How much do paid clinical trials in Santa Cruz 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.

Are clinical trials in Santa Cruz safe?

Every trial on this page is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, the official NIH registry, and is overseen by an Institutional Review Board (IRB). Before joining you receive an informed consent document detailing procedures, risks and compensation. Participation is voluntary and you can withdraw at any time.

How do I join a study in Santa Cruz, CA?

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 Santa Cruz?

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 Santa Cruz typically complete one or two studies per year.

Paid Clinical Trials Santa Cruz, CA — 164 Studies Recruiting (Jul 2026)

A Study of Modified Release RTN-001 In Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension

Uncontrolled Hypertension Phase 2 Interventional 280 participants sought

Retension Clinical Site — San Jose, California (26.1 mi) · Sponsor: Retension Pharmaceuticals. Inc.

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07142356)

Study of Student Flourishing

Healthy N/A Interventional 2,500 participants sought

Foothill College — Los Altos Hills, California (28.3 mi) · Sponsor: Flourish Science, Inc.

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07259746)

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

Lumos Clinical Research Center /ID# 249731 — San Jose, California (26.1 mi) · Sponsor: AbbVie

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05711394)

Testing the Use of Combination Therapy in Adult Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma, the EQUATE Trial

Plasma Cell Myeloma, RISS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma Phase 3 Interventional 1,450 participants sought

Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Santa Cruz — Santa Cruz, California (0.4 mi) · Sponsor: ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04566328)

Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation (nVNS) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD N/A Interventional 40 participants sought

Acacia Research Center — Sunnyvale, California (26.9 mi) · Sponsor: Acacia Clinics

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07523685)

MYELOMATCH: A Screening Study to Assign People With Myeloid Cancer to a Treatment Study or Standard of Care Treatment Within myeloMATCH (MyeloMATCH Screening Trial)

Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Arising From Previous Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Phase 2 Interventional 2,000 participants sought

Kaiser Permanente-Santa Teresa-San Jose — San Jose, California (26.1 mi) · Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05564390)

TriClip CED RWE Study

Tricuspid Regurgitation N/A Observational 2,200 participants sought

Abbott — Santa Clara, California (26.3 mi) · Sponsor: Abbott Medical Devices

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06920745)

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial on Efficacy and Safety of Fluticasone Propionate/Albuterol Sulfate Combination in Participants 12 Years and Older With Asthma

Asthma Phase 3 Interventional 724 participants sought

Teva Investigational Site 12064 — San Jose, California (26.1 mi) · Sponsor: Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D LLC

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06664619)

Stereotactic Radiosurgery Compared With Hippocampal-Avoidant Whole Brain Radiotherapy (HA-WBRT) Plus Memantine for 5 or More Brain Metastases

Brain Metastases Phase 3 Interventional 206 participants sought

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Santa Clara — Santa Clara, California (26.3 mi) · Sponsor: Canadian Cancer Trials Group

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03550391)

A Study to Compare Two Surgical Procedures in Individuals With BRCA1 Mutations to Assess Reduced Risk of Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian Carcinoma N/A Interventional 1,956 participants sought

Kaiser Permanente-Santa Teresa-San Jose — San Jose, California (26.1 mi) · Sponsor: NRG Oncology

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04251052)

Efficacy and Safety Study of Ixoberogene Soroparvovec (Ixo-vec) in Participants With Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration (AQUARIUS)

Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (nAMD), Wet AMD Phase 3 Interventional 284 participants sought

Adverum Clinical Site 201 — Campbell, California (21.8 mi) · Sponsor: Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07482176)

Assessing Benefits and Harms of Cannabis/Cannabinoid Use Among Cancer Patients Treated in Community Oncology Clinics

Breast Carcinoma, Colorectal Carcinoma N/A Observational 2,000 participants sought

Kaiser Permanente-Santa Teresa-San Jose — San Jose, California (26.1 mi) · Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06418204)

Dose Range Finding Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Tozorakimab in Adults With Uncontrolled Asthma on Medium-to-High Dose Inhaled Corticosteroids

Asthma Phase 2 Interventional 540 participants sought

Research Site — San Jose, California (26.1 mi) · Sponsor: AstraZeneca

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06932263)

Prevention of Cervical Cancer Using the Genotyping Screening and Same-day Self-sampling

Human Papilloma Virus N/A Observational 5,000 participants sought

Atila Biosystems, Inc. — Sunnyvale, California (26.9 mi) · Sponsor: Atila Biosystems Inc.

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07232355)

Docetaxel to Androgen Receptor Pathway Inhibitors in Patients With Metastatic Castration Sensitive Prostate Cancer and Suboptimal PSA Response

Prostate Cancer (Adenocarcinoma) Phase 3 Interventional 830 participants sought

Stanford Cancer Center South Bay — San Jose, California (26.1 mi) · Sponsor: Canadian Cancer Trials Group

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06592924)

De-Escalation of Breast Radiation Trial for Hormone Sensitive, HER-2 Negative, Oncotype Recurrence Score Less Than or Equal to 18 Breast Cancer (DEBRA)

Stage I Breast Cancer Phase 3 Interventional 1,670 participants sought

Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital — Santa Cruz, California (0.4 mi) · Sponsor: NRG Oncology

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04852887)

A Prospective Registry to Enable Collection of Standardized Routine Care Oncology Patient Data

Cancer N/A Observational 20,000 participants sought

Pacific Cancer Care — Monterey, California (27.3 mi) · Sponsor: N-Power Medicine

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06877884)

Cognitive Training for Cancer Related Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer Survivors

Breast Cancer, Cognitive Impairments N/A Interventional 386 participants sought

Kaiser Permanente-Santa Teresa-San Jose — San Jose, California (26.1 mi) · Sponsor: NRG Oncology

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05896189)

An External Control Arm Study in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Non Small Cell Lung Cancer N/A Observational 650 participants sought

Pacific Cancer Care — Monterey, California (27.3 mi) · Sponsor: N-Power Medicine

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07174388)

Surabgene Lomparvovec Administered in the Suprachoroidal Space in Adult Participants With Diabetic Retinopathy Without Center-Involved Diabetic Macular Edema

Diabetic Retinopathy Phase 2, Phase 3 Interventional 576 participants sought

Northern California Retina Vitreous Associates /ID# 282994 — Mountain View, California (28.3 mi) · Sponsor: AbbVie

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07592273)

Vismodegib, FAK Inhibitor GSK2256098, Capivasertib, and Abemaciclib in Treating Patients With Progressive Meningiomas

Intracranial Meningioma, Recurrent Meningioma Phase 2 Interventional 124 participants sought

Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Santa Cruz — Santa Cruz, California (0.4 mi) · Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02523014)

A Dose-masked Study of Intravitreal EYE103 in Participants With NVAMD or Macular Edema Following BRVO

Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (NVAMD), Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion (BRVO) Phase 2 Interventional 160 participants sought

Mountain View, California — Mountain View, California (28.3 mi) · Sponsor: EyeBiotech Ltd.

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07205887)

Testing the Addition of Radiation Therapy to the Usual Immune Therapy Treatment (Atezolizumab) for Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer, The RAPTOR Trial

Extensive Stage Lung Small Cell Carcinoma Phase 2, Phase 3 Interventional 138 participants sought

Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Sunnyvale — Sunnyvale, California (26.9 mi) · Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04402788)

Randomized Trial Comparing Immediate vs. Deferred Surgery for Symptomatic ERM

Epiretinal Membrane N/A Interventional 400 participants sought

Retina Vitreous Associates, Northern California Retina Vitreous Assoc Medical Group, Inc. — Mountain View, California (28.3 mi) · Sponsor: Jaeb Center for Health Research

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05145491)

Computer-Assisted Hair Restoration Study Using ARTAS System

Androgenic Alopecia N/A Interventional 150 participants sought

Le's Aesthetics — San Jose, California (26.1 mi) · Sponsor: Venus Concept

See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05938569)

Paid Clinical Trials in Santa Cruz, CA

Studies recruiting near Santa Cruz right now

A Study of Modified Release RTN-001 In Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension

Study of Student Flourishing

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

Testing the Use of Combination Therapy in Adult Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma, the EQUATE Trial

Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation (nVNS) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

MYELOMATCH: A Screening Study to Assign People With Myeloid Cancer to a Treatment Study or Standard of Care Treatment Within myeloMATCH (MyeloMATCH Screening Trial)

TriClip CED RWE Study

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial on Efficacy and Safety of Fluticasone Propionate/Albuterol Sulfate Combination in Participants 12 Years and Older With Asthma

Stereotactic Radiosurgery Compared With Hippocampal-Avoidant Whole Brain Radiotherapy (HA-WBRT) Plus Memantine for 5 or More Brain Metastases

A Study to Compare Two Surgical Procedures in Individuals With BRCA1 Mutations to Assess Reduced Risk of Ovarian Cancer

Efficacy and Safety Study of Ixoberogene Soroparvovec (Ixo-vec) in Participants With Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration (AQUARIUS)

Assessing Benefits and Harms of Cannabis/Cannabinoid Use Among Cancer Patients Treated in Community Oncology Clinics

Dose Range Finding Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Tozorakimab in Adults With Uncontrolled Asthma on Medium-to-High Dose Inhaled Corticosteroids

Prevention of Cervical Cancer Using the Genotyping Screening and Same-day Self-sampling

Docetaxel to Androgen Receptor Pathway Inhibitors in Patients With Metastatic Castration Sensitive Prostate Cancer and Suboptimal PSA Response

De-Escalation of Breast Radiation Trial for Hormone Sensitive, HER-2 Negative, Oncotype Recurrence Score Less Than or Equal to 18 Breast Cancer (DEBRA)

A Prospective Registry to Enable Collection of Standardized Routine Care Oncology Patient Data

Cognitive Training for Cancer Related Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer Survivors

An External Control Arm Study in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Surabgene Lomparvovec Administered in the Suprachoroidal Space in Adult Participants With Diabetic Retinopathy Without Center-Involved Diabetic Macular Edema

Vismodegib, FAK Inhibitor GSK2256098, Capivasertib, and Abemaciclib in Treating Patients With Progressive Meningiomas

A Dose-masked Study of Intravitreal EYE103 in Participants With NVAMD or Macular Edema Following BRVO

Testing the Addition of Radiation Therapy to the Usual Immune Therapy Treatment (Atezolizumab) for Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer, The RAPTOR Trial

Randomized Trial Comparing Immediate vs. Deferred Surgery for Symptomatic ERM

Computer-Assisted Hair Restoration Study Using ARTAS System

Top-rated research centers in Santa Cruz

Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells (IBSC) at UC Santa Cruz

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Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology

Gonstead Clinical Studies Society

Cancer Clinical Trials Office, Stanford Cancer Institute

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