The power of clinical trials
Clinical trials are highly impactful research studies that seek to find safe and effective ways to prevent, detect or treat disease. By participating, our patients are taking an active role in their own care and helping us change how we develop medicine and deliver treatment. Through patient collaboration, we’re improving the standard of care and creating a healthier world, one extraordinary moment at time.
UCI Health offers clinical trials and studies in the following areas:
- Anesthesia
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Emergency medicine
- Endocrinology
- Gastrointestinal
- Hematology & Oncology
- Immunology
- Infectious disease
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics & gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Pain management
- Pediatrics
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Rheumatology
- Surgery
- Urology
What sets UCI Health apart?
As an academic medical center, UCI Health is uniquely positioned to advance medicine through leading-edge research and clinical trials for all diseases and conditions. We’re currently enrolling patients in more than 400 trials for a variety of conditions or diseases in cancer, digestive health, cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery and more. Our participants have access to clinical trials in all stages, with more trials available at UCI Health than at any other health system in the area.
Facts about clinical trials
- Many patients benefit from new treatments not available to the general public
- Clinical trials offer hope for patients with diseases that haven’t responded to standard of care treatments
- Patients in clinical trials are also closely monitored by experts who specialize in their specific condition
- Every trial has a plan, or protocol, that describes the study, what to expect, risks and benefits
- Clinical trials are open to everyone, regardless of age, ethnicity or gender, as long as the participant meets the eligibility requirements
Center for Clinical Research
The UCI Center for Clinical Research oversees clinical trials for UCI Health and the UCI School of Medicine. Our trials cover the full spectrum of conditions, from heart disease and neurological disorders to visual impairment and more.
Our stories
Can dopamine be restored in Parkinson’s patients?
In a Q&A, UCI Health neurologist Dr. Claire Henchcliffe reports promising results in a clinical trial of stem cells to replace dopamine-producing neurons destroyed by the disease.
Surviving a deadly brain tumor
Newly diagnosed with glioblastoma, Amanda Johnson had few treatment options when she sought out a UCI Health brain tumor specialist. Now, more than 4 years after joining an experimental drug trial, she’s had no sign of recurrence.
An alternative to spinal fusion for
lower back pain
Lumbar spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spaces in the lower spine, can be painful, debilitating and hard to treat.
New drug reverses hair loss from alopecia
Alopecia areata, a little-known autoimmune disorder, causes the immune system to attack and destroy hair follicles on the scalp and other parts of the body.
