Prospective Natural History Study of POLG Disease
for PolG, Primary Mitochondrial Myopathy
Sites in San Diego +5 more locations
Sponsor: The POLG Foundation
Sex: All·Age: Up to 75
Code: NCT07775872·Not Yet Recruiting·Listed Aug 20, 2026
Clinical Trials at University of California San Diego
As of August 2026, 35 paid clinical trials are recruiting at University of California San Diego, located at 220 DICKINSON ST, MAIL CODE 8208, SAN DIEGO, CA 92103-2071, phone (619) 543-5238 in San Diego, California. Active studies at this site cover conditions such as Obesity, Heart Failure and Depression. Compensation typically covers time, travel, and study visits — most studies also offer study-related medical care at no cost to participants.
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An Open Label Extension (OLE) Study (Following Completion of CTQJ230A12301) to Evaluate Long-term Safety and Tolerability of Pelacarsen (TQJ230)
for Cardiovascular Disease and Lipoprotein(a)
Drug: Pelacarsen
Sites in San Diego, Irvine +110 more locations
Sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Sex: All·Age: 18 - 100
Code: NCT07517263·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Apr 2026
A Study to Test Whether Different Doses of BI 3000202 Help People With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Drug: BI 3000202
Sites in San Diego, La Palma +28 more locations
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
Sex: All·Age: 18 - 74
Code: NCT07409181·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Feb 2026
A Study to Test Whether Vicadrostat (BI 690517) in Combination With Empagliflozin Helps People With Heart Failure and a Weak Pumping Function of the Left Side of the Heart
for Heart Failure
Drug: Empagliflozin
Sites in San Diego, Encinitas +84 more locations
Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
Sex: All·Age: 18+
Code: NCT06935370·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Apr 2025
Study of NRTX-1001 Neural Cell Therapy in Drug-Resistant Unilateral Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (EPIC (EPIlepsy Cell Therapy))
for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Sites in San Diego, Orange +33 more locations
Sponsor: Neurona Therapeutics
Sex: All·Age: 18 - 75
Code: NCT05135091·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Nov 2021
Child and Adolescent Registry for Participants With Narcolepsy
for Narcolepsy
Sites in San Diego, Redwood City +23 more locations
Sponsor: Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Sex: All·Age: Up to 17
Code: NCT04899947·Recruiting·Listed May 2021
Phase 1/2 Study of PYX-201 in Combination With Pembrolizumab in Advanced Solid Tumors
for Advanced Solid Tumors
Sites in San Diego, Santa Monica +9 more locations
Sponsor: Pyxis Oncology, Inc
Sex: All·Age: 18+
Code: NCT06795412·Phase 1, Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Jan 2025
A Phase 1/2 Study of NRTX-1001 Neuronal Cell Therapy in Drug-Resistant Bilateral Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (MTLE)
for Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Sites in San Diego, Orange +14 more locations
Sponsor: Neurona Therapeutics
Sex: All·Age: 18 - 75
Code: NCT06422923·Phase 1, Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed May 2024
A Feasibility Study to Evaluate the Safety of the TheraSphere Glioblastoma (GBM) Device in Patients With Recurrent GBM
for Glioblastoma Multiforme
Sites in San Diego, San Francisco +5 more locations
Sponsor: Boston Scientific Corporation
Sex: All·Age: 18+
Code: NCT05303467·Phase 1·Recruiting·Listed Mar 2022
Study Evaluating Dosimetry, Randomized Dose Optimization, Dose Escalation and Efficacy of Ac-225 Rosopatamab Tetraxetan in Participants With PSMA PET-Positive Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC)
for PSMA PET-Positive Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Sites in San Diego +8 more locations
Sponsor: Convergent Therapeutics
Sex: Male·Age: 18+
Code: NCT06549465·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Aug 2024
ACE2016 in Adult Subjects With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors Expressing Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR)
for Locally Advanced Solid Tumor
Sites in San Diego +3 more locations
Sponsor: Acepodia Biotech, Inc.
Sex: All·Age: 18+
Code: NCT06415487·Phase 1·Recruiting·Listed May 2024
A Study of Bevonescein in Patients Undergoing Abdominopelvic Surgery
for Surgery
1 location in San Diego
Sponsor: Alume Biosciences, Inc.
Sex: All·Age: 18+·Accepts healthy volunteers
Code: NCT06662097·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed Oct 2024
Endotype DIrected Treatment for OSA in Down Syndrome
for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Sites in San Diego +4 more locations
Sponsor: University of Arizona
Sex: All·Age: 6+
Code: NCT07280468·Phase 4·Recruiting·Listed Dec 2025
Blood Pressure Effects on Cognition and Brain Blood Flow in PD
for Parkinson Disease
1 location in San Diego
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Sex: All·Age: 50+
Code: NCT05400174·Recruiting·Listed Jun 2022
Promoting Physical Activity in Older Hispanic/Latino(a) Adults
for Sedentary Behavior
Sites in San Diego +1 more location
Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente
Sex: All·Age: 55 - 89·Accepts healthy volunteers
Code: NCT06362824·Recruiting·Listed Apr 2024
Early Detection of Advanced Adenomas and Colorectal Cancer
for Colorectal Cancer
Sites in San Diego & Monrovia
Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center
Sex: All·Age: 18+·Accepts healthy volunteers
Code: NCT06342440·Recruiting·Listed Apr 2024
International Registry for Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer (IRONMAN)
for Prostate Cancer
Sites in San Diego +34 more locations
Sponsor: Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium
Sex: Male·Age: 21+
Code: NCT03151629·Recruiting·Listed May 2017
Tranexamic Acid for Second Trimester Dilation and Evacuation and Bleeding Outcomes
for Abortion
Sites in San Diego +2 more locations
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Sex: Female·Age: 18+·Accepts healthy volunteers
Code: NCT06820177·Phase 4·Recruiting·Listed Feb 2025
Physician Modified Endograft For Complex Aortic Aneurysm Repair
for Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
1 location in San Diego
Sponsor: University of California, Davis
Sex: All·Age: 18+
Code: NCT05339061·Recruiting·Listed Apr 2022
Ketogenic Diet and Brain Response in Anorexia Nervosa
for Anorexia Nervosa
1 location in San Diego
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Sex: All·Age: 18 - 45·Accepts healthy volunteers
Code: NCT06540703·Recruiting·Listed Aug 2024
North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium Patient Registry and Biorepository (NAMDC)
for Mitochondrial Disorders
Sites in San Diego, Stanford +14 more locations
Sponsor: Columbia University
Sex: All·Age: All ages·Accepts healthy volunteers
Code: NCT01694940·Recruiting·Listed Sep 2012
Dupilumab in the Treatment of Pediatric Alopecia Areata
for Alopecia Areata
Drug: Dupilumab
Sites in San Diego, Irvine +3 more locations
Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sex: All·Age: 6 - 17
Code: NCT05866562·Phase 2·Recruiting·Listed May 2023
Studying the Presence of CFRD Complications With Thoughtful Recruitment (SPeCTRuM)
for Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Sites in San Diego, Los Angeles +16 more locations
Sponsor: Jaeb Center for Health Research
Sex: All·Age: 12+
Code: NCT06837181·Recruiting·Listed Feb 2025
Replacing Bone Marrow Diagnostics With Peripheral Blood Analysis in Cytopenia Patients
for Cytopenia
Sites in San Diego +1 more location
Sponsor: Weizmann Institute of Science
Sex: All·Age: 18+
Code: NCT07081087·Recruiting·Listed Jul 2025
Determinants of Incident Stroke Cognitive Outcomes and Vascular Effects on RecoverY
for Ischemic Stroke
Sites in San Diego, Los Angeles +26 more locations
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Sex: All·Age: 18+
Code: NCT04916210·Recruiting·Listed Jun 2021
Women Informed to Screen Depending on Measures of Risk (Wisdom Study)
for Breast Cancer Screening
Sites in San Diego, Irvine +7 more locations
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Sex: Female·Age: 30 - 74·Accepts healthy volunteers
Code: NCT02620852·Recruiting·Listed Dec 2015
Target ALS Biomarker Study; Longitudinal Biofluids, Clinical Measures, and At Home Measures
for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Sites in San Diego +9 more locations
Sponsor: Target ALS Foundation, Inc.
Sex: All·Age: 18+·Accepts healthy volunteers
Code: NCT05137665·Recruiting·Listed Nov 2021
MYTHS - MYocarditis THerapy With Steroids
for Myocarditis Acute
Sites in San Diego +3 more locations
Sponsor: Niguarda Hospital
Sex: All·Age: 18 - 69
Code: NCT05150704·Phase 3·Recruiting·Listed Dec 2021
Therapeutic Ketogenic Diet in Anorexia Nervosa
for Anorexia Nervosa in Remission
1 location in San Diego
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Sex: All·Age: 18 - 45
Code: NCT06000774·Recruiting·Listed Aug 2023
American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA) Pancreatic Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) Registry
for Pancreatic Cancer
Sites in San Diego +10 more locations
Sponsor: University of Louisville
Sex: All·Age: 18+
Code: NCT02674100·Recruiting·Listed Feb 2016
Real-Time Levodopa Level Monitoring in Parkinson Disease
for Parkinson Disease
1 location in San Diego
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Sex: All·Age: 40 - 85
Code: NCT04735627·Recruiting·Listed Feb 2021
Next Generation Chest X-Ray Tomosynthesis for Screening of Lung Cancer
for Lung Cancer
1 location in San Diego
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Sex: All·Age: 30 - 85·Accepts healthy volunteers
Code: NCT06577883·Recruiting·Listed Aug 2024
Understanding Ozanimod's MOA Via Mass Cytometry in Ulcerative Colitis
for Ulcerative Colitis
1 location in San Diego
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Sex: All·Age: 18+
Code: NCT06311123·Recruiting·Listed Mar 2024
Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Electromyography of the Muscles of the Mouth
for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
1 location in San Diego
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Sex: All·Age: 18 - 80·Accepts healthy volunteers
Code: NCT06944782·Recruiting·Listed Apr 2025
ART-Pro: Clinical Trial Evaluating Biparametric MRI and Advanced, Quantitative Diffusion MRI for Detection of Prostate Cancer
for Prostate Cancer
Sites in San Diego, San Francisco +2 more locations
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Sex: Male·Age: 18+
Code: NCT06579417·Recruiting·Listed Aug 2024
Study of the Shockwave Medical SkyRunner Carotid Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) System for the Treatment of Calcified Carotid Arteries Prior to Trans-Carotid Stenting (SKYWARD Trans-Carotid IDE [Investigational Device Exemption] Study)
for Carotid Artery Calcification
Sites in San Diego, Rancho Mirage +23 more locations
Sponsor: Shockwave Medical, Inc.
Sex: All·Age: 18+
Code: NCT07062471·Recruiting·Listed Jul 2025
Common conditions studied in San Diego
- Obesity (16 active studies)
- Heart Failure (13 active studies)
- Depression (12 active studies)
- Breast Cancer (10 active studies)
- Major Depressive Disorder (10 active studies)
- Schizophrenia (10 active studies)
Leading research sponsors in San Diego
- University of California, San Diego
- VA Office of Research and Development
- San Diego State University
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Pfizer
Frequently asked questions
How many paid clinical trials are currently recruiting in San Diego?
There are approximately 758 recruiting clinical trials in San Diego, California listed on ClinicalTrials.gov. The number changes weekly as new studies open and others close enrollment.
Do clinical trials in San Diego pay participants?
Most recruiting trials in San Diego compensate participants for their time, travel, and study visits. Compensation varies by sponsor, study phase, and visit requirements — the exact amount is disclosed by the study team during the informed consent process.
Who can participate in a clinical trial in San Diego?
Eligibility depends on the specific study. Each trial defines its own inclusion criteria (age, diagnosis, medical history, prior treatments) and exclusion criteria. Both patients with specific conditions and healthy volunteers can qualify, depending on the study design.
What conditions are most commonly studied in San Diego?
The most common conditions under active study in San Diego include Obesity (16), Heart Failure (13), Depression (12), Breast Cancer (10), among many others. Browse the list above to explore every recruiting trial.
Are there clinical trials for healthy volunteers in San Diego?
Yes. Healthy-volunteer studies — often early-phase pharmacology or vaccine trials — recruit in San Diego on an ongoing basis. Use the "Healthy volunteers only" filter above to view trials that accept participants without the study's target condition.
How do I enroll in a clinical trial in San Diego?
Click any study title above to see the full study record, including eligibility criteria, visit schedule, and the study team's contact information. Reach out to the central contact or recruiting site directly — they will guide you through screening and informed consent.
Where can I take part in paid clinical trials in San Diego?
Recruiting research sites in San Diego include University of California, San Diego, University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital, among others. Each site lists its open studies and contact information on the study record above — call or email the site coordinator to ask about screening for a specific protocol.
What kinds of studies are recruiting in San Diego right now?
The largest active categories in San Diego are Cancer & tumors (151), Neurology & pain (50), Mental health & behavior (46). Use the filters above to narrow by therapeutic area, phase, age, or healthy-volunteer eligibility.
What is the address of University of California San Diego?
University of California San Diego is located at 220 DICKINSON ST, MAIL CODE 8208, SAN DIEGO, CA 92103-2071. Use the Google Maps link in the intro above to get directions.
How do I contact University of California San Diego?
You can reach University of California San Diego by phone at (619) 543-5238. For questions about a specific trial, use the study coordinator contact listed on the individual study record — click any trial title above to open it.
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