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Clinical trials in the Harrisburg area

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

312 studies are recruiting volunteers at 101 research sites in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA area.

Sites in Hershey, Harrisburg, Camp Hill, Mechanicsburg, Newport, Carlisle and 3 more towns.

#64 in the US for recruiting studies#3 in Pennsylvania#16 in the US per resident

Studies recruiting: 312
Research sites: 101
Conditions studied: 97
Studies per 100,000 residents: 50.7

Conditions being studied

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

Breast cancer17 studies
Lung cancer16 studies
Head and neck cancer14 studies
Heart failure14 studies
Leukemia14 studies
Liver disease11 studies
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)10 studies
Cardiovascular disease9 studies
Prostate cancer9 studies
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)8 studies
Kidney cancer8 studies
Uterine cancer8 studies
Brain cancer7 studies
Crohn's disease7 studies
Neuroblastoma7 studies

All 97 conditions

Breast cancer17
Lung cancer16
Head and neck cancer14
Heart failure14
Leukemia14
Liver disease11
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)10
Cardiovascular disease9
Prostate cancer9
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)8
Kidney cancer8
Uterine cancer8
Brain cancer7
Crohn's disease7
Neuroblastoma7
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma7
Endometrial cancer6
High blood pressure (hypertension)6
Motor neuron disease (MND)6
Ovarian cancer6
Cystic fibrosis5
Eczema (atopic dermatitis)5
Sarcoma of soft tissue5
Atrial fibrillation (AF)4
Bladder cancer4
Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)4
Hemophilia A4
Hereditary angioedema4
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)4
Neuroendocrine tumor4
Skin cancer4
Stroke4
Type 2 diabetes4
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)3
Anxiety disorder3
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)3
Depressive disorder3
Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)3
Melanoma3
Multiple myeloma (MM)3
Overweight and obesity3
Peripheral vascular disease3
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)3
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)2
Cervical cancer2
Eating disorder2
Esophageal cancer2
Hodgkin's lymphoma2
Hypercholesterolemia2
Liver cancer2
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)2
Peripheral nerve disease2
Psoriasis2
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)2
Pulmonary hypertension2
Rhabdomyosarcoma2
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)2
Tricuspid valve regurgitation2
Ulcerative colitis (UC)2
Abdominal aortic aneurysm1
Acne1
Acute coronary syndrome1
Alopecia1
Alopecia areata1
Anemia1
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)1
Cardiomyopathy1
Celiac disease1
Chronic sinusitis1
Down syndrome1
Endometriosis1
Epilepsy1
Fabry's disease1
Fallopian tube cancer1
Female infertility1
Germ cell tumor1
Graft-versus-host disease1
Hemophilia B1
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)1
Influenza (flu)1
Insomnia1
Intellectual disability1
Interstitial lung disease1
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)1
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)1
Opioid use disorder1
Osteoarthritis (OA)1
Pancreatic cancer1
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder1
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)1
Primary sclerosing cholangitis1
Rhabdoid tumor1
Scoliosis1
Smoking dependence1
Thyroid cancer1
Urinary incontinence1

73 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 6492%
Adults 65 and over78%
Children and teens (under 18)26%
Healthy volunteers6%
Open to all sexes92%
Women only5%
Men only3%

21 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 11%
Phase 14%
Phase 1/24%
Phase 220%
Phase 2/34%
Phase 336%
Phase 44%
No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)17%
Not stated10%

Most active research sites

The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.

Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey90 studies
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey40 studies
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at Rocco And Nancy Ortenzio Cancer PavilionMechanicsburg37 studies
UPMC Pinnacle Cancer Center/Community Osteopathic CampusHarrisburg27 studies
Penn State Children's HospitalHershey23 studies
Penn State Hershey Medical CenterHershey17 studies
Carlisle Regional Cancer CenterCarlisle15 studies
Penn State College of MedicineHershey10 studies
Penn State University Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey10 studies
Capital Area ResearchCamp Hill9 studies
Penn State Cancer InstituteHershey9 studies
The Pennsylvania State UniversityHershey9 studies
Best Skin ResearchCamp Hill4 studies
Susquehanna Research Group, LLCHarrisburg4 studies
Hershey Medical Center Pennsylvania State UniversityHershey3 studies

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Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Harrisburg area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/pennsylvania/harrisburg, updated November 12, 2026.

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Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/pennsylvania/harrisburg">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metropolitan area. Residents: 615,361, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.

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