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Paid Clinical Trials in Huntsville, AL

Studies commonly pay $75 to $4,500 per completed study

86 clinical trials are currently recruiting participants within 30 miles of Huntsville. Listings below come straight from the official NIH registry, alongside the area's top-rated research centers with real Google reviews.

86studies recruiting
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Studies recruiting near Huntsville right now

Top 25 of 86 recruiting studies, sorted by proximity — each links to its official registry page

A Study to Assess the Adverse Events and Change in Disease Activity of Oral Atogepant Tablets in Pediatric Participants (6-17 Years of Age) With Episodic Migraine

Episodic Migraine Phase 3 Interventional 450 participants sought
Rehabilitation & Neurological Services /ID# 248517 — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: AbbVie
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05711394)

A Study to Evaluate AZD7760 Safety and Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Adults (Phase I) and Adults With End-stage Kidney Disease on Hemodialysis With a Central Venous Catheter (Phase IIa)

Staphylococcus Aureus Phase 1, Phase 2 Interventional 231 participants sought
Research Site — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: AstraZeneca
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06749457)

A Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of AP306 at Fixed Doses in Dialysis Participants With Hyperphosphatemia

Hyperphosphatemia, Chronic Kidney Disease Requiring Chronic Dialysis Phase 2 Interventional 168 participants sought
Apogee Clinical Research, LLC — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: R1 Therapeutics
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06712654)

Evaluating Stairway Designs for Individuals With Vision Impairment

Vision, Low, Mobility Limitation N/A Interventional 65 participants sought
University of Alabama in Huntsville — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: The University of Alabama in Huntsville
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07337317)

Long-Term Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of NBI-1065845 as an Adjunctive Treatment in Participants With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

Major Depressive Disorder Phase 3 Interventional 850 participants sought
Neurocrine Clinical Site — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: Neurocrine Biosciences
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06966401)

An Open Label Extension (OLE) Study (Following Completion of CTQJ230A12301) to Evaluate Long-term Safety and Tolerability of Pelacarsen (TQJ230)

Cardiovascular Disease and Lipoprotein(a) Phase 3 Interventional 5,700 participants sought
Heart Center Research Llc — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07517263)

A Study of Oral Atogepant Tablets to Assess Adverse Events and Change in Disease Activity To Prevent Migraine in Participants Aged 12 to 17 Years

Chronic Migraine Phase 3 Interventional 420 participants sought
Rehabilitation and Neurological Services /ID# 270782 — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: AbbVie
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06810505)

Neural-Derived Plasma Exosomal MicroRNAs As Promising Novel Biomarkers for Suicidality and Treatment Outcome in Adolescents

Major Depressive Disorder, Suicidal Ideas N/A Interventional 240 participants sought
UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05437588)

PODOMOUNT-Basket, a Study to Test Whether BI 764198 Helps Adults and Adolescents With Different Types of Kidney Disease

Proteinuric Kidney Diseases Phase 2 Interventional 132 participants sought
Nephrology Consultants, LLC — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07355296)

Study to Assess Adverse Events and Disease Activity of Oral Ubrogepant Tablets for the Acute Treatment of Migraine in Children and Adolescents (Ages 6-17)

Migraine Phase 3 Interventional 1,059 participants sought
Rehabilitation & Neurological Services /ID# 229969 — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: AbbVie
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05125302)

A Study Evaluating the Real World Experience of Participants Treated With BRIUMVI® (Ublituximab-xiiy) for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS)

Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis N/A Observational 2,000 participants sought
TG Therapeutics Investigational Trial Site — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: TG Therapeutics, Inc.
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06433752)

Staged Complete Revascularization for Coronary Artery Disease vs Medical Management Alone in Patients With AS Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Aortic Stenosis, Coronary Artery Disease N/A Interventional 4,000 participants sought
Huntsville Heart Center — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: University of British Columbia
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04634240)

A Study to Find Out if BI 764198 Helps Adults and Adolescents With a Kidney Condition Called Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)

Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Phase 3 Interventional 286 participants sought
Apogee Clinical Research — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07220083)

A Real-World Comparative Study of Donanemab (LY3002813) Plus Usual Care Versus Usual Care Alone in US Participants With Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer Disease N/A Observational 6,250 participants sought
Rehabilitation & Neurological Services — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06566170)

Study to Assess Adverse Events and Change in Disease Activity When Oral ABBV-932 is Added to Antidepressant Therapies in Adult Participants With Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Phase 2 Interventional 315 participants sought
University of Alabama - Huntsville Regional Medical Campus /ID# 267818 — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: AbbVie
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06846320)

Protocol for Collecting, Banking and Distributing Human Tissue Samples: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Tissue Resources Core Facility

Normal and Diseased Tissue and Body Fluids Samples N/A Observational 100,000 participants sought
St. Jude Clinic at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01354002)

Study to Evaluate the Effect of Balcinrenone/Dapagliflozin in Patients With Heart Failure and Impaired Kidney Function

Heart Failure and Impaired Kidney Function Phase 3 Interventional 4,800 participants sought
Research Site — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: AstraZeneca
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06307652)

A Study to Assess Adverse Events and Change in Disease Activity of Oral Icalcaprant in Adult Participants With Bipolar I or II Disorder

Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder Phase 2 Interventional 195 participants sought
University of Alabama - Huntsville Regional Medical Campus /ID# 272951 — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: AbbVie
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06696755)

Phase III Study Investigating Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Death With Baxdrostat in Combination With Dapagliflozin

Heart Failure Phase 3 Interventional 11,300 participants sought
Research Site — Huntsville, Alabama (3.9 mi) · Sponsor: AstraZeneca
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06677060)
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Top-rated research centers in Huntsville

Dedicated clinical research sites near you — with their real Google ratings, reviews and contact details

Medical Affiliated Research

★ 4.9
303 Williams Ave SW # 512, Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 533-6603
"The staff is amazing! Ms. Doreen is the best!"
— Amy Landreneau, 5★

Clinical Research Associates

★ 5.0
131 Longwood Dr SW, Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 536-6600
"Staff is professional and friendly, no wait time, quick and easy process. All around great experience!"
— Lida Stevens, 5★

Optimal Research

★ 5.0
2089 Cecil Ashburn Dr SE #203, Huntsville, AL 35802
(256) 883-5635
"Excellent staff, highly professional, concerned, and competant. Follow-up calls are on time, and facility is clean and appointment times are prompt.…"
— John Traylor, 5★

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

★ 4.9
601 Genome Way Northwest, Huntsville, AL 35806
(256) 327-0400
"Great place to grab lunch. Some people apparently work there too. 😁"
— Christopher Bales, 5★

North Alabama Research Center, LLC

★ 5.0
721 Market St W B, Athens, AL 35611
(256) 771-9919
"everyone is so kind make sure you understand everything and everything is a completely explain to you before you agree to do anything and then even a…"
— sandra burkey, 5★

Occupational Health Group-Huntsville

★ 4.0
1104 Monroe St SW, Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 265-7000
"I called after the Athens OHC canceled my appointment the morning of.<br><br>Lady was very nice and got me schedule the same day at 9:30 am !<br><br>…"
— Skyler Carter, 5★

UAB Medicine Huntsville

★ 3.3
301 Governors Dr SW, Huntsville, AL 35801
(256) 536-5511
"I could not give UAB five stars due to the mess of a system the lab has downstairs so I went yesterday after seeing the docto(s) which by the way was…"
— Tinkerbell, 4★

Discovery Donor Center - Huntsville

★ 4.7
900 Hudson Wy NW, Huntsville, AL 35806
(256) 327-9705
"These women that works at this place has no communication skills at all I have an whole recording one of the managers lying saying I cursed out the p…"
— Daja Frazier, 1★

Lakeview Clinical Research

★ 5.0
2316 Homer Clayton Dr, Guntersville, AL 35976
(256) 486-3888
"I participated last year for the flu study. Great experience and all questions answered. I am currently in the lung cancer study and all is great so…"
— Lori Rose, 5★

Clinical trials in Huntsville: what's recruiting

The Huntsville area currently has 86 studies open to new participants, according to the ClinicalTrials.gov registry maintained by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Among the studies closest to Huntsville, the most active research areas are:

  • Brain & Mental Health5 studies
  • Heart & Vascular4 studies
  • Liver & Kidney4 studies
  • Cancer & Oncology2 studies
  • Immune & Skin1 studies

Every listing shows the study phase, the recruiting site and its distance from Huntsville, and links to the official registry page where eligibility criteria and study contacts are published. Compensation is set by each sponsor: industry surveys report typical payments of $75 to $4,500 per completed study, with short observational studies at the low end and multi-visit or overnight Phase 1 studies at the high end.

How to enroll in a paid study in Huntsville

Start with a study whose condition matches your profile — or a healthy-volunteer study if you have no diagnosis. Contact the research site through the registry page, complete a short phone screen, then attend an in-person screening visit. If you qualify, the study team walks you through the informed consent document, which details every procedure, risk and payment before you commit. You can withdraw at any point, and enrollment is always free.

Huntsville participants can also register with the dedicated research centers listed above — many maintain volunteer databases and call when a matching study opens — or sign up for our email alert below to hear when a new study starts recruiting within 30 miles of your ZIP code.

Frequently asked questions

How much do paid clinical trials in Huntsville pay?
Compensation varies by study length, procedures and overnight stays. Industry surveys report typical payments from $75 to $4,500 per completed study, with simple observational studies at the low end and multi-week inpatient Phase 1 studies at the high end. Each listing's study team will confirm the exact amount before you enroll.
Do I need to be sick to join a clinical trial in Huntsville?
No. Many studies recruit healthy volunteers, especially early-phase studies run at dedicated research centers. Others need participants diagnosed with a specific condition. Every trial lists its eligibility criteria — age range, condition, medications — and the study team screens you before enrollment.
How do I join a study in Huntsville, AL?
Pick a study that matches your profile, contact the research site (or apply through the study links on this page), pass a phone pre-screen, then attend an in-person screening visit. If you qualify, you review and sign the informed consent and the study begins. The process typically takes 1-3 weeks.
What is the difference between a research center and a hospital study in Huntsville?
Dedicated research centers (listed on this page with their Google ratings) run studies as their core business — often healthy-volunteer and vaccine studies with structured compensation. Hospital and university studies tend to focus on patients with specific conditions. Both types are registered and IRB-supervised.
Can I be in more than one clinical trial at a time?
Generally no — most studies exclude participants currently enrolled in another trial, and paid Phase 1 studies enforce a washout period (often 30 days or more) between studies. Frequent healthy volunteers in Huntsville typically complete one or two studies per year.

Paid clinical trials near Huntsville

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