Clinical trials near you
Clinical trials in the Tampa area
1,234 studies are recruiting volunteers at 698 research sites in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL area.
Sites in Tampa, Saint Petersburg, Clearwater, Brandon, New Port Richey, Seminole and 19 more towns.
#17 in the US for recruiting studies#2 in Florida#42 in the US per resident
- Studies recruiting
- 1,234
- Research sites
- 698
- Conditions studied
- 172
- Studies per 100,000 residents
- 36
Conditions being studied
The conditions with the most studies recruiting in the area. A study can be for more than one condition.
- Lung cancer95 studies
- Breast cancer63 studies
- Leukemia60 studies
- Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)50 studies
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma41 studies
- Head and neck cancer40 studies
- Pancreatic cancer32 studies
- Neuroendocrine tumor31 studies
- Skin cancer31 studies
- Prostate cancer27 studies
- Liver disease26 studies
- Ovarian cancer26 studies
- Melanoma25 studies
- Overweight and obesity25 studies
- Depressive disorder24 studies
All 172 conditions
- Lung cancer95
- Breast cancer63
- Leukemia60
- Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)50
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma41
- Head and neck cancer40
- Pancreatic cancer32
- Neuroendocrine tumor31
- Skin cancer31
- Prostate cancer27
- Liver disease26
- Ovarian cancer26
- Melanoma25
- Overweight and obesity25
- Depressive disorder24
- Heart failure23
- Alzheimer's disease22
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)22
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)22
- Uterine cancer22
- Endometrial cancer19
- Multiple myeloma (MM)19
- Sarcoma of soft tissue18
- Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)17
- Bladder cancer17
- Retinal degeneration16
- Stroke16
- Cardiovascular disease15
- Ischemic heart disease (IHD)15
- Crohn's disease14
- Peripheral nerve disease14
- Brain cancer13
- Graft-versus-host disease13
- High blood pressure (hypertension)13
- Kidney cancer13
- Parkinson's disease (PD)13
- Type 2 diabetes13
- Esophageal cancer12
- Interstitial lung disease12
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)12
- Myelofibrosis12
- Rheumatoid arthritis12
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)11
- Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)11
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)11
- Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)10
- Osteoarthritis (OA)10
- Anemia9
- Asthma9
- Atrial fibrillation (AF)9
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)9
- Eczema (atopic dermatitis)9
- Liver cancer9
- Ulcerative colitis (UC)9
- Peripheral vascular disease8
- Biliary tract cancer7
- Cervical cancer7
- Dry eye syndrome7
- Fallopian tube cancer7
- Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)7
- Insomnia7
- Migraine7
- Narcolepsy7
- Psoriasis7
- Type 1 diabetes7
- Anxiety disorder6
- COVID-196
- Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)6
- Macular edema6
- Neuroblastoma6
- Cardiomyopathy5
- Congenital heart disease5
- Diabetic eye disease5
- Epilepsy5
- Friedreich ataxia5
- Hemophilia A5
- Opioid use disorder5
- Pulmonary hypertension5
- Schizophrenia5
- Abdominal cancer4
- Bipolar disorder4
- Chronic skin ulcer4
- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma4
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor4
- Graves' disease4
- Hearing loss4
- Hypercholesterolemia4
- Intellectual disability4
- Peritoneal cancer4
- Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder4
- Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)4
- Psychotic disorder4
- Sjogren's syndrome4
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm3
- Acne3
- Alopecia3
- Axial spondyloarthritis3
- Bile duct cancer3
- Cystic fibrosis3
- Down syndrome3
- Essential thrombocythemia (ET)3
- Gout3
- Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy3
- Influenza (flu)3
- Low back pain3
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)3
- Polycythemia vera3
- Rhabdomyosarcoma3
- Sleep apnea3
- Testicular cancer3
- Vasculitis3
- Acute coronary syndrome2
- Alopecia areata2
- Amyloidosis2
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)2
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)2
- Chronic idiopathic urticaria (hives)2
- Gallbladder cancer2
- Germ cell tumor2
- Glaucoma2
- Growth hormone deficiency2
- Hemophilia B2
- Hodgkin's lymphoma2
- Huntington's disease (HD)2
- Menopause symptoms2
- Motor neuron disease (MND)2
- Neuropathic pain2
- Ocular hypertension2
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)2
- Prurigo nodularis2
- Rotator cuff syndrome2
- Smoking dependence2
- Systemic sclerosis2
- Traumatic brain injury2
- Vitiligo2
- Actinic keratosis1
- Anal cancer1
- Ankylosing spondylitis1
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)1
- Behcet's syndrome1
- Carpal tunnel syndrome1
- Celiac disease1
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)1
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)1
- Endometriosis1
- Fabry's disease1
- Fibromyalgia1
- Food allergy1
- Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)1
- Gestational diabetes1
- Hepatitis C1
- Hypertriglyceridemia1
- Hypothyroidism1
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)1
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)1
- Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD)1
- Overactive bladder (OAB)1
- Polymyalgia rheumatica1
- Pompe disease1
- Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)1
- Rett's disorder1
- Rhabdoid tumor1
- RSV infection1
- Schizoaffective disorder1
- Sickle cell disease1
- Spasmodic torticollis1
- Thyroid cancer1
- Urethral cancer1
- Urinary incontinence1
- Uveitis1
- Vaginal cancer1
- Vulvar cancer1
267 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 6495%
- Adults 65 and over88%
- Children and teens (under 18)19%
- Healthy volunteers7%
- Open to all sexes93%
- Women only4%
- Men only3%
55 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 1/28%
- Phase 221%
- Phase 2/33%
- Phase 331%
- Phase 42%
- No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)12%
- Not stated12%
Most active research sites
The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.
- Moffitt Cancer CenterTampa318 studies
- Johns Hopkins All Children's HospitalSaint Petersburg74 studies
- Tampa General HospitalTampa73 studies
- University of South FloridaTampa62 studies
- University of South FloridaTampa45 studies
- Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-TampaTampa36 studies
- University of South FloridaTampa33 studies
- Moffitt Cancer Center-International PlazaTampa25 studies
- Morton Plant HospitalClearwater25 studies
- Suncoast Clinical ResearchNew Port Richey21 studies
- Moffit Cancer CenterTampa19 studies
- Moffitt Cancer Center at Wesley ChapelWesley Chapel18 studies
- Clinical Research of West FloridaClearwater16 studies
- Florida Cancer Specialists NorthSaint Petersburg16 studies
- University of South FloridaTampa16 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 Tampa area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/florida/tampa, updated November 12, 2026.
Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/florida/tampa">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Tampa 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metropolitan area. Residents: 3,424,560, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.
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