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Paid Clinical Trials in Aurora, IL

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

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

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Studies recruiting near Aurora right now

Top 25 of 619 recruiting studies, sorted by proximity — each links to its official registry page

A Study to Assess Disease Activity and Adverse Events of Intravenous (IV) Telisotuzumab Vedotin Compared to IV Docetaxel in Adult Participants With Previously Treated Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Phase 3 Interventional 768 participants sought
Edward-Elmhurst Cancer Center /ID# 238552 — Elmhurst, Illinois (20.3 mi) · Sponsor: AbbVie
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04928846)

Testing Shorter Duration Radiation Therapy Versus the Usual Radiation Therapy in Patients With High Risk Prostate Cancer

Prostate Adenocarcinoma, Stage III Prostate Cancer AJCC v8 Phase 3 Interventional 1,209 participants sought
Advocate Outpatient Center - Aurora — Aurora, Illinois (1.6 mi) · Sponsor: NRG Oncology
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05946213)

Implementing a Decision Support Tool to Prevent Community-Acquired Pressure Injury in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in the Spinal Cord Injury Clinic

Spinal Cord Injury, Pressure Injury N/A Interventional 808 participants sought
Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL — Hines, Illinois (24.0 mi) · Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06529094)

BMS-986489 (Atigotatug + Nivolumab) vs Durvalumab in Limited-stage Small-cell Lung Cancer (TIGOS-LS)

Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Phase 2 Interventional 250 participants sought
Illinois Cancer Specialists — Arlington Heights, Illinois (27.5 mi) · Sponsor: SCRI Development Innovations, LLC
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06773910)

Assessing the Effects of Corn and Avocado Oils on the Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Profile

Hypercholesterolemia N/A Interventional 54 participants sought
Biofortis Clinical Research — Addison, Illinois (19.4 mi) · Sponsor: Midwest Center for Metabolic and Cardiovascular Research
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07514663)

Proton Radiation for Unresectable, Borderline Resectable, or Medically Inoperable Carcinoma of the Pancreas

Pancreatic Cancer Phase 2 Interventional 60 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center — Warrenville, Illinois (7.1 mi) · Sponsor: Proton Collaborative Group
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02598349)

Lung-MAP: A Master Screening Protocol for Previously-Treated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Previously Treated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Phase 2, Phase 3 Interventional 10,000 participants sought
Rush-Copley Medical Center — Aurora, Illinois (1.6 mi) · Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03851445)

A Study Assessing Corneal Endothelial Cells in Participants With Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration (nAMD) Treated With the Port Delivery System With Ranibizumab (PDS)

Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration Phase 4 Interventional 188 participants sought
University Retina and Macula Associates, PC — Lemont, Illinois (16.1 mi) · Sponsor: Genentech, Inc.
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04853251)

A Study of Potential Disease Modifying Treatments in Individuals at Risk for or With a Type of Early Onset AD Caused by a Genetic Mutation

Alzheimers Disease, Dementia Phase 2, Phase 3 Interventional 280 participants sought
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital — Park Ridge, Illinois (28.8 mi) · Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05552157)

Impact of Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping on Patient Reported Lower Extremity Limb Dysfunction in Stage I Endometrial Cancer

Stage I Uterine Corpus Carcinoma or Carcinosarcoma AJCC v8 Phase 3 Interventional 428 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville — Warrenville, Illinois (7.1 mi) · Sponsor: NRG Oncology
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05646316)

A Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Finerenone and SGLT2i in Combination in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (CONFIRMATION-HF)

Heart Failure Phase 3 Interventional 1,500 participants sought
CON-10025, Naperville, IL — Naperville, Illinois (7.5 mi) · Sponsor: Colorado Prevention Center
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06024746)

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Dapirolizumab Pegol in Study Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Phase 3 Interventional 450 participants sought
Sl0044 50717 — Willowbrook, Illinois (18.3 mi) · Sponsor: UCB Biopharma SRL
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06617325)

Rollover Study for Participants Previously Enrolled in Clinical Trials of Povorcitinib

Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) Phase 3 Interventional 600 participants sought
Investigative Site US039 — West Dundee, Illinois (23.1 mi) · Sponsor: Incyte Corporation
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06855498)

Evaluation of IV AMBTX-01 (Neridronate) for Treatment of CRPS Type 1 (CRPS-RISE)

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I Phase 3 Interventional 270 participants sought
Ambros Clinical Trial Site — Orland Park, Illinois (24.3 mi) · Sponsor: Ambros Therapeutics, Inc.
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07210515)

Spironolactone Initiation Registry Randomized Interventional Trial in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Phase 3 Interventional 2,000 participants sought
Fox Valley Clinical Research Center, LLC — Aurora, Illinois (1.6 mi) · Sponsor: Uppsala University
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02901184)

A Study of Multiple Therapies in Biomarker-selected Participants With Resectable Stages IB-III Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Phase 2 Interventional 99 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville — Warrenville, Illinois (7.1 mi) · Sponsor: Genentech, Inc.
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04302025)

Testing the Addition of an Anti-cancer Drug, Selinexor, to the Usual Chemotherapy Treatment (Temozolomide) for Brain Tumors That Have Returned After Previous Treatment

Recurrent Glioblastoma, IDH-Wildtype, Recurrent MGMT-Methylated Glioblastoma Phase 1, Phase 2 Interventional 97 participants sought
University of Chicago Medicine-Orland Park — Orland Park, Illinois (24.3 mi) · Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05432804)

A Study to Assess Efficacy and Safety of KarXT for the Treatment of Psychosis Associated With Alzheimer's Disease (ADEPT-2)

Psychosis Associated With Alzheimer's Disease Phase 3 Interventional 500 participants sought
Local Institution - 1148 — Elgin, Illinois (18.9 mi) · Sponsor: Karuna Therapeutics, Inc., a Bristol Myers Squibb company
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06126224)

Phase III, Open-label, Study of First-line Dato-DXd in Combination With Rilvegostomig for Advanced Non-squamous NSCLC With High PD-L1 Expression (TC ≥ 50%) and Without Actionable Genomic Alterations

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Phase 3 Interventional 675 participants sought
Research Site — Hinsdale, Illinois (18.4 mi) · Sponsor: AstraZeneca
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06357533)

Multicenter Study of Lumateperone for the Treatment of Irritability Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Pediatric Patients

Irritability Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder Phase 3 Interventional 160 participants sought
Revive Research Institute — Elgin, Illinois (18.9 mi) · Sponsor: Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06690398)

Testing Different Dosing Schedules of the Anti-cancer Drug, Lutetium 177Lu PSMA RLT and Its Effect on Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer, RECIPROCAL Trial

Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Carcinoma, Metastatic Prostate Adenocarcinoma Phase 3 Interventional 1,524 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville — Warrenville, Illinois (7.1 mi) · Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07200830)

LY4268989 in Adults With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis

Ulcerative Colitis (UC), Ulcerative Colitis, Active Moderate Phase 2 Interventional 1,431 participants sought
Midwest Digestive Health & Nutrition — Des Plaines, Illinois (28.0 mi) · Sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07415044)
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Studies you may be able to join near Aurora

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Top-rated research centers in Aurora

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

Fox Valley Clinical Research Center

1320 N Highland Ave Ste A, Aurora, IL 60506
(630) 723-3487

Clinical trials in Aurora: what's recruiting

The Aurora area currently has 619 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 Aurora, the most active research areas are:

  • Cancer & Oncology12 studies
  • Heart & Vascular3 studies
  • Brain & Mental Health3 studies
  • Immune & Skin2 studies
  • Liver & Kidney1 studies

Every listing shows the study phase, the recruiting site and its distance from Aurora, 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 Aurora

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.

Aurora 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 Aurora 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 Aurora?
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.
Are clinical trials in Aurora 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.
What is the difference between a research center and a hospital study in Aurora?
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 Aurora typically complete one or two studies per year.

Paid clinical trials near Aurora

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