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Clinical trials in the Milwaukee area

Name: Clinical trials in the Milwaukee area
Creator: LocalTrial
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654 studies are recruiting volunteers at 221 research sites in the Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI area.

Sites in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Franklin, Brookfield, Cudahy, Menomonee Falls and 11 more towns.

#39 in the US for recruiting studies#1 in Wisconsin#27 in the US per resident

Studies recruiting: 654
Research sites: 221
Conditions studied: 134
Studies per 100,000 residents: 41.5

Conditions being studied

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

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma52 studies
Leukemia45 studies
Lung cancer37 studies
Breast cancer31 studies
Head and neck cancer30 studies
Multiple myeloma (MM)24 studies
Prostate cancer23 studies
Pancreatic cancer22 studies
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)20 studies
Ovarian cancer18 studies
Heart failure16 studies
Stroke15 studies
Uterine cancer14 studies
Anemia13 studies
Endometrial cancer13 studies

All 134 conditions

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma52
Leukemia45
Lung cancer37
Breast cancer31
Head and neck cancer30
Multiple myeloma (MM)24
Prostate cancer23
Pancreatic cancer22
Colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)20
Ovarian cancer18
Heart failure16
Stroke15
Uterine cancer14
Anemia13
Endometrial cancer13
Kidney cancer13
Multiple sclerosis (MS)12
Neuroendocrine tumor12
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)11
Overweight and obesity11
Bladder cancer10
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)10
Liver disease10
Sarcoma of soft tissue10
Esophageal cancer9
Liver cancer9
Skin cancer9
Brain cancer8
Cardiovascular disease8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)8
Crohn's disease8
Fallopian tube cancer8
Gastric cancer (stomach cancer)8
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)8
Melanoma8
Type 2 diabetes7
High blood pressure (hypertension)6
Hodgkin's lymphoma5
Peripheral nerve disease5
Psoriasis5
Pulmonary hypertension5
Sickle cell disease5
Ulcerative colitis (UC)5
Amyloidosis4
Anxiety disorder4
Cardiomyopathy4
Cervical cancer4
Congenital heart disease4
Cystic fibrosis4
Interstitial lung disease4
Migraine4
Myelofibrosis4
Peripheral vascular disease4
Peritoneal cancer4
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)4
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA)4
Abdominal cancer3
Atrial fibrillation (AF)3
Axial spondyloarthritis3
COVID-193
Epilepsy3
Esophagitis3
Hearing loss3
Intellectual disability3
Neuroblastoma3
Parkinson's disease (PD)3
Phenylketonuria (PKU)3
Rhabdomyosarcoma3
Rheumatoid arthritis3
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)3
Traumatic brain injury3
Alzheimer's disease2
Anal cancer2
Ankylosing spondylitis2
Asthma2
Bile duct cancer2
Depressive disorder2
Down syndrome2
Eating disorder2
Essential thrombocythemia (ET)2
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor2
Germ cell tumor2
Gestational diabetes2
Graft-versus-host disease2
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)2
Human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)2
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy2
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)2
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)2
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD)2
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)2
Opioid use disorder2
Systemic sclerosis2
Testicular cancer2
Thrombocytopenia2
Thrombotic microangiopathy2
Type 1 diabetes2
Abdominal aortic aneurysm1
Actinic keratosis1
Alopecia1
Alopecia areata1
Alpha thalassemia1
Biliary tract cancer1
Bone cancer1
Celiac disease1
Chronic fatigue syndrome1
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)1
Chronic skin ulcer1
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma1
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)1
Endometriosis1
Fabry's disease1
Fibromyalgia1
Functional dyspepsia1
Hemophilia A1
Hemophilia B1
Hereditary angioedema1
Hypercholesterolemia1
Long QT syndrome1
Motor neuron disease (MND)1
Narcolepsy1
Polycythemia vera1
Polymyalgia rheumatica1
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder1
Prader-Willi syndrome1
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC)1
Retinal degeneration1
Rotator cuff syndrome1
Smoking dependence1
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)1
Tourette's syndrome1
Tricuspid valve regurgitation1
Urethral cancer1
Vasculitis1

177 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 over83%
Children and teens (under 18)23%
Healthy volunteers8%
Open to all sexes92%
Women only6%
Men only3%

30 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 17%
Phase 1/25%
Phase 219%
Phase 2/34%
Phase 326%
Phase 44%
No phase (device, behavioral and other studies)18%
Not stated17%

Most active research sites

The sites recruiting for the most studies in the area.

Medical College of WisconsinMilwaukee378 studies
Aurora Cancer Care-GraftonGrafton51 studies
Aurora Saint Luke's Medical CenterMilwaukee51 studies
Aurora Sinai Medical CenterMilwaukee51 studies
Aurora West Allis Medical CenterMilwaukee51 studies
Aurora Cancer Care-Milwaukee WestMilwaukee50 studies
Aurora Medical Center in SummitOconomowoc50 studies
Aurora Cancer Care-MilwaukeeMilwaukee49 studies
Aurora Health Care Germantown Health CenterGermantown49 studies
Children's Hospital of WisconsinMilwaukee46 studies
ProHealth D N Greenwald CenterMukwonago44 studies
ProHealth Oconomowoc Memorial HospitalOconomowoc44 studies
UW Cancer Center at ProHealth CareWaukesha44 studies
Froedtert Menomonee Falls HospitalMenomonee Falls40 studies
Froedtert West Bend Hospital/Kraemer Cancer CenterWest Bend40 studies

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Source: LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Milwaukee area, https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/wisconsin/milwaukee, updated November 12, 2026.

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Source: <a href="https://www.localtrial.com/clinical-trials/wisconsin/milwaukee">LocalTrial, Clinical trials in the Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI metropolitan area. Residents: 1,574,452, the Census Bureau's latest estimate. Updated November 12, 2026.

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