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Clinical trials in the Indianapolis area

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

854 studies are recruiting volunteers at 408 research sites in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN area.

Sites in Indianapolis, Carmel, Avon, Fishers, Greenwood, Plainfield and 9 more towns.

#34 in the US for recruiting studies#1 in Indiana#33 in the US per resident

Studies recruiting: 854
Research sites: 408
Conditions studied: 155
Studies per 100,000 residents: 39.3

Conditions being studied

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

Lung cancer43 studies
Breast cancer33 studies
Liver disease25 studies
Leukemia24 studies
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma24 studies
Heart failure23 studies
Ovarian cancer23 studies
Overweight and obesity23 studies
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)21 studies
Uterine cancer21 studies
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)17 studies
Alzheimer's disease16 studies
Cardiovascular disease16 studies
Head and neck cancer16 studies
Retinal degeneration16 studies

All 155 conditions

Lung cancer43
Breast cancer33
Liver disease25
Leukemia24
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma24
Heart failure23
Ovarian cancer23
Overweight and obesity23
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)21
Uterine cancer21
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)17
Alzheimer's disease16
Cardiovascular disease16
Head and neck cancer16
Retinal degeneration16
Type 2 diabetes16
Bladder cancer15
Endometrial cancer15
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)15
Prostate cancer15
Stroke15
Type 1 diabetes15
High blood pressure (hypertension)14
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)13
Multiple myeloma (MM)13
Pancreatic cancer13
Crohn's disease11
Atrial fibrillation (AF)10
Kidney cancer10
Peripheral nerve disease10
Alopecia9
Cardiomyopathy9
Eczema (atopic dermatitis)9
Esophageal cancer9
Hemophilia A9
Neuroendocrine tumor9
Skin cancer9
Brain cancer8
Melanoma8
Psoriasis8
Alopecia areata7
Anemia7
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)7
Cystic fibrosis7
Depressive disorder7
Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)7
Interstitial lung disease7
Pulmonary hypertension7
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)6
Fallopian tube cancer6
Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)6
Phenylketonuria (PKU)6
Sarcoma of soft tissue6
Sickle cell disease6
Ulcerative colitis (UC)6
Cervical cancer5
Congenital heart disease5
Diabetic eye disease5
Germ cell tumor5
Liver cancer5
Macular edema5
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)5
Neurofibromatosis5
Opioid use disorder5
Hodgkin's lymphoma4
Intellectual disability4
Multiple sclerosis (MS)4
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)4
Abdominal aortic aneurysm3
Alcohol dependence3
Asthma3
Chronic skin ulcer3
Down syndrome3
Growth hormone deficiency3
Hemophilia B3
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)3
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)3
Low back pain3
Migraine3
Motor neuron disease (MND)3
Neuroblastoma3
Parkinson's disease (PD)3
Peripheral vascular disease3
Pompe disease3
Primary sclerosing cholangitis3
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)3
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)3
Testicular cancer3
Traumatic brain injury3
Acne2
Actinic keratosis2
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)2
Amyloidosis2
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)2
Anal cancer2
Bipolar disorder2
Esophagitis2
Graft-versus-host disease2
Graves' disease2
Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)2
Huntington's disease (HD)2
Hypertriglyceridemia2
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)2
Insomnia2
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)2
Osteoarthritis (OA)2
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)2
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)2
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)2
Rhabdomyosarcoma2
Schizophrenia2
Sleep apnea2
Smoking dependence2
Thrombocytopenia2
Thrombotic microangiopathy2
Tricuspid valve regurgitation2
Ureteral cancer2
Vitiligo2
Abdominal cancer1
Acute coronary syndrome1
Anxiety disorder1
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)1
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)1
Bile duct cancer1
Biliary tract cancer1
Bone cancer1
Cannabis use disorder1
Carpal tunnel syndrome1
Celiac disease1
Dry eye syndrome1
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)1
Epilepsy1
Fabry's disease1
Frown lines (glabellar lines)1
Friedreich ataxia1
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)1
Gallbladder cancer1
Gestational diabetes1
Gout1
Hepatitis B1
Hypercholesterolemia1
Influenza (flu)1
Neuropathic pain1
Overactive bladder (OAB)1
Pericarditis1
Peritoneal cancer1
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder1
Prader-Willi syndrome1
Prurigo nodularis1
Rheumatoid arthritis1
Rotator cuff syndrome1
RSV infection1
Scoliosis1
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)1
Vascular dementia1

245 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 6494%
Adults 65 and over82%
Children and teens (under 18)28%
Healthy volunteers9%
Open to all sexes93%
Women only5%
Men only3%

51 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 1/25%
Phase 217%
Phase 2/34%
Phase 328%
Phase 43%
No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)20%
Not stated17%

Most active research sites

The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.

Indiana UniversityIndianapolis354 studies
Riley Hospital for ChildrenIndianapolis64 studies
Franciscan HealthIndianapolis25 studies
Dawes Fretzin Clinical Research Group, LLCIndianapolis18 studies
Ascension Saint Vincent Indianapolis HospitalIndianapolis17 studies
Ascension St. VincentIndianapolis17 studies
IU Health North HospitalCarmel17 studies
Riley Children's HospitalIndianapolis17 studies
Community Health Network, Inc.Indianapolis16 studies
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi HospitalIndianapolis16 studies
Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, INIndianapolis13 studies
IU Health Methodist HospitalIndianapolis12 studies
Innovative Hematology, Inc.Indianapolis9 studies
Josephson Wallack Munshower Neurology, PCIndianapolis9 studies
Midwest Eye InstituteCarmel9 studies

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Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Indianapolis area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/indiana/indianapolis, updated November 12, 2026.

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Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/indiana/indianapolis">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Indianapolis 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metropolitan area. Residents: 2,174,833, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.

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