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Clinical trials in the Portland area

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

920 studies are recruiting volunteers at 356 research sites in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA area.

Sites in Portland, Vancouver, Clackamas, Gresham, Tualatin, Beaverton and 8 more towns.

#30 in the US for recruiting studies#1 in Oregon#40 in the US per resident

Studies recruiting: 920
Research sites: 356
Conditions studied: 161
Studies per 100,000 residents: 36.3

Conditions being studied

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

Lung cancer78 studies
Breast cancer51 studies
Leukemia49 studies
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma42 studies
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)40 studies
Prostate cancer37 studies
Head and neck cancer35 studies
Ovarian cancer33 studies
Uterine cancer31 studies
Pancreatic cancer26 studies
Endometrial cancer25 studies
Neuroendocrine tumor23 studies
Skin cancer19 studies
Kidney cancer18 studies
Melanoma17 studies

All 161 conditions

Lung cancer78
Breast cancer51
Leukemia49
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma42
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)40
Prostate cancer37
Head and neck cancer35
Ovarian cancer33
Uterine cancer31
Pancreatic cancer26
Endometrial cancer25
Neuroendocrine tumor23
Skin cancer19
Kidney cancer18
Melanoma17
Bladder cancer16
Liver disease16
Heart failure15
Cardiovascular disease14
Multiple myeloma (MM)14
Peripheral nerve disease14
Sarcoma of soft tissue14
Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)13
Retinal degeneration13
Brain cancer12
Esophageal cancer12
Overweight and obesity12
Parkinson's disease (PD)12
Alzheimer's disease11
Cervical cancer11
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)11
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)11
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)10
Anemia10
Fallopian tube cancer10
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)10
Liver cancer10
Cardiomyopathy8
Stroke8
Traumatic brain injury8
Amyloidosis7
Crohn's disease7
Cystic fibrosis7
Depressive disorder7
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)6
Graft-versus-host disease6
High blood pressure (hypertension)6
Migraine6
Neuroblastoma6
Psoriasis6
Thrombocytopenia6
Type 2 diabetes6
Ulcerative colitis (UC)6
Alopecia5
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)5
Congenital heart disease5
Eczema (atopic dermatitis)5
Epilepsy5
Interstitial lung disease5
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)5
Myelofibrosis5
Phenylketonuria (PKU)5
Thrombotic microangiopathy5
Tricuspid valve regurgitation5
Abdominal aortic aneurysm4
Asthma4
Biliary tract cancer4
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)4
Down syndrome4
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor4
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)4
Intellectual disability4
Motor neuron disease (MND)4
Multiple sclerosis (MS)4
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder4
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)4
Pulmonary hypertension4
Rheumatoid arthritis4
Abdominal cancer3
Alopecia areata3
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)3
Anxiety disorder3
Atrial fibrillation (AF)3
Chronic skin ulcer3
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)3
Gallbladder cancer3
Hodgkin's lymphoma3
Huntington's disease (HD)3
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy3
Opioid use disorder3
Osteoarthritis (OA)3
Peripheral vascular disease3
Peritoneal cancer3
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)3
Stargardt's disease3
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)3
Type 1 diabetes3
Vasculitis3
Actinic keratosis2
Alcohol dependence2
Axial spondyloarthritis2
Behcet's syndrome2
COVID-192
Diabetic eye disease2
Essential thrombocythemia (ET)2
Glaucoma2
Growth hormone deficiency2
Hypercholesterolemia2
Influenza (flu)2
Neuropathic pain2
Ocular hypertension2
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)2
Rhabdomyosarcoma2
Sleep apnea2
Systemic sclerosis2
Testicular cancer2
Uveitis2
Vitiligo2
Acne1
Acromegaly1
Bile duct cancer1
Birth control (contraception)1
Cannabis use disorder1
Chronic sinusitis1
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma1
Eating disorder1
Fabry's disease1
Familial multiple polyposis syndrome1
Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)1
Female infertility1
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)1
Germ cell tumor1
Gestational diabetes1
Graves' disease1
Hearing loss1
Hemolytic uremic syndrome1
Hemophilia A1
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)1
Hypertriglyceridemia1
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)1
Long QT syndrome1
Low back pain1
Macular edema1
Methamphetamine dependence1
Neurofibromatosis1
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)1
Overactive bladder (OAB)1
Palmoplantar pustulosis1
Polycythemia vera1
Pompe disease1
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)1
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)1
Psychotic disorder1
Radiculopathy1
Rotator cuff syndrome1
Short-sightedness (myopia)1
Sickle cell disease1
Spasmodic torticollis1
Thyroid cancer1
Urethral cancer1
Vascular dementia1

217 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 over86%
Children and teens (under 18)21%
Healthy volunteers7%
Open to all sexes91%
Women only5%
Men only3%

45 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 17%
Phase 1/28%
Phase 218%
Phase 2/34%
Phase 330%
Phase 44%
No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)16%
Not stated14%

Most active research sites

The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.

Oregon Health & Science UniversityPortland210 studies
Oregon Health and Science UniversityPortland199 studies
Providence Portland Medical CenterPortland117 studies
Providence Saint Vincent Medical CenterPortland93 studies
Providence Newberg Medical CenterNewberg69 studies
Providence Willamette Falls Medical CenterOregon City68 studies
Clackamas Radiation Oncology CenterClackamas44 studies
OHSU Knight Cancer InstitutePortland40 studies
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical CenterVancouver32 studies
Providence St. Vincent Medical CenterPortland27 studies
Providence Cancer InstitutePortland23 studies
Oregon Health Sciences UniversityPortland19 studies
Kaiser Permanente NorthwestPortland18 studies
Legacy Emanuel Children's HospitalPortland18 studies
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical CenterPortland14 studies

Cite these figures

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Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Portland area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/oregon/portland, updated November 12, 2026.

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Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/oregon/portland">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Portland 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metropolitan area. Residents: 2,537,904, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.

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