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Clinical trials in the Gainesville area

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

424 studies are recruiting volunteers at 153 research sites in the Gainesville, FL area.

Sites in Gainesville, Newberry.

#57 in the US for recruiting studies#5 in Florida#3 in the US per resident

Studies recruiting: 424
Research sites: 153
Conditions studied: 129
Studies per 100,000 residents: 117.8

Conditions being studied

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

Lung cancer18 studies
Heart failure14 studies
Type 1 diabetes14 studies
Liver disease13 studies
Leukemia12 studies
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma12 studies
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)11 studies
Breast cancer10 studies
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)9 studies
Cardiovascular disease9 studies
Parkinson's disease (PD)9 studies
Retinal degeneration9 studies
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)7 studies
Kidney cancer7 studies
Prostate cancer7 studies

All 129 conditions

Lung cancer18
Heart failure14
Type 1 diabetes14
Liver disease13
Leukemia12
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma12
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)11
Breast cancer10
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)9
Cardiovascular disease9
Parkinson's disease (PD)9
Retinal degeneration9
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)7
Kidney cancer7
Prostate cancer7
Sarcoma of soft tissue7
Anemia6
Cystic fibrosis6
Interstitial lung disease6
Ovarian cancer6
Uterine cancer6
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)5
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)5
Congenital heart disease5
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)5
Pancreatic cancer5
Peripheral vascular disease5
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)5
Bladder cancer4
Brain cancer4
Cardiomyopathy4
Endometrial cancer4
Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)4
Head and neck cancer4
High blood pressure (hypertension)4
Hodgkin's lymphoma4
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)4
Multiple sclerosis (MS)4
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)4
Neuroendocrine tumor4
Osteoarthritis (OA)4
Pulmonary hypertension4
Stroke4
Abdominal aortic aneurysm3
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)3
Biliary tract cancer3
Crohn's disease3
Depressive disorder3
Friedreich ataxia3
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)3
Liver cancer3
Melanoma3
Neuroblastoma3
Rheumatoid arthritis3
Skin cancer3
Stargardt's disease3
Traumatic brain injury3
Alzheimer's disease2
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)2
Anxiety disorder2
Asthma2
Bipolar disorder2
Cervical cancer2
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)2
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)2
Fabry's disease2
Fibromyalgia2
Gallbladder cancer2
Hearing loss2
Hemophilia B2
Huntington's disease (HD)2
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy2
Intellectual disability2
Motor neuron disease (MND)2
Overweight and obesity2
Phenylketonuria (PKU)2
Pompe disease2
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)2
Rhabdomyosarcoma2
Rotator cuff syndrome2
Schizophrenia2
Sickle cell disease2
Spasmodic torticollis2
Systemic sclerosis2
Thrombocytopenia2
Thrombotic microangiopathy2
Type 2 diabetes2
Vasculitis2
Abdominal cancer1
Acute coronary syndrome1
Alcohol dependence1
Ankylosing spondylitis1
Atrial fibrillation (AF)1
Atypical endometrial hyperplasia1
Axial spondyloarthritis1
Bile duct cancer1
Cerebral palsy1
COVID-191
Diabetic eye disease1
Down syndrome1
Epidermolysis bullosa1
Epilepsy1
Esophageal cancer1
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy1
Fallopian tube cancer1
Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)1
Germ cell tumor1
Hemolytic uremic syndrome1
Hemophilia A1
Low back pain1
Macular edema1
Multiple myeloma (MM)1
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)1
Opioid use disorder1
Peripheral nerve disease1
Peritoneal cancer1
Polymyalgia rheumatica1
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder1
Postnatal depression1
Psoriasis1
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)1
Rhabdoid tumor1
Scoliosis1
Smoking dependence1
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)1
Tricuspid valve regurgitation1
Ulcerative colitis (UC)1
Urinary incontinence1
Vulvar cancer1

138 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)29%
Healthy volunteers11%
Open to all sexes93%
Women only4%
Men only3%

22 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 15%
Phase 1/26%
Phase 216%
Phase 2/33%
Phase 324%
Phase 43%
No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)24%
Not stated19%

Most active research sites

The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.

University of FloridaGainesville154 studies
University of FloridaGainesville63 studies
UF Health Cancer Institute - GainesvilleGainesville57 studies
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Gainesville, FLGainesville16 studies
Malcom Randall Veterans Administration Medical CenterGainesville10 studies
The Cardiac and Vascular InstituteGainesville8 studies
Vitreo Retinal AssociatesGainesville8 studies
Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological DiseasesGainesville7 studies
Sarkis Clinical Trials- GainesvilleGainesville7 studies
UF Health Shands HospitalGainesville7 studies
University of FloridaGainesville6 studies
Malcom Randall VA Medical CenterGainesville3 studies
Clinical and Translational Research BuildingGainesville2 studies
Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical CenterGainesville2 studies
North Florida Regional Medical CenterGainesville2 studies

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Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Gainesville area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/florida/gainesville, updated November 12, 2026.

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Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/florida/gainesville">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Gainesville 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 Gainesville, FL metropolitan area. Residents: 359,780, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.

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