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Paid Clinical Trials in Rockford, IL

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

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

112studies recruiting
7+research centers nearby
4condition categories
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Studies recruiting near Rockford right now

Top 25 of 112 recruiting studies, sorted by proximity — each links to its official registry page

FDG-PET-Guided Metastasis Directed Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer, The PRTY Trial

Castration-Sensitive Prostate Carcinoma, Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma Phase 2 Interventional 125 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine: Kishwaukee — DeKalb, Illinois (27.9 mi) · Sponsor: Northwestern University
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06244004)

Comparing the Outcome of Immunotherapy-Based Drug Combination Therapy With or Without Surgery to Remove the Kidney in Metastatic Kidney Cancer, the PROBE Trial

Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Phase 3 Interventional 364 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Kishwaukee — DeKalb, Illinois (27.9 mi) · Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04510597)

Evaluating the Addition of Adjuvant Chemotherapy to Ovarian Function Suppression Plus Endocrine Therapy in Premenopausal Patients With pN0-1, ER-Positive/HER2-Negative Breast Cancer and an Oncotype Recurrence Score Less Than or Equal to 25

Breast Cancer Phase 3 Interventional 3,960 participants sought
UW Health Carbone Cancer Center Rockford — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: NRG Oncology
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05879926)

Testing Early Treatment for Patients With High-Risk Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) or Small Lymphocytic Leukemia (SLL), EVOLVE CLL/SLL Study

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Phase 3 Interventional 247 participants sought
UW Health Carbone Cancer Center Rockford — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04269902)

A Study to Investigate Outcomes With Elecoglipron Compared With Placebo in Adult Participants With Chronic Kidney Disease.

Chronic Kidney Disease Phase 3 Interventional 7,000 participants sought
Research Site — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: AstraZeneca
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07753993)

Testing the Addition of Stereotactic Radiation Therapy With Immune Therapy for the Treatment of Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer, SAMURAI Trial

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma, Stage III Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 Phase 2 Interventional 240 participants sought
UW Health Carbone Cancer Center Rockford — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: NRG Oncology
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05327686)

Testing the Role of DNA Released From Tumor Cells Into the Blood in Guiding the Use of Immunotherapy After Surgical Removal of the Bladder, Kidney, Ureter, and Urethra for Urothelial Cancer Treatment, MODERN Study

Muscle Invasive Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma, Muscle Invasive Renal Pelvis Urothelial Carcinoma Phase 2, Phase 3 Interventional 992 participants sought
UW Health Carbone Cancer Center Rockford — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05987241)

ARTEMIS - A Research Study to Look at How Ziltivekimab Works Compared to Placebo in People With a Heart Attack

Cardiovascular Risk, Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Phase 3 Interventional 10,000 participants sought
OSF HealthCare_Cardiovasc Inst — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: Novo Nordisk A/S
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06118281)

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 Kishwaukee — DeKalb, Illinois (27.9 mi) · Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07200830)

Evaluating the Prognostic Capability of ctDNA as a Biomarker in Pancreatic Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Pancreas Cancer N/A Observational 500 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Kishwaukee — DeKalb, Illinois (27.9 mi) · Sponsor: Northwestern University
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04616131)

Reaching Rural Cancer Survivors Who Smoke Using Text-Based Program

Cigarette Smoking-Related Carcinoma Phase 3 Interventional 600 participants sought
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05008848)

Testing Docetaxel-Cetuximab or the Addition of an Immunotherapy Drug, Atezolizumab, to the Usual Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in High-Risk Head and Neck Cancer

Oropharyngeal p16INK4a-Negative Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Stage III Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7 Phase 2, Phase 3 Interventional 613 participants sought
UW Health Carbone Cancer Center Rockford — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01810913)

Testing the Effectiveness of a Combination Targeted Therapy (ViPOR) for Patients With Relapsed and/or Refractory Aggressive B-cell Lymphoma

Multiple conditions Phase 2 Interventional 120 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Kishwaukee — DeKalb, Illinois (27.9 mi) · Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06649812)

Testing the Addition of an Anti-Cancer Drug, Cabozantinib to the Immunotherapy Drug Cemiplimab (REGN2810), in Adolescents and Adults With Advanced Adrenocortical Cancer

Locally Advanced Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma, Metastatic Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma Phase 2 Interventional 48 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Kishwaukee — DeKalb, Illinois (27.9 mi) · Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06900595)

Testing the Addition of Herceptin Hylecta or Phesgo to the Usual Chemotherapy for HER2 Positive Endometrial Serous Carcinoma or Carcinosarcoma

Endometrial Carcinoma, Endometrial Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma Phase 3 Interventional 360 participants sought
UW Health Carbone Cancer Center Rockford — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05256225)

Comparing Impact of Treatment Before or After Surgery in Patients With Stage II-IIIB Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Resectable Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma, Stage II Lung Cancer AJCC v8 Phase 3 Interventional 1,100 participants sought
UW Health Carbone Cancer Center Rockford — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06632327)

A Global Phase III Study of Rilvegostomig or Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy for First-Line Treatment of Locally Advanced or Metastatic Squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Phase 3 Interventional 1,160 participants sought
Research Site — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: AstraZeneca
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06692738)

A Study of VARIPULSE Catheter in Participants With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Pulmonary Vein and Superior Vena Cava Isolation

Atrial Fibrillation N/A Interventional 1,070 participants sought
Mercy Hospital — Janesville, Wisconsin (29.3 mi) · Sponsor: Biosense Webster, Inc.
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07527299)

Therasphere® and Systemic Therapy for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma That is High-risk

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Phase 2 Interventional 200 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital — DeKalb, Illinois (27.9 mi) · Sponsor: Northwestern University
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05620771)

Effectiveness of an Automated Falls-Risk Screening and Referral Tool in the Emergency Department (ED)

Falls-Risk N/A Observational 30,000 participants sought
Swedish American Emergency Department — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05810064)

Testing the Addition of Immunotherapy Before Surgery for Patients With Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma

Pleural Biphasic Mesothelioma, Pleural Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma Phase 2 Interventional 26 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Kishwaukee — DeKalb, Illinois (27.9 mi) · Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05647265)

Study of Targeted Therapy vs. Chemotherapy in Patients With Thyroid Cancer

Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma Phase 3 Interventional 264 participants sought
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Kishwaukee — DeKalb, Illinois (27.9 mi) · Sponsor: ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06475989)

Shorter Chemo-Immunotherapy Without Anthracycline Drugs for Early-Stage Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8 Phase 3 Interventional 2,400 participants sought
UW Health Carbone Cancer Center Rockford — Rockford, Illinois (1.7 mi) · Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network
See eligibility & contact on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05929768)
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Studies you may be able to join near Rockford

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Top-rated research centers in Rockford

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

UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center Rockford Laboratory

★ 4.8
3535 N Bell School Rd, Rockford, IL 61114
(779) 696-9400
"Friendly staff knowable staff all appointments right on time Dr Kahn took the time to answer all my questions"
— Fred Amundson, 5★

UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center Rockford

★ 4.7
3535 N Bell School Rd, Rockford, IL 61114
(779) 696-9400
"Nice and easy. On time. The two nurses were very experienced with very pleasant demeanor and helpful attitude."
— waleed said, 5★

Chicago Clinical Research Institute, Inc.

★ 5.0
611 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 823-6800

Innovative Clinical Research Center

★ 2.3
521 Kora Ln, Island Lake, IL 60042
"On March, 11 2024 I had a Urinary tract problem which they asked me to send results to a lab, and getting medication the same day, but that medicatio…"
— Jared Avitia, 1★

Avicenna Clinical Research

★ 4.9
9912 SW Hwy, Oak Lawn, IL 60453
(708) 575-5535
"Joy Jibunoh was very professional and knowledgeable!! Showed great patience when asking questions with clarity!"
— tony torres, 5★

New Life Clinical Research llc

★ 5.0
(847) 454-3872
"I am deeply grateful to Ekta Grewal for her incredible support throughout my journey in the NLCR program. Not only did she provide me with a partial …"
— Brianna Oppong-Antwi, 5★

Pillar Clinical Research, Chicago, Illinois

★ 4.8
3400 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60641
(224) 534-7332
"All the staff of GREAT ADMINISTRATION THEY REALLY TAKE CARE OF THEIR PEOLE. AND I DO MEAN ALL. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE. I WOULD DEFINITELY RECO…"
— Vig Dall, 5★

Clinical trials in Rockford: what's recruiting

The Rockford area currently has 112 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 Rockford, the most active research areas are:

  • Cancer & Oncology19 studies
  • Liver & Kidney6 studies
  • Heart & Vascular1 studies
  • Immune & Skin1 studies

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

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.

Rockford 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

Do I need to be sick to join a clinical trial in Rockford?
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 Rockford 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 Rockford, IL?
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.
Is compensation for clinical trials taxable?
In the U.S., clinical trial compensation is generally considered taxable income, and research sites may issue a 1099 form for payments above $600 in a year. Reimbursements for travel or meals are typically treated differently. Consult a tax professional for your situation.
How often do new paid studies open in Rockford?
Constantly — trials open and close enrollment every week. This page is refreshed weekly from the NIH registry. Join the email alert to be notified when a new study opens within 30 miles of Rockford.

Paid clinical trials near Rockford

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