Clinical trials near you
Clinical trials in the Nashville area
1,231 studies are recruiting volunteers at 420 research sites in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area.
Sites in Nashville, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Brentwood, Hendersonville and 9 more towns.
#18 in the US for recruiting studies#1 in Tennessee#12 in the US per resident
- Studies recruiting
- 1,231
- Research sites
- 420
- Conditions studied
- 167
- Studies per 100,000 residents
- 57.2
Conditions being studied
The conditions with the most studies recruiting in the area. A study can be for more than one condition.
- Lung cancer131 studies
- Breast cancer110 studies
- Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)81 studies
- Head and neck cancer74 studies
- Prostate cancer50 studies
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma49 studies
- Ovarian cancer48 studies
- Uterine cancer47 studies
- Neuroendocrine tumor46 studies
- Pancreatic cancer46 studies
- Leukemia45 studies
- Endometrial cancer39 studies
- Melanoma36 studies
- Bladder cancer35 studies
- Skin cancer34 studies
All 167 conditions
- Lung cancer131
- Breast cancer110
- Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)81
- Head and neck cancer74
- Prostate cancer50
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma49
- Ovarian cancer48
- Uterine cancer47
- Neuroendocrine tumor46
- Pancreatic cancer46
- Leukemia45
- Endometrial cancer39
- Melanoma36
- Bladder cancer35
- Skin cancer34
- Multiple myeloma (MM)32
- Liver disease31
- Esophageal cancer29
- Kidney cancer29
- Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)27
- Overweight and obesity25
- Sarcoma of soft tissue23
- Cervical cancer19
- Heart failure19
- High blood pressure (hypertension)18
- Liver cancer17
- Cardiovascular disease16
- Ischemic heart disease (IHD)16
- Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)13
- Biliary tract cancer13
- Parkinson's disease (PD)12
- Retinal degeneration12
- Alzheimer's disease11
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)11
- Myelofibrosis11
- Peripheral nerve disease11
- Anemia10
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)10
- Fallopian tube cancer10
- Intellectual disability10
- Pulmonary hypertension10
- Brain cancer9
- Cardiomyopathy9
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)9
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)9
- Interstitial lung disease9
- Stroke9
- Type 2 diabetes9
- Depressive disorder8
- Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)8
- Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)8
- Cystic fibrosis7
- Peripheral vascular disease7
- Type 1 diabetes7
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)6
- Congenital heart disease6
- Crohn's disease6
- Epilepsy6
- Graft-versus-host disease6
- Migraine6
- Neuroblastoma6
- Schizophrenia6
- Amyloidosis5
- Anal cancer5
- Asthma5
- Atrial fibrillation (AF)5
- COVID-195
- Down syndrome5
- Essential thrombocythemia (ET)5
- Gallbladder cancer5
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumor5
- Hearing loss5
- Psoriasis5
- Sickle cell disease5
- Tricuspid valve regurgitation5
- Alopecia4
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)4
- Hodgkin's lymphoma4
- Huntington's disease (HD)4
- Macular edema4
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)4
- Testicular cancer4
- Thyroid cancer4
- Abdominal cancer3
- Anxiety disorder3
- Axial spondyloarthritis3
- Bile duct cancer3
- Hemophilia B3
- Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)3
- Opioid use disorder3
- Polycythemia vera3
- Psychotic disorder3
- Rett's disorder3
- Rhabdomyosarcoma3
- Tourette's syndrome3
- Acne2
- Actinic keratosis2
- Alopecia areata2
- Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)2
- Celiac disease2
- Diabetic eye disease2
- Dry eye syndrome2
- Familial multiple polyposis syndrome2
- Germ cell tumor2
- Glaucoma2
- Hemophilia A2
- Influenza (flu)2
- Insomnia2
- Motor neuron disease (MND)2
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)2
- Narcolepsy2
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)2
- Ocular hypertension2
- Peritoneal cancer2
- Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder2
- Prader-Willi syndrome2
- Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)2
- Rheumatoid arthritis2
- Systemic sclerosis2
- Thrombocytopenia2
- Traumatic brain injury2
- Ulcerative colitis (UC)2
- Ureteral cancer2
- Urethral cancer2
- Vasculitis2
- Vulvar cancer2
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm1
- Achondroplasia1
- Alcohol dependence1
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)1
- Ankylosing spondylitis1
- Beta thalassemia1
- Bipolar disorder1
- Chronic idiopathic urticaria (hives)1
- Chronic sinusitis1
- Chronic skin ulcer1
- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma1
- Eczema (atopic dermatitis)1
- Endometriosis1
- Esophagitis1
- Fabry's disease1
- Food allergy1
- Frown lines (glabellar lines)1
- Frontotemporal dementia (FTD)1
- Graves' disease1
- Hypercholesterolemia1
- Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy1
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)1
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)1
- Low back pain1
- Osteoarthritis (OA)1
- Osteoporosis1
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)1
- Polymyalgia rheumatica1
- Pompe disease1
- Postnatal depression1
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis1
- Rhabdoid tumor1
- Rotator cuff syndrome1
- Short-sightedness (myopia)1
- Sjogren's syndrome1
- Sleep apnea1
- Smoking dependence1
- Spasmodic torticollis1
- Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)1
- Vaginal cancer1
- Vitiligo1
297 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 6496%
- Adults 65 and over89%
- Children and teens (under 18)17%
- Healthy volunteers5%
- Open to all sexes93%
- Women only3%
- Men only3%
47 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 116%
- Phase 1/213%
- Phase 217%
- Phase 2/33%
- Phase 324%
- Phase 43%
- No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)12%
- Not stated12%
Most active research sites
The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville329 studies
- SCRI Oncology PartnersNashville188 studies
- Sarah Cannon Research InstituteNashville98 studies
- Tennessee OncologyNashville93 studies
- Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer CenterNashville77 studies
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville46 studies
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer CenterNashville41 studies
- The Children's Hospital at TriStar CentennialNashville25 studies
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville25 studies
- Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville21 studies
- Vanderbilt Breast Center at One Hundred OaksNashville16 studies
- Tennessee RetinaNashville15 studies
- Urology Associates, P.C.Nashville14 studies
- Henry-Joyce Cancer ClinicNashville12 studies
- Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at VanderbiltNashville11 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 Nashville area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/tennessee/nashville, updated November 12, 2026.
Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/tennessee/nashville">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Nashville 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 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metropolitan area. Residents: 2,150,553, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.
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