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Clinical trials in the Rochester area

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

435 studies are recruiting volunteers at 150 research sites in the Rochester, NY area.

Sites in Rochester, Canandaigua, Dansville, Victor, Webster, Brockport and 2 more towns.

#55 in the US for recruiting studies#2 in New York#28 in the US per resident

Studies recruiting: 435
Research sites: 150
Conditions studied: 124
Studies per 100,000 residents: 41.1

Conditions being studied

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

Leukemia32 studies
Lung cancer25 studies
Breast cancer24 studies
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma20 studies
Overweight and obesity15 studies
Prostate cancer10 studies
Heart failure9 studies
Multiple myeloma (MM)9 studies
Pancreatic cancer9 studies
High blood pressure (hypertension)8 studies
Liver disease8 studies
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)8 studies
Ovarian cancer8 studies
Pulmonary hypertension8 studies
Bladder cancer7 studies

All 124 conditions

Leukemia32
Lung cancer25
Breast cancer24
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma20
Overweight and obesity15
Prostate cancer10
Heart failure9
Multiple myeloma (MM)9
Pancreatic cancer9
High blood pressure (hypertension)8
Liver disease8
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)8
Ovarian cancer8
Pulmonary hypertension8
Bladder cancer7
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)7
Kidney cancer7
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)6
Anemia6
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)6
Head and neck cancer6
Peripheral nerve disease6
Retinal degeneration6
Sarcoma of soft tissue6
Cardiovascular disease5
Interstitial lung disease5
Psoriasis5
Cardiomyopathy4
Crohn's disease4
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy4
Huntington's disease (HD)4
Neuroendocrine tumor4
Osteoarthritis (OA)4
Parkinson's disease (PD)4
Skin cancer4
Stroke4
Ulcerative colitis (UC)4
Uterine cancer4
Alzheimer's disease3
Diabetic eye disease3
Endometrial cancer3
Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)3
Hodgkin's lymphoma3
Homonymous hemianopia3
Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)3
Influenza (flu)3
Melanoma3
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)3
Sickle cell disease3
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)3
Alcohol dependence2
Anxiety disorder2
Atrial fibrillation (AF)2
Brain cancer2
Congenital heart disease2
Cystic fibrosis2
Epilepsy2
Gestational diabetes2
Graft-versus-host disease2
Hemophilia B2
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)2
Hypercholesterolemia2
Liver cancer2
Low back pain2
Macular edema2
Multiple sclerosis (MS)2
Myelofibrosis2
Neuroblastoma2
Neuropathic pain2
Rhabdomyosarcoma2
Rheumatoid arthritis2
Schizophrenia2
Smoking dependence2
Thrombocytopenia2
Urinary incontinence2
Abdominal aortic aneurysm1
Alopecia1
Alopecia areata1
Amyloidosis1
Asthma1
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)1
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)1
Bipolar disorder1
Cervical cancer1
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)1
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma1
Dry eye syndrome1
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)1
Eczema (atopic dermatitis)1
Essential thrombocythemia (ET)1
Fallopian tube cancer1
Fibromyalgia1
Food allergy1
Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)1
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor1
Hearing loss1
Hemophilia A1
Hypertriglyceridemia1
Intellectual disability1
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)1
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)1
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)1
Migraine1
Motor neuron disease (MND)1
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD)1
Opioid use disorder1
Phenylketonuria (PKU)1
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder1
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)1
Primary sclerosing cholangitis1
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)1
Psychotic disorder1
Recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI)1
Rett's disorder1
Short-sightedness (myopia)1
Sleep apnea1
Spasmodic torticollis1
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)1
Stargardt's disease1
Systemic sclerosis1
Tuberous sclerosis1
Type 1 diabetes1
Type 2 diabetes1
Ureteral cancer1

108 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 6491%
Adults 65 and over84%
Children and teens (under 18)19%
Healthy volunteers12%
Open to all sexes91%
Women only6%
Men only3%

26 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 14%
Phase 1/23%
Phase 220%
Phase 2/34%
Phase 329%
Phase 42%
No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)21%
Not stated17%

Most active research sites

The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.

University of RochesterRochester277 studies
Wilmot Cancer Institute at WebsterWebster30 studies
Rochester Clinical Research, LLCRochester26 studies
Rochester General HospitalRochester15 studies
University of Rochester Medical CenterRochester15 studies
Highland HospitalRochester11 studies
University of RochesterRochester10 studies
Noyes Memorial Hospital/Myers Cancer CenterDansville7 studies
Pluta Cancer CenterRochester7 studies
University of RochesterRochester6 studies
Wilmot Cancer InstituteRochester6 studies
Retina Associates of Western NYRochester5 studies
Sands Cancer CenterCanandaigua4 studies
Unity Park Ridge CampusRochester4 studies
Wilmot Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology at GreeceRochester4 studies

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Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Rochester area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/new-york/rochester, updated November 12, 2026.

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Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/new-york/rochester">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Rochester 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 Rochester, NY metropolitan area. Residents: 1,057,218, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.

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