Coherent Sine Burst Electroporation (CSE) Ablation System US IDE Study for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Testing the Addition of 131I-MIBG or Lorlatinib to Intensive Therapy in People With High-Risk Neuroblastoma (NBL)
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A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Divarasib and Pembrolizumab Versus Pembrolizumab and Pemetrexed and Carboplatin or Cisplatin in Participants With Previously Untreated, KRAS G12C-Mutated, Advanced or Metastatic Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Open-label Study Comparing AAA817 Versus Standard of Care in the Treatment of Previously Treated PSMA-positive mCRPC Adults Who Have Disease Progressed on or After [177Lu]Lu-PSMA Targeted Therapy
Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE in Patients With Grade 1 and Grade 2 Advanced GEP-NET
A Study to Compare Blinatumomab Alone to Blinatumomab With Nivolumab in Patients Diagnosed With First Relapse B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL)
Phase 3 Trial Evaluating the Safety & Efficacy of IMNN-001 Administered in Combination w/ Standard NACT & Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Newly Diagnosed Patients w/ Advanced EOC, Fallopian Tube or Primary Peritoneal Cancer
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)
A Culturally-Tailored Mobile Health and Social Media Physical Activity Intervention for Improving Physical Activity in Hispanic or Latino/Latina Adolescent and Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors, Walking Juntos Study
Trial to Visualize the Ureters With Nizaracianine Triflutate in Adults Undergoing Abdominopelvic Surgery
A Multicenter Access and Distribution Protocol for Unlicensed Cryopreserved Cord Blood Units (CBUs)
Clinical research studies in The Villages
Memory and Alzheimer's research. The Villages and nearby Lady Lake are home to dedicated research sites such as Charter Research and K2 Medical Research, and many of their studies focus on memory loss, Alzheimer's disease, and related conditions such as Parkinson's disease. Our guide explains what Alzheimer's treatment looks like today.
Weight loss and diabetes. Studies of investigational medicines for obesity and type 2 diabetes also recruit in the area; see our weight loss clinical trials page.
Other conditions common after 60. Local studies also cover conditions such as fatty liver disease, COPD, osteoarthritis, and chronic pain, and some accept healthy volunteers.
Can you get paid for clinical trials in The Villages?
Some studies offer compensation for time and travel, and study related care is typically provided at no cost to participants. Compensation varies by trial and is always described during the informed consent process before you agree to anything. The ethics board that oversees each study, called an institutional review board, must approve both the amount and the payment schedule, and FDA guidance says payment should add up visit by visit rather than depend on finishing the whole study. In practice, people who leave a study early are usually paid for the visits they completed.
Our guide explains how much clinical trials pay and how payment is decided.
Does Medicare cover clinical trials?
Medicare covers the routine costs of qualifying clinical trials, such as the doctor visits and tests you would have whether or not you were in a study, and the care of complications that arise from taking part. It does not pay for the investigational item itself or for items the sponsor provides free to every participant, which usually includes the study medicine. Our guide to clinical trials for older adults explains Medicare coverage in more detail.
Do I have to stop my regular medicines to join a study?
Usually not, but some studies ask you to pause certain medicines for a set time, called a washout period, under the guidance of the study doctor. Never stop a prescribed medicine on your own to qualify for a study. Our guide explains how washout periods work.
How to join a clinical trial in The Villages
- Identify your trial. Use the filters on this page to narrow the list by condition or phase, or search a diagnosis such as Alzheimer's disease or type 2 diabetes.
- Check the location. Each study lists the sites where it recruits, so confirm it has a site in The Villages, Lady Lake, or another nearby town.
- Explore study details. Read the eligibility criteria and, where listed, the number of visits and how long the study lasts before applying.
- Complete the health profile. Click "See if you qualify" to begin the 5-step application. Have ready your diagnosis and when it was made, the medicines you take, and any recent test results.
- Submit the application. A clinical trial coordinator reviews it and contacts you to discuss next steps. Nothing is decided until informed consent, and participation is voluntary at every step.
Our guide to finding clinical trials near you covers each step in more detail.
Clinical trials near The Villages
Research sites in Lady Lake, Leesburg, and Ocala are within a short drive, and studies at these sites appear on this page. For larger hospital based research, see our pages for Orlando and Gainesville, each about an hour away, or browse all Florida clinical trials.