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Cancer. Cancer research makes up a large share of the studies in Tyler, most of it through Texas Oncology and the UT Health East Texas HOPE Cancer Center. Studies often cover common cancers such as lung cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer, along with gynecologic and blood cancers; see our oncology clinical trials page.
Digestive diseases. Tyler Research Institute is a dedicated research site, and many of its studies are for people with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Our guide to Crohn's treatment explains what is approved today.
Heart, metabolic, and other conditions. Local cardiology practices take part in heart failure and other heart studies, and studies in obesity, type 2 diabetes, eye disease, and asthma also recruit in the city. Our weight loss clinical trials page lists studies of new weight loss medicines.
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 institutional review board (IRB) that oversees each study reviews the amount and timing of any payment, and FDA guidance says payment should build up as the study goes on rather than depend on finishing it. Many studies at least cover travel, which matters for people who drive in from smaller towns across East Texas.
Our guide explains how much clinical trials pay and how payment is decided.
Our guide to finding clinical trials near you covers each step in more detail.
Not always. Study related care, including the study medicine and the visits and tests the protocol requires, is typically provided at no cost to participants. Routine care you would receive anyway may be billed to your insurance, and the study team explains what is covered before you sign anything. Our guide to insurance for clinical trials covers the details.
If nothing in Tyler fits, our Dallas clinical trials page lists the larger research programs about 100 miles west, and our Dallas clinical trials guide explains the city's main institutions. Shreveport, about 100 miles east in Louisiana, has its own page, and studies across the state are on our Texas clinical trials page.