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Clinical trials in the Virginia Beach area

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

359 studies are recruiting volunteers at 203 research sites in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC area.

Sites in Norfolk, Newport News, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Williamsburg, Chesapeake and 3 more towns.

#62 in the US for recruiting studies#3 in Virginia#115 in the US per resident

Studies recruiting: 359
Research sites: 203
Conditions studied: 123
Studies per 100,000 residents: 20

Conditions being studied

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

Breast cancer26 studies
Overweight and obesity16 studies
Lung cancer14 studies
Prostate cancer14 studies
Leukemia13 studies
Type 2 diabetes12 studies
Bladder cancer11 studies
Ovarian cancer10 studies
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma9 studies
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)8 studies
Heart failure8 studies
Cardiovascular disease7 studies
Head and neck cancer7 studies
High blood pressure (hypertension)7 studies
Liver disease7 studies

All 123 conditions

Breast cancer26
Overweight and obesity16
Lung cancer14
Prostate cancer14
Leukemia13
Type 2 diabetes12
Bladder cancer11
Ovarian cancer10
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma9
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)8
Heart failure8
Cardiovascular disease7
Head and neck cancer7
High blood pressure (hypertension)7
Liver disease7
Abdominal aortic aneurysm6
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)6
Fallopian tube cancer6
Motor neuron disease (MND)6
Peripheral vascular disease6
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)6
Uterine cancer6
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)5
Endometrial cancer5
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)5
Migraine5
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)4
Fatty liver disease (MASH/NASH)4
Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)4
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)4
Kidney cancer4
Multiple myeloma (MM)4
Retinal degeneration4
Alopecia3
Cardiomyopathy3
Crohn's disease3
Down syndrome3
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)3
Eczema (atopic dermatitis)3
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)3
Intellectual disability3
Interstitial lung disease3
Melanoma3
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)3
Narcolepsy3
Neuroendocrine tumor3
Psoriasis3
Rheumatoid arthritis3
Sarcoma of soft tissue3
Skin cancer3
Sleep apnea3
Alzheimer's disease2
Anemia2
Asthma2
Cervical cancer2
COVID-192
Epilepsy2
Esophageal cancer2
Gout2
Graves' disease2
Growth hormone deficiency2
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)2
Influenza (flu)2
Osteoarthritis (OA)2
Pancreatic cancer2
Pericarditis2
Pulmonary hypertension2
Rhabdomyosarcoma2
Sickle cell disease2
Thrombocytopenia2
Thrombotic microangiopathy2
Abdominal cancer1
Alopecia areata1
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)1
Amyloidosis1
Ankylosing spondylitis1
Anxiety disorder1
Atrial fibrillation (AF)1
Axial spondyloarthritis1
Chronic skin ulcer1
Congenital heart disease1
Cystic fibrosis1
Diabetic eye disease1
Dry eye syndrome1
Endometriosis1
Essential thrombocythemia (ET)1
Female infertility1
Germ cell tumor1
Gestational diabetes1
Hemophilia A1
Hemophilia B1
Hodgkin's lymphoma1
Hypercholesterolemia1
Insomnia1
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)1
Liver cancer1
Multiple sclerosis (MS)1
Myelofibrosis1
Neuroblastoma1
Neuropathic pain1
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)1
Opioid use disorder1
Parkinson's disease (PD)1
Peripheral nerve disease1
Peritoneal cancer1
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)1
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)1
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)1
Rotator cuff syndrome1
RSV infection1
Scoliosis1
Short-sightedness (myopia)1
Sjogren's syndrome1
Smoking dependence1
Stargardt's disease1
Stroke1
Thyroid eye disease1
Tricuspid valve regurgitation1
Type 1 diabetes1
Ulcerative colitis (UC)1
Urinary incontinence1
Vitiligo1

82 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 over82%
Children and teens (under 18)25%
Healthy volunteers6%
Open to all sexes88%
Women only7%
Men only4%

24 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 13%
Phase 1/25%
Phase 216%
Phase 2/36%
Phase 344%
Phase 42%
No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)11%
Not stated13%

Most active research sites

The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.

Virginia Oncology AssociatesNorfolk58 studies
Children's Hospital of The King's DaughtersNorfolk38 studies
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk36 studies
Naval Medical Center - PortsmouthPortsmouth10 studies
Health Research of Hampton Roads, Inc.Newport News8 studies
Urology of VirginiaVirginia Beach7 studies
Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk6 studies
Sentara Health Research CenterNorfolk6 studies
Virginia Oncology AssociatesVirginia Beach6 studies
Health Res of Hampton RoadsNewport News5 studies
Virginia Clinical ResearchNorfolk5 studies
Virginia Oncology AssociatesNewport News5 studies
Virginia Oncology AssociatesChesapeake5 studies
Chesapeake Regional Medical CenterChesapeake4 studies
Gershon Pain SpecialistsVirginia Beach4 studies

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Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Virginia Beach area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/virginia/virginia-beach, updated November 12, 2026.

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Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/virginia/virginia-beach">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Residents: 1,794,278, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.

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