Paid Clinical Trials in Oakland, CA

As of July 2026, 163 paid clinical trials are recruiting in Oakland, California. Compensation typically covers time, travel, and study visits, with stipends ranging from modest amounts for short outpatient studies to several thousand dollars for long or inpatient protocols.

Both patients with specific conditions and healthy volunteers can qualify. Most trials offer free study-related medical care alongside compensation.

Recruiting trial data synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov. Last sync: July 31, 2026.

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146 clinical trials

Quality of End-of-Life Care for Children With Cancer

for Childhood Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm

Sites in Oakland +14 more locations

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group

Sex: All·Age: 18+·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT07412002·Recruiting·Listed Feb 2026

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California MEPS Hub

for HIV Prevention

Sites in Oakland & Riverside

Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles

Sex: Male·Age: 18 - 59·Accepts healthy volunteers

Code: NCT07433985·Recruiting·Listed Feb 2026

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Testing the Addition of a Type of Drug Called Immunotherapy to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, an ALCHEMIST Treatment Trial (Chemo-IO [ACCIO])

for Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +633 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT04267848·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Feb 2020

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Evaluating the Addition of Adjuvant Chemotherapy to Ovarian Function Suppression Plus Endocrine Therapy in Premenopausal Patients With pN0-1, ER-Positive/HER2-Negative Breast Cancer and an Oncotype Recurrence Score Less Than or Equal to 25

for Breast Cancer

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +1103 more locations

Sponsor: NRG Oncology

Sex: Female·Age: 18 - 60

Code: NCT05879926·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed May 2023

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Colon Adjuvant Chemotherapy Based on Evaluation of Residual Disease

for Stage III Colon Cancer

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +920 more locations

Sponsor: NRG Oncology

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05174169·Phase 2, Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Dec 2021

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Pembrolizumab vs. Observation in People With Triple-negative Breast Cancer Who Had a Pathologic Complete Response After Chemotherapy Plus Pembrolizumab

for Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +774 more locations

Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05812807·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Apr 2023

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Osimertinib With or Without Bevacizumab as Initial Treatment for Patients With EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer

for Advanced Lung Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Carcinoma

Drug: Bevacizumab

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +326 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT04181060·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Nov 2019

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ShortStop-HER2: 12 Months vs. 6 Months of HER2-targeted Medications for People With HER2+ Breast Cancer Who Had a Pathologic Complete Response After Chemotherapy Plus Trastuzumab

for Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +583 more locations

Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06876714·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Mar 2025

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mFOLFIRINOX Versus mFOLFOX With or Without Nivolumab for the Treatment of Advanced, Unresectable, or Metastatic HER2 Negative Esophageal, Gastroesophageal Junction, and Gastric Adenocarcinoma

for Advanced Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Drug: Nivolumab

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +641 more locations

Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05677490·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Jan 2023

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Active Surveillance, Bleomycin, Etoposide, Carboplatin or Cisplatin in Treating Pediatric and Adult Patients With Germ Cell Tumors

for Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor

Sites in Oakland, Palo Alto +385 more locations

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group

Sex: All·Age: All ages

Code: NCT03067181·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Mar 2017

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Testing the Role of DNA Released From Tumor Cells Into the Blood in Guiding the Use of Immunotherapy After Surgical Removal of the Bladder, Kidney, Ureter, and Urethra for Urothelial Cancer Treatment, MODERN Study

for Muscle Invasive Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +445 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05987241·Phase 2, Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Aug 2023

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Inotuzumab Ozogamicin and Frontline Chemotherapy in Treating Young Adults With Newly Diagnosed B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

for B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +154 more locations

Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 39

Code: NCT03150693·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed May 2017

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MYELOMATCH: A Screening Study to Assign People With Myeloid Cancer to a Treatment Study or Standard of Care Treatment Within myeloMATCH (MyeloMATCH Screening Trial)

for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +326 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05564390·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Oct 2022

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A Study to Compare Standard Therapy to Treat Hodgkin Lymphoma to the Use of Two Drugs, Brentuximab Vedotin and Nivolumab

for Lugano Classification Limited Stage Hodgkin Lymphoma AJCC v8

Drug: Nivolumab

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +374 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 5 - 60

Code: NCT05675410·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Jan 2023

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Immunotherapy After Surgery for People Who Have No Remaining Cancer Cells After Standard Treatment for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, INSIGHT Trial

for Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +262 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06498635·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Jul 2024

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E-Mindfulness Approaches for Living After Breast Cancer

for Breast Cancer

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +355 more locations

Sponsor: NRG Oncology

Sex: All·Age: 18 - 50

Code: NCT06748222·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Dec 2024

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Lung-MAP: A Master Screening Protocol for Previously-Treated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

for Previously Treated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +948 more locations

Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT03851445·Phase 2, Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Feb 2019

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Venetoclax and HMA Treatment of Older and Unfit Adults With FLT3 Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) (A MyeloMATCH Treatment Trial)

for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Drug: Venetoclax

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +221 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06317649·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Mar 2024

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Adding Nivolumab to Usual Treatment for People With Advanced Stomach or Esophageal Cancer, PARAMUNE Trial

for Advanced Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Drug: Nivolumab

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +344 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06203600·Phase 2, Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Jan 2024

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Triptorelin for the Prevention of Ovarian Damage in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

for Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm

Sites in Oakland, Sacramento +190 more locations

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group

Sex: Female·Age: Up to 39

Code: NCT06513962·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Jul 2024

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Comparing Combinations of Targeted Drugs for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Has EGFR and MET Gene Changes (A Lung-MAP Treatment Trial)

for Recurrent Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +370 more locations

Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05642572·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Dec 2022

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Measuring if Immunotherapy Plus Chemotherapy is Better Than Chemotherapy Alone for Patients With Aggressive Poorly Differentiated Sarcomas

for Metastatic Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +239 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06422806·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed May 2024

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Testing the Addition of Docetaxel (Chemotherapy) to the Usual Treatment (Hormonal Therapy and Apalutamide) for Metastatic Prostate Cancer, ASPIRE Trial

for Castration-Sensitive Prostate Carcinoma

Drug: Apalutamide

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +188 more locations

Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

Sex: Male·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06931340·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Apr 2025

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A Study to Compare Standard Chemotherapy to Therapy With CPX-351 and/or Gilteritinib for Patients With Newly Diagnosed AML With or Without FLT3 Mutations

for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Sites in Oakland, Palo Alto +167 more locations

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group

Sex: All·Age: Up to 21

Code: NCT04293562·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Mar 2020

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TAPUR: Testing the Use of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approved Drugs That Target a Specific Abnormality in a Tumor Gene in People With Advanced Stage Cancer

for Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +144 more locations

Sponsor: American Society of Clinical Oncology

Sex: All·Age: 12+

Code: NCT02693535·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Feb 2016

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Testing the Use of Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine Compared to the Usual Treatment (Chemotherapy With Docetaxel Plus Trastuzumab) or Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for Recurrent, Metastatic, or Unresectable HER2-Expressing Salivary Gland Cancers

for Metastatic Salivary Gland Carcinoma

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +140 more locations

Sponsor: NRG Oncology

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05408845·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Jun 2022

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Testing Shorter Duration Radiation Therapy Versus the Usual Radiation Therapy in Patients With High Risk Prostate Cancer

for Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +397 more locations

Sponsor: NRG Oncology

Sex: Male·Age: 18+

Code: NCT05946213·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Jul 2023

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A Study to Test the Addition of the Drug Cabozantinib to Chemotherapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Osteosarcoma

for High Grade Osteosarcoma

Drug: Cabozantinib

Sites in Oakland, Palo Alto +178 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: Up to 40

Code: NCT05691478·Phase 2, Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Jan 2023

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Inotuzumab Ozogamicin and Post-Induction Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With High-Risk B-ALL, Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, and B-LLy

for B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Sites in Oakland, Palo Alto +186 more locations

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group

Sex: All·Age: 365 Days - 25

Code: NCT03959085·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed May 2019

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Observation or Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Grade II Meningioma That Has Been Completely Removed by Surgery

for Grade 2 Meningioma

Sites in Oakland, South San Francisco +110 more locations

Sponsor: NRG Oncology

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT03180268·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Jun 2017

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A Study Testing the Combination of Dasatinib or Imatinib to Chemotherapy Treatment With Blinatumomab for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Philadelphia Chromosome Positive (Ph+) or ABL-Class Philadelphia Chromosome-Like (Ph-Like) B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL)

for B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Sites in Oakland, Palo Alto +139 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 366 Days - 46

Code: NCT06124157·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Nov 2023

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Testing the Addition of the Anti-cancer Drug Venetoclax and/or the Anti-cancer Immunotherapy Blinatumomab to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment for Infants With Newly Diagnosed KMT2A-rearranged or KMT2A-non-rearranged Leukemia

for Acute Leukemia of Ambiguous Lineage

Drug: Venetoclax

Sites in Oakland, San Francisco +109 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: Up to 365 Days

Code: NCT06317662·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Mar 2024

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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Toxicity Risk Prediction in Solid Tumors

for Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +586 more locations

Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT04871542·Recruiting·Listed May 2021

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A Study With Tovorafenib (DAY101) as a Treatment Option for Progressive, Relapsed, or Refractory Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

for Recurrent Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Sites in Oakland, Palo Alto +102 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 180 Days - 22

Code: NCT05828069·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Apr 2023

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A Study of the Drugs Selumetinib vs. Carboplatin and Vincristine in Patients With Low-Grade Glioma

for Low Grade Astrocytoma

Drug: Selumetinib

Sites in Oakland, Palo Alto +114 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 2 - 21

Code: NCT04166409·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Nov 2019

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A Study of the Drug Selinexor With Radiation Therapy in Patients With Newly-Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine (DIPG) Glioma and High-Grade Glioma (HGG)

for Malignant Glioma

Drug: Selinexor

Sites in Oakland, Palo Alto +106 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 12 Months - 21

Code: NCT05099003·Phase 1, Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Oct 2021

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Dinutuximab With Chemotherapy, Surgery and Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Children With Newly Diagnosed High Risk Neuroblastoma

for Ganglioneuroblastoma, Nodular

Sites in Oakland, Palo Alto +152 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: Up to 30

Code: NCT06172296·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Dec 2023

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Testing the Addition of BMS-986016 (Relatlimab) to the Usual Immunotherapy After Initial Treatment for Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Cancer

for Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Drug: Relatlimab

Sites in Oakland, San Leandro +71 more locations

Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT06029270·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Sep 2023

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A Study of Lower Radiotherapy Dose to Treat Children With CNS Germinoma

for Basal Ganglia Germinoma

Sites in Oakland, Palo Alto +93 more locations

Sponsor: Children's Oncology Group

Sex: All·Age: 3 - 29

Code: NCT06368817·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Apr 2024

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Distance-Based Exercise to Preserve Function and Prevent Disability

for Localized Malignant Solid Neoplasm

Sites in Oakland, Dublin +16 more locations

Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

Sex: All·Age: 18+

Code: NCT07059884·Recruiting·Listed Jul 2025

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