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Clinical trials in the Denver area

Name: Clinical trials in the Denver area
Creator: LocalTrial
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1,451 studies are recruiting volunteers at 659 research sites in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area.

Sites in Aurora, Denver, Englewood, Lone Tree, Littleton, Golden and 7 more towns.

#12 in the US for recruiting studies#1 in Colorado#20 in the US per resident

Studies recruiting: 1,451
Research sites: 659
Conditions studied: 197
Studies per 100,000 residents: 47.5

Conditions being studied

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

Lung cancer98 studies
Breast cancer72 studies
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)68 studies
Leukemia57 studies
Head and neck cancer46 studies
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma45 studies
Prostate cancer44 studies
Ovarian cancer40 studies
Neuroendocrine tumor39 studies
Uterine cancer36 studies
Melanoma33 studies
Multiple myeloma (MM)33 studies
Skin cancer33 studies
Endometrial cancer31 studies
Liver disease30 studies

All 197 conditions

Lung cancer98
Breast cancer72
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)68
Leukemia57
Head and neck cancer46
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma45
Prostate cancer44
Ovarian cancer40
Neuroendocrine tumor39
Uterine cancer36
Melanoma33
Multiple myeloma (MM)33
Skin cancer33
Endometrial cancer31
Liver disease30
Type 1 diabetes27
Overweight and obesity25
Kidney cancer24
Pancreatic cancer24
Type 2 diabetes24
Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)23
Bladder cancer22
Esophageal cancer21
High blood pressure (hypertension)20
Interstitial lung disease20
Peripheral nerve disease20
Sarcoma of soft tissue20
Brain cancer19
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)18
Cystic fibrosis18
Heart failure18
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)16
Parkinson's disease (PD)16
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)15
Depressive disorder15
Retinal degeneration15
Cardiovascular disease14
Congenital heart disease14
Intellectual disability14
Liver cancer14
Pulmonary hypertension14
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)13
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)13
Anxiety disorder12
Biliary tract cancer12
Cervical cancer12
Multiple sclerosis (MS)12
Rheumatoid arthritis12
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)12
Alzheimer's disease11
Asthma11
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)11
Atrial fibrillation (AF)10
Crohn's disease10
Fallopian tube cancer10
Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)10
Migraine10
Ulcerative colitis (UC)9
Cardiomyopathy8
Down syndrome8
Epilepsy8
Neuroblastoma8
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)8
Stroke8
Thrombocytopenia8
Amyloidosis7
Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)7
Motor neuron disease (MND)7
Myelofibrosis7
Peripheral vascular disease7
Bile duct cancer6
COVID-196
Hearing loss6
Hodgkin's lymphoma6
Osteoarthritis (OA)6
Scoliosis6
Alcohol dependence5
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)5
Anemia5
Cannabis use disorder5
Insomnia5
Menopause symptoms5
Peritoneal cancer5
Psoriasis5
Systemic sclerosis5
Thrombotic microangiopathy5
Traumatic brain injury5
Abdominal cancer4
Birth control (contraception)4
Eczema (atopic dermatitis)4
Food allergy4
Gallbladder cancer4
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor4
Graft-versus-host disease4
Growth hormone deficiency4
Macular edema4
Rhabdomyosarcoma4
Thyroid cancer4
Vasculitis4
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)3
Diabetic eye disease3
Esophagitis3
Hemophilia A3
Huntington's disease (HD)3
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy3
Influenza (flu)3
Opioid use disorder3
Osteoporosis3
Phenylketonuria (PKU)3
Postnatal depression3
Primary sclerosing cholangitis3
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)3
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)3
Rett's disorder3
Sleep apnea3
Smoking dependence3
Stargardt's disease3
Testicular cancer3
Ureteral cancer3
Urinary incontinence3
Abdominal aortic aneurysm2
Alopecia2
Alopecia areata2
Anal cancer2
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)2
Axial spondyloarthritis2
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma2
Epidermolysis bullosa2
Essential thrombocythemia (ET)2
Familial multiple polyposis syndrome2
Female infertility2
Friedreich ataxia2
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)2
Glaucoma2
Gout2
Graves' disease2
Hemolytic uremic syndrome2
Hypercholesterolemia2
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)2
Neurofibromatosis2
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)2
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD)2
Neuropathic pain2
Ocular hypertension2
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)2
Polycythemia vera2
Rhabdoid tumor2
Rotator cuff syndrome2
RSV infection2
Schizophrenia2
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)2
Vascular dementia2
Achondroplasia1
Actinic keratosis1
Acute coronary syndrome1
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)1
Ankylosing spondylitis1
Bipolar disorder1
Bone cyst1
Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP)1
Celiac disease1
Chronic cough1
Chronic sinusitis1
Dry eye syndrome1
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)1
Eating disorder1
Endometriosis1
Fabry's disease1
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy1
Fragile X syndrome1
Germ cell tumor1
Hemophilia B1
Hepatitis C1
Hereditary angioedema1
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)1
Hypertriglyceridemia1
Hypothyroidism1
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)1
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)1
Low back pain1
Pericarditis1
Polymyalgia rheumatica1
Pompe disease1
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder1
Prader-Willi syndrome1
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)1
Primary hyperoxaluria1
Prurigo nodularis1
Psychotic disorder1
Sickle cell disease1
Sjogren's syndrome1
Spasmodic torticollis1
Tricuspid valve regurgitation1
Tuberculosis1
Urethral cancer1
Vaginal cancer1
Wilson's disease1

410 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 6493%
Adults 65 and over79%
Children and teens (under 18)27%
Healthy volunteers10%
Open to all sexes91%
Women only6%
Men only3%

92 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 110%
Phase 1/29%
Phase 217%
Phase 2/33%
Phase 325%
Phase 43%
No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)16%
Not stated17%

Most active research sites

The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusAurora514 studies
Children's Hospital ColoradoAurora199 studies
Sarah Cannon Research Institute at HealthONEDenver58 studies
Colorado Blood Cancer InstituteDenver57 studies
National Jewish HealthDenver42 studies
Rocky Mountain Cancer CentersAurora39 studies
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, COAurora37 studies
Rocky Mountain Cancer CentersLone Tree33 studies
UCHealth Highlands Ranch HospitalLittleton32 studies
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, LLPDenver28 studies
CommonSpirit Saint Anthony Hospital Cancer CenterDenver27 studies
Saint Anthony North HospitalBroomfield24 studies
The Children's Hospital of ColoradoAurora21 studies
UCHealth - Cherry CreekDenver19 studies
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical CenterDenver18 studies

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Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Denver area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/colorado/denver, updated November 12, 2026.

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Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/colorado/denver">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Denver 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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan area. Residents: 3,052,498, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.

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