There are currently 195 clinical trials in Torrance, California looking for participants to engage in research studies. Trials are conducted at various facilities, including Harbor - UCLA Medical Center, Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance Memorial Medical Center and GSK Investigational Site. Whether you're a healthy volunteer looking to participate in paid medical research or seeking trials related to a specific condition, the city provides a diverse range of opportunities near you.
A Study to Test Vicadrostat (BI 690517) Taken Together With Empagliflozin in People With Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Disease
Recruiting
This study is open to adults with type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease. People can join the study if they have these conditions and do not have a history of heart failure. The purpose of this study is to find out if a medicine called vicadrostat, when taken with empagliflozin, helps reduce cardiovascular risk in people with these conditions. The study will compare this combination to a placebo version of vicadrostat with empagliflozin. Participants are put into 2 gro... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/19/2025
Locations: The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Diseases
Strategies and Treatments for Respiratory Infections & Viral Emergencies (STRIVE): Shionogi Protease Inhibitor (Ensitrelvir)
Recruiting
Treatments are needed to improve outcomes among patients hospitalized for COVID-19, including direct-acting antiviral (DAA) agents to mitigate the pathology driven by ongoing viral replication. This trial will evaluate S-217622 (ensitrelvir), an anti-SARS-CoV2 3C-like protease inhibitor (PI) developed by Shionogi \&; Co. Ltd. The study design is a randomized, placebo-controlled, multi-center international clinical trial that will evaluate the clinical efficacy of ensitrelvir when given in addit... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/18/2025
Locations: Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation (Site 066-002), Torrance, California
Conditions: COVID-19
RECOVER-ENERGIZE Platform Protocol
Recruiting
This is a platform protocol designed to be flexible so that it is suitable for a range of interventions and settings within diverse health care systems and community settings with incorporation into clinical COVID-19 management programs and treatment plans if results achieve key study outcomes. This protocol is a prospective, multi-center, multi-arm, randomized, controlled platform trial evaluating interventions to address and improve exercise intolerance and post-exertional malaise (PEM) as ma... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/16/2025
Locations: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
Conditions: Long COVID, Long Covid19, Long Covid-19
Testing Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate in Patients With Somatostatin Receptor Positive Advanced Bronchial Neuroendocrine Tumors
Recruiting
This phase II trial studies the effect of lutetium Lu 177 dotatate compared to the usual treatment (everolimus) in treating patients with somatostatin receptor positive bronchial neuroendocrine tumors that have spread to other places in the body (advanced). Lutetium Lu 177-dotate is a radioactive drug. It binds to a protein called somatostatin receptor, which is found on some neuroendocrine tumor cells. Lutetium Lu 177-dotatate builds up in these cells and gives off radiation that may kill them.... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/16/2025
Locations: Torrance Memorial Physician Network - Cancer Care, Torrance, California
Conditions: Locally Advanced Lung Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, Lung Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, Metastatic Lung Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, Recurrent Lung Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, Unresectable Lung Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, Advanced Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor, Functioning Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor, Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor G2, Metastatic Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor, Non-Functioning Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor, Unresectable Lung Neuroendocrine Tumor
A Study to Compare Standard Therapy to Treat Hodgkin Lymphoma to the Use of Two Drugs, Brentuximab Vedotin and Nivolumab
Recruiting
This phase III trial compares the effect of adding immunotherapy (brentuximab vedotin and nivolumab) to standard treatment (chemotherapy with or without radiation) to the standard treatment alone in improving survival in patients with stage I and II classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Brentuximab vedotin is in a class of medications called antibody-drug conjugates. It is made of a monoclonal antibody called brentuximab that is linked to a cytotoxic agent called vedotin. Brentuximab attaches to CD30 posi... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 5 years and 60 years
Trial Updated:
08/16/2025
Locations: City of Hope South Bay, Torrance, California
Conditions: Lugano Classification Limited Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma AJCC v8
LEVosimendan to Improve Exercise Limitation in Patients With PH-HFpEF
Recruiting
This study will evaluate the efficacy of TNX-103 (oral levosimendan) compared with placebo in subjects with PH-HFpEF as measured by the change in 6-Minute Walk Distance (6 MWD; Day 1 to Week 12).
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 85 years
Trial Updated:
08/15/2025
Locations: Tenax Investigational Site, Torrance, California
Conditions: Pulmonary Hypertension
VE303 for Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection
Recruiting
The overall objective of the RESTORATiVE303 study is to evaluate the safety and the Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) recurrence rate at Week 8 in participants who receive a 14-day course of VE303 or matching placebo. The objectives and endpoints are identical for Stage 1 (recurrent CDI) and Stage 2 (high-risk primary CDI).
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
12 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/15/2025
Locations: Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California
Conditions: Clostridium Difficile, Clostridium Difficile Infections, Clostridium Difficile Infection Recurrence, Clostridioides Difficile Infection, Clostridioides Difficile Infection Recurrence, CDI, C. Diff Infection, Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection, C.Difficile Diarrhea, Diarrhea Infectious
Comparison of Anti-coagulation and Anti-Platelet Therapies for Intracranial Vascular Atherostenosis
Recruiting
The primary goal of the trial is to determine if the experimental arms (rivaroxaban or ticagrelor or both) are superior to the clopidogrel arm for lowering the 1-year rate of ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, or vascular death.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
30 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/15/2025
Locations: Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance, Torrance, California
Conditions: Intracranial Arteriosclerosis, Stroke
A Study of TAR-200 Versus Intravesical Chemotherapy in Participants With Recurrent High-Risk Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (HR-NMIBC) After Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
Recruiting
The purpose of this study is to compare disease free survival (DFS) in participants with recurrence of papillary-only high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (HR-NMIBC) within 1 year of last dose of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy and who refused or are unfit for Radical Cystectomy (RC), receiving TAR-200 versus investigator's choice of single agent intravesical chemotherapy.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/15/2025
Locations: Genesis Research LLC, Torrance, California
Conditions: Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Neoplasms
A Phase 3 Trial of MM120 for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Panorama)
Recruiting
A Phase 3, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study (Part A) with an Open-label Extension (Part B) Evaluating MM120 Compared to Placebo in Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Panorama
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 74 years
Trial Updated:
08/15/2025
Locations: Cenexel-CNS, Torrance, California
Conditions: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
A Study of Milvexian in Participants After an Acute Ischemic Stroke or High-Risk Transient Ischemic Attack- LIBREXIA-STROKE
Recruiting
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether milvexian compared to placebo reduce the risk of recurrent ischemic stroke.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
40 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/14/2025
Locations: Harbor Ucla Medical Center, Torrance, California +1 locations
Conditions: Ischemic Stroke; Ischemic Attack, Transient
Disitamab Vedotin With Pembrolizumab vs Chemotherapy in Previously Untreated Urothelial Cancer Expressing HER2
Recruiting
This study will enroll participants with urothelial cancer (UC). UC can include cancer of the bladder, kidney, or the tubes that carry pee through the body (ureter, urethra). This study will try to find out if the drugs disitamab vedotin with pembrolizumab works better than platinum-containing chemotherapy to treat patients with UC. This study will also test what side effects happen when participants take these drugs together. A side effect is anything a drug does to the body besides treating th... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
08/14/2025
Locations: UCLA Hematology/Oncology - Torrance, Torrance, California +1 locations
Conditions: Urothelial Carcinoma