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Clinical trials in the San Francisco area

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

1,014 studies are recruiting volunteers at 622 research sites in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area.

Sites in San Francisco, Walnut Creek, Oakland, Redwood City, Fremont, Berkeley and 28 more towns.

#24 in the US for recruiting studies#3 in California#104 in the US per resident

Studies recruiting: 1,014
Research sites: 622
Conditions studied: 183
Studies per 100,000 residents: 21.8

Conditions being studied

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

Lung cancer53 studies
Breast cancer49 studies
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)30 studies
Prostate cancer29 studies
Liver disease27 studies
Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)25 studies
Leukemia25 studies
Overweight and obesity23 studies
Head and neck cancer22 studies
Depressive disorder21 studies
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma21 studies
Alzheimer's disease19 studies
Heart failure18 studies
Neuroendocrine tumor18 studies
Ovarian cancer18 studies

All 183 conditions

Lung cancer53
Breast cancer49
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)30
Prostate cancer29
Liver disease27
Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)25
Leukemia25
Overweight and obesity23
Head and neck cancer22
Depressive disorder21
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma21
Alzheimer's disease19
Heart failure18
Neuroendocrine tumor18
Ovarian cancer18
Pancreatic cancer17
Retinal degeneration17
Cardiovascular disease16
Sarcoma of soft tissue16
Skin cancer16
Uterine cancer16
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)15
Kidney cancer14
Melanoma14
Type 1 diabetes14
Type 2 diabetes14
Liver cancer13
Peripheral nerve disease13
Endometrial cancer12
Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)12
Stroke12
Parkinson's disease (PD)11
Anxiety disorder10
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)10
Esophageal cancer10
High blood pressure (hypertension)10
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)10
Migraine10
Anemia9
Bladder cancer9
Brain cancer9
Eczema (atopic dermatitis)9
Psoriasis9
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)9
COVID-198
Multiple sclerosis (MS)8
Neuroblastoma8
Crohn's disease7
Sickle cell disease7
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)6
Atrial fibrillation (AF)6
Chronic skin ulcer6
Glaucoma6
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)6
Menopause symptoms6
Ocular hypertension6
Schizophrenia6
Cardiomyopathy5
Cervical cancer5
Diabetic eye disease5
Intellectual disability5
Motor neuron disease (MND)5
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)5
Narcolepsy5
Opioid use disorder5
Osteoarthritis (OA)5
Smoking dependence5
Alopecia4
Anal cancer4
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)4
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)4
Congenital heart disease4
Fallopian tube cancer4
Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)4
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy4
Insomnia4
Interstitial lung disease4
Methamphetamine dependence4
Multiple myeloma (MM)4
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)4
Rhabdomyosarcoma4
Traumatic brain injury4
Achondroplasia3
Acne3
Dysmenorrhea3
Eating disorder3
Endometriosis3
Epilepsy3
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor3
Germ cell tumor3
Graves' disease3
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)3
Influenza (flu)3
Low back pain3
Macular edema3
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)3
Primary sclerosing cholangitis3
Rheumatoid arthritis3
Short-sightedness (myopia)3
Ulcerative colitis (UC)3
Actinic keratosis2
Alopecia areata2
Asthma2
Axial spondyloarthritis2
Biliary tract cancer2
Bipolar disorder2
Chronic idiopathic urticaria (hives)2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)2
Cystic fibrosis2
Down syndrome2
Dry eye syndrome2
Epidermolysis bullosa2
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)2
Graft-versus-host disease2
Hearing loss2
Hemophilia A2
Hepatitis B2
Hepatitis C2
Hereditary angioedema2
Huntington's disease (HD)2
Neurofibromatosis2
Neuropathic pain2
Overactive bladder (OAB)2
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)2
Prurigo nodularis2
Psychotic disorder2
Pulmonary hypertension2
Rett's disorder2
Sleep apnea2
Systemic sclerosis2
Thyroid cancer2
Tricuspid valve regurgitation2
Urinary incontinence2
Vasculitis2
Vitiligo2
Abdominal aortic aneurysm1
Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder (frozen shoulder)1
Amyloidosis1
Ankylosing spondylitis1
Beta thalassemia1
Bile duct cancer1
Birth control (contraception)1
Cannabis use disorder1
Celiac disease1
Cerebral palsy1
Chronic fatigue syndrome1
Essential thrombocythemia (ET)1
Fabry's disease1
Familial multiple polyposis syndrome1
Gallbladder cancer1
Gout1
Hemophilia B1
Hodgkin's lymphoma1
Hypercholesterolemia1
Hypothyroidism1
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)1
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)1
Male infertility1
Mucopolysaccharidosis type II1
Mucopolysaccharidosis type III1
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)1
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD)1
Palmoplantar pustulosis1
Pemphigus vulgaris1
Pericarditis1
Perthes disease1
Phenylketonuria (PKU)1
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder1
Postnatal depression1
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)1
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)1
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)1
Radiculopathy1
Rotator cuff syndrome1
Scoliosis1
Sjogren's syndrome1
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)1
Testicular cancer1
Thrombocytopenia1
Thrombotic microangiopathy1
Thyroid eye disease1
Ureteral cancer1
Vascular dementia1

297 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 over78%
Children and teens (under 18)25%
Healthy volunteers14%
Open to all sexes91%
Women only6%
Men only3%

72 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 10%
Phase 16%
Phase 1/26%
Phase 217%
Phase 2/33%
Phase 327%
Phase 43%
No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)23%
Not stated14%

Most active research sites

The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.

University of California - San FranciscoSan Francisco119 studies
UCSF Medical Center-Mission BaySan Francisco85 studies
Kaiser Permanente-OaklandOakland77 studies
Zuckerberg San Francisco General HospitalSan Francisco51 studies
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital OaklandOakland49 studies
Kaiser Permanente-San FranciscoSan Francisco48 studies
Kaiser Permanente-Walnut CreekWalnut Creek43 studies
Kaiser Permanente-South San FranciscoSouth San Francisco37 studies
Kaiser Permanente San LeandroSan Leandro36 studies
Kaiser San Rafael-GallinasSan Rafael36 studies
Kaiser Permanente-FremontFremont34 studies
Kaiser Permanente DublinDublin33 studies
California Pacific Medical Center-Pacific CampusSan Francisco31 studies
Stanford UniversityRedwood City28 studies
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Herrick CampusBerkeley26 studies

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Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the San Francisco area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/california/san-francisco, updated November 12, 2026.

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Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/california/san-francisco">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the San Francisco 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area. Residents: 4,648,486, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.

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