There are currently 2029 clinical trials in Chicago, Illinois looking for participants to engage in research studies. Trials are conducted at various facilities, including Northwestern University, Rush University Medical Center, University of Chicago and University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center. 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.
Analysis of Human ALS Tissues and Registry of ALS Patients
Recruiting
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a progressive, terminal condition of muscle weakness that is associated with degeneration of neurons in the spinal cord and brain. This devastating disorder afflicts people in the prime of their lives. At the present time, there are no cures for this disorder, and current treatments are marginal at best. Despite years of intensive research, a fundamental understanding of this disease is still lacking. There is a n... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 90 years
Trial Updated:
05/12/2025
Locations: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
SPECT-CT Guided ELEctive Contralateral Neck Treatment for Patients With Lateralized Oropharyngeal Cancer
Recruiting
This study is being done to answer the following question: Is the chance of cancer spreading or returning the same if radiotherapy to the neck is guided, by using a special imaging study called lymph node mapping (lymphatic mapping) Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT-CT), compared to the usual treatment when radiotherapy is given to both sides of the neck?
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/12/2025
Locations: Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Oropharyngeal Cancer
Formative Usability Assessment of Wireless Thermal Anisotropy Devices
Recruiting
Measurements of shunt flow will be performed non-invasively. This study will generate usability data via observed tasks and comprehension questions to enable future device design improvements.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 5 years and 80 years
Trial Updated:
05/12/2025
Locations: Rhaeos, Inc., Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Hydrocephalus
Longitudinal Measurements of Flow in Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts With a Wireless Thermal Anisotropy Measurement Device
Recruiting
This study evaluates the performance of a device for non-invasively assessing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt flow. Patients with an existing implanted shunt will wear the device to acquire longitudinal data.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 5 years and 80 years
Trial Updated:
05/12/2025
Locations: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois +1 locations
Conditions: Hydrocephalus
WeCanManage. An mHealth Self-management Tool
Recruiting
Examine the Feasibility, Acceptability, User Satisfaction, and Response Patterns and Preliminary Efficacy on Targeted Patient Reported Outcomes. Using a pre-post, single arm feasibility design with cancer survivors with disabilities
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/12/2025
Locations: University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Breast Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Sarcoma
Remote Therapeutic Monitoring Exercise Tracking
Recruiting
The purpose of this study is to examine physical activity and exercise behaviors in people with Parkinson's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis over the course of 1-year using a cloud-based remote monitoring platform.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 89 years
Trial Updated:
05/12/2025
Locations: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Parkinson Disease, Multiple Sclerosis
Olfactory Cleft Obstruction and Electrophysiological Field Potentials Predict Olfactory Restoration by Dupilumab in CRSwNP Patients.
Recruiting
The goal of this observational study is to learn what can predict the return of the sense of smell in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps being treated with dupilumab. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does obstruction of the olfactory cleft predict return of the sense of smell? 2. Do electrophysiological signals generated by breathing and sniffing behavior predict return of the sense of smell? Participants starting dupilumab will undergo assessment for their degr... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 18 years and 65 years
Trial Updated:
05/12/2025
Locations: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Chronic Rhinosinusitis Phenotype With Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Smell Loss
The Dragon PLC Trial (DRAGON-PLC)
Recruiting
The goal of the DRAGON PLC clinical trial is to determine whether portal vein embolization (PVE) combined with hepatic vein embolization (HVE) improves resectability and overall survival in patients with initially unresectable primary liver cancer compared to standard PVE alone. This trial specifically focuses on patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma. The main questions this trial aims to answer are whether combined PVE and HVE increases the proportion of patients who be... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/12/2025
Locations: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Primary Liver Cancer, Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), Cholangiocarcinoma
AntiThrombotic Therapy to Ameliorate Clinical Complications in Community Acquired Pneumonia
Recruiting
This is an international, open-label, stratified randomized controlled trial with Bayesian adaptive stopping rules to compare the effects of therapeutic-dose heparin vs. usual care pharmacological thromboprophylaxis on outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia (CAP).
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/09/2025
Locations: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Community-acquired Pneumonia
Protocol CAUSE-03 / CHEETAH
Recruiting
This is a one-year longitudinal, observational study of 250 urban children and adolescents with asthma and 60 without asthma, ages 6-17 years old. Participants with asthma will require daily controller therapy with inhaled corticosteroids ICS (at least Step 2 therapy). Those without asthma cannot have used asthma medications in the year prior to enrollment and cannot demonstrate bronchodilator reversibility at baseline. Phenotypic characteristics will be established at baseline, and the partici... Read More
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
Between 6 years and 17 years
Trial Updated:
05/09/2025
Locations: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Division of Allergy and Immunology, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Asthma
A Phase 1, Dose-escalation Study of [225Ac]-FPI-2068 in Adult Patients With Advanced Solid Tumours
Recruiting
This is a first-in-human, Phase 1, non-randomized, multicenter, open-label clinical study designed to investigate the safety, tolerability, dosimetry, biodistribution, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of \[225Ac\]-FPI-2068, \[111In\]-FPI-2107, and FPI-2053 in metastatic and/or recurrent solid tumors (HNSCC, NSCLC, mCRC, PDAC).
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/09/2025
Locations: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Advanced Solid Tumor, Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma, Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy for Acute Pancreatitis-Associated Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
Recruiting
This study aims to evaluate if a 6-month course of pancrelipase (CREON) treatment improves symptoms of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) after an attack of acute pancreatitis. Diagnosis of EPI is measured by a fecal elastase value of \<200, and patients must have a qualifying symptom burden based on the EPI symptom tracker survey. Blood and stool will be analyzed as part of this study, and other surveys of health status will be used to track improvement of symptoms.
Gender:
ALL
Ages:
18 years and above
Trial Updated:
05/09/2025
Locations: University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Conditions: Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency