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Clinical trials in the Riverside area

Name: Clinical trials in the Riverside area
Creator: LocalTrial
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

436 studies are recruiting volunteers at 265 research sites in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA area.

Sites in Riverside, Loma Linda, Murrieta, Redlands, Rancho Mirage, Chino and 23 more towns.

#54 in the US for recruiting studies#6 in California#170 in the US per resident

Studies recruiting: 436
Research sites: 265
Conditions studied: 118
Studies per 100,000 residents: 9.2

Conditions being studied

The conditions with the most studies recruiting in the area. A study can be for more than one condition.

Depressive disorder23 studies
Breast cancer20 studies
Lung cancer19 studies
Overweight and obesity16 studies
Liver disease15 studies
Alzheimer's disease13 studies
Schizophrenia13 studies
Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)12 studies
Type 2 diabetes12 studies
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)11 studies
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)11 studies
Leukemia10 studies
Peripheral nerve disease10 studies
Prostate cancer10 studies
Retinal degeneration10 studies

All 118 conditions

Depressive disorder23
Breast cancer20
Lung cancer19
Overweight and obesity16
Liver disease15
Alzheimer's disease13
Schizophrenia13
Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)12
Type 2 diabetes12
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)11
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)11
Leukemia10
Peripheral nerve disease10
Prostate cancer10
Retinal degeneration10
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)9
Bladder cancer8
Head and neck cancer8
Kidney cancer8
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma8
Ulcerative colitis (UC)8
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)7
Interstitial lung disease7
Anxiety disorder6
Crohn's disease6
Neuroendocrine tumor6
Osteoarthritis (OA)6
Psychotic disorder6
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)5
Bipolar disorder5
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)5
Heart failure5
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)5
Melanoma5
Rheumatoid arthritis5
Skin cancer5
Cardiovascular disease4
Neuropathic pain4
Sarcoma of soft tissue4
Uterine cancer4
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)3
Brain cancer3
Cervical cancer3
Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)3
High blood pressure (hypertension)3
Low back pain3
Macular edema3
Ovarian cancer3
Sleep apnea3
Systemic sclerosis3
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)2
Anemia2
Asthma2
Atrial fibrillation (AF)2
Axial spondyloarthritis2
Congenital heart disease2
COVID-192
Diabetic eye disease2
Down syndrome2
Endometrial cancer2
Esophageal cancer2
Germ cell tumor2
Hemophilia A2
Hodgkin's lymphoma2
Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)2
Hypercholesterolemia2
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy2
Influenza (flu)2
Intellectual disability2
Migraine2
Motor neuron disease (MND)2
Neuroblastoma2
Overactive bladder (OAB)2
Pancreatic cancer2
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder2
Rhabdomyosarcoma2
Stroke2
Testicular cancer2
Abdominal aortic aneurysm1
Alopecia1
Alopecia areata1
Bone cyst1
Carpal tunnel syndrome1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)1
Chronic skin ulcer1
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)1
Eczema (atopic dermatitis)1
Fibromyalgia1
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor1
Gout1
Hemophilia B1
Hepatitis C1
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)1
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)1
Multiple myeloma (MM)1
Multiple sclerosis (MS)1
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)1
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD)1
Opioid use disorder1
Parkinson's disease (PD)1
Peripheral vascular disease1
Polycythemia vera1
Polymyalgia rheumatica1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)1
Prurigo nodularis1
Psoriasis1
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)1
Pulmonary hypertension1
Recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI)1
Rotator cuff syndrome1
Schizoaffective disorder1
Sickle cell disease1
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)1
Traumatic brain injury1
Urinary incontinence1
Vaginal cancer1
Vasculitis1
Vulvar cancer1

106 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 6491%
Adults 65 and over83%
Children and teens (under 18)20%
Healthy volunteers7%
Open to all sexes92%
Women only5%
Men only3%

32 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.

Phase 13%
Phase 1/22%
Phase 220%
Phase 2/33%
Phase 343%
Phase 43%
No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)15%
Not stated11%

Most active research sites

The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.

Loma Linda University Medical CenterLoma Linda86 studies
City of Hope UplandUpland30 studies
Kaiser Permanente-RiversideRiverside30 studies
Kaiser Permanente-FontanaFontana27 studies
Kaiser Permanente-OntarioOntario25 studies
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage17 studies
Loma Linda University HealthLoma Linda17 studies
Catalina Research Institute, LLCMontclair16 studies
Loma Linda UniversityLoma Linda15 studies
Artemis Institute for Clinical ResearchRiverside13 studies
Desert Oasis Healthcare Medical GroupPalm Springs11 studies
Inland Psychiatric Medical Group.Chino11 studies
City of Hope CoronaCorona10 studies
Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm Springs8 studies
Anderson Clinical ResearchRedlands6 studies

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Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Riverside area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/california/riverside, updated November 12, 2026.

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Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/california/riverside">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Riverside 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metropolitan area. Residents: 4,744,214, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.

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