept
The share of the area's studies open to each group. A study can accept several.
- Adults 18 to 6492%
- Adults 65 and over79%
- Children and teens (under 18)29%
- Healthy volunteers10%
- Open to all sexes91%
- Women only8%
- Men only1%
48 studies are for children only.
Study phases
Earlier phases test safety in fewer people; later phases compare a treatment with the usual care in many.
- Early phase 12%
- Phase 15%
- Phase 1/25%
- Phase 219%
- Phase 2/33%
- Phase 330%
- Phase 43%
- No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)21%
- Not stated13%
Most active research sites
The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham267 studies
- Children's Hospital of AlabamaBirmingham34 studies
- The Kirklin Clinic of UAB HospitalBirmingham26 studies
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham23 studies
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham21 studies
- Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, ALBirmingham12 studies
- Central Research AssociatesBirmingham11 studies
- Cahaba Dermatology & Skin Health CenterBirmingham10 studies
- Children's of AlabamaBirmingham10 studies
- UABBirmingham7 studies
- Urology Centers of AlabamaBirmingham7 studies
- AllerVie Clinical ResearchBirmingham6 studies
- Alabama Neurology AssociatesBirmingham5 studies
- Cardiology, PCBirmingham5 studies
- Central Alabama ResearchBirmingham5 studies
Cite these figures
Free to use under CC BY 4.0. Please credit LocalTrial with a link to this page.
Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Birmingham area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/alabama/birmingham, updated November 12, 2026.
Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/alabama/birmingham">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Birmingham area</a>, updated November 12, 2026.
About these figures
Counted from ClinicalTrials.gov, the U.S. registry of clinical studies, for studies recruiting in the United States. A study is counted once however many sites it has in the area.
The area is the U.S. Census Bureau's Birmingham, AL metropolitan area. Residents: 1,192,583, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.
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