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Clinical trials and research at Geisinger Clinic
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 7 clinical trials run by Geisinger Clinic that are recruiting, in United States. By phase: Phase 4 (1). There are also 37 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $27.4 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 7Clinical trials
- 37NIH research projects
- 1Country
Newest trials
| Study | Phase | Where | Status | Registered |
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| Peer recovery support to help people stay on medication for opioid use disorder | — | Danville, Pennsylvania | Recruiting | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Informing low-acuity ED patients about non-emergency care options | — | Danville, Pennsylvania | Recruiting | Sep 22, 2025 |
| Angiography versus electrogram guidance for Bachmann bundle pacemaker lead placement | — | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Recruiting | Aug 8, 2025 |
| Nurse follow-up nudge to reduce emergency visits after ambulatory-sensitive diagnoses | — | Danville, Pennsylvania | Recruiting | Jun 19, 2025 |
| Benefits of Osteopathic Manual Therapy for Patients with Respiratory Illness | — | Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania | Recruiting | Jul 10, 2024 |
| Comparing MTA and Biodentine for treating children's teeth | Phase 4 | Danville, Pennsylvania | Recruiting | Apr 28, 2021 |
| Evaluating the effects of showering on postoperative complications with drains | — | Danville, Pennsylvania | Recruiting | Jan 27, 2021 |
All recruiting trials (7)
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Peer recovery support to help people stay on medication for opioid use disorder
This project will see if meeting with trained peer recovery supporters helps people with opioid use disorder stay on their medication treatment.
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Informing low-acuity ED patients about non-emergency care options
This project will test whether sending a text message and adding information to your after-visit summary helps adults discharged from the ED with low-acuity visits use primary care or an intelligent triage tool instead of returning to the emergency department.
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Angiography versus electrogram guidance for Bachmann bundle pacemaker lead placement
This study will try two ways to guide placement of an atrial pacemaker wire in the Bachmann bundle for people getting a permanent pacemaker or ICD to see which method leads to more successful placement.
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Nurse follow-up nudge to reduce emergency visits after ambulatory-sensitive diagnoses
This project will test whether a nurse follow-up message or phone call after a clinic visit can reduce emergency department visits among adults (30+) diagnosed with ambulatory sensitive conditions.
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Benefits of Osteopathic Manual Therapy for Patients with Respiratory Illness
This study is testing if adding Osteopathic Manual Therapy to standard care can help older patients with respiratory illnesses like pneumonia and bronchitis feel better faster.
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Comparing MTA and Biodentine for treating children's teeth
This study is testing whether two different treatments for children's tooth issues, MTA and Biodentine, work better for saving baby teeth in kids aged 2 to 12.
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Evaluating the effects of showering on postoperative complications with drains
This study is testing if showering with drains after breast reduction or panniculectomy surgery affects the risk of complications for patients.
NIH-funded research (37)
Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.
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Identification and family-based testing to prevent heart disease in FH patients
This project helps people with familial hypercholesterolemia and their families get identified early and start treatment to prevent heart disease.
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Geisinger NCORP: A network to bring cancer trials and care Delivery research to patients
A nationwide cancer trials network is partnering with Geisinger to bring cutting-edge cancer trials and improved care delivery to patients in Geisinger communities.
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Genomic patterns of weight change and heart-disease risk across adulthood
A long-term study looking at how changes in body mass over adulthood relate to cardiometabolic disease, especially diabetes, using genetic and other biological data.
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Titin Gene Variants and Heart Disease: Understanding Who Might Be Affected
Researchers will study how TTN truncating variants affect heart health in people, with the goal of guiding future care for those with these genetic findings.
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Making Genomic Medicine Routine in a Rural Health System
A national effort to help rural clinics use genomic information as part of everyday patient care.
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How extreme heat affects heart and lung health and what health systems can do
This project looks at how very hot weather affects heart and lung events and how hospitals and clinics can reduce these risks for patients.
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Comprehensive diabetes surveillance for youth and young adults
A national effort using electronic health records to track how diabetes and its treatments affect children and young adults, helping doctors and families plan better care.
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Identification and cascade testing for familial hypercholesterolemia (IMPACT-FH)
A doctor and team are testing how to find people with FH earlier and use family testing to prevent heart disease.
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Peer recovery support to help people stay in outpatient MOUD care
A project tests whether peer support from people with lived experience can help patients stay in outpatient medication for opioid use disorder longer.
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Finding and testing family members for familial high cholesterol (FH)
This project tries new ways to find people with familial high cholesterol, help them take action, and offer testing to relatives so affected families can start treatment earlier.
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Advancing Genomic Understanding in Prenatal Care with Patient Data Sharing
A patient-facing project that helps families share and learn from prenatal genomic data to improve future diagnoses.
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Blood flow that protects vessels: pulsatile vs non-pulsatile support with a total artificial heart
This project tests whether pulsatile blood flow from a total artificial heart reduces blood damage and artery changes compared with continuous flow in a large animal model, aiming to improve safety for people who may need these devices.
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Improving Risk Stratification for Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)
A patient-facing look at a study that aims to better predict who with familial hypercholesterolemia is at highest risk for early heart disease.
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Peer recovery support to help people stay on medication for opioid use disorder
Trained peers with lived experience will help people with opioid use disorder stick with clinic-based medication treatment.
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Genomic patterns and features in cerebral palsy
A study to understand how rare and common genetic differences relate to cerebral palsy in children and adults.
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Advancing Precision Psychiatry with AI in Learning Health Systems
Aims to speed up accurate diagnosis and personalized treatment for mood and related disorders using big data, AI tools, and learning health care practices across medical centers.
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Geisinger Community Cancer Research Program
This program brings NCI-supported cancer clinical trials and care-improvement projects to patients in Geisinger’s communities so they can take part close to home.
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Helping families find and treat inherited high cholesterol
This project tests a clinic-based program to help primary care doctors find and treat children and adults with inherited high cholesterol (familial hypercholesterolemia).
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Better Detection and Understanding of Aortic Aneurysms with Big Radiology and Genetics Data
A large NIH grant is funding a project to improve how we find and understand abdominal and other aortic aneurysms using lots of radiology images and genetic information.
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Gene dosage and brain disorders: how genetic changes shape autism, bipolar disorder, and related conditions
Researchers will study how different genetic changes influence brain-related conditions like autism and bipolar disorder using large patient data to understand why these disorders overlap and co-occur.
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Bringing genetic medicine into rural healthcare
This project will help put genetic test results and decision support into everyday care for patients served by a rural health system.
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Improving Mental Health Care with Advanced Technology
This project aims to use advanced technology and large datasets to help people with mental health conditions get the right diagnosis and treatment faster.
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Pulsating versus steady blood flow from a new artificial heart
This project tests pulsating versus steady blood flow from a new total artificial heart to learn how each affects blood damage, blood vessels, and blood pressure for people with advanced heart failure.
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Better heart-risk prediction for inherited high cholesterol
This project aims to give people with familial high cholesterol clearer, more personalized estimates of their future heart disease risk using genetic information, cholesterol measures, and other health factors.
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Quick genetic answers for complex health conditions
This project helps doctors quickly use existing genetic information to understand and care for patients with complex health conditions.
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Understanding the Genetic Causes of Cerebral Palsy
This project aims to discover the genetic reasons why some people develop cerebral palsy.
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Improving diagnosis and care for familial hypercholesterolemia
This study is working to make it easier for doctors to spot and treat familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic condition that causes high cholesterol and can lead to heart problems, so that both kids and adults can get the help they need earlier and stay healthier.
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Finding and helping families with inherited high cholesterol
This project tries new ways to find people with inherited high cholesterol (familial hypercholesterolemia) and help their family members get tested and treated early.
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Making genomic medicine a standard part of healthcare in rural areas
This study is working to make genetic testing a regular part of healthcare, especially for people in rural and underserved areas, so that everyone can benefit from better treatment options and personalized care.
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Understanding the genetic and physical differences in cerebral palsy
This study is looking at how genes and physical traits are linked to cerebral palsy, and it's for people of all ages with the condition, as it aims to find out more about what causes CP and how to help those affected.
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Understanding and improving risk assessment in familial hypercholesterolemia
This study is looking at familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic condition that causes high cholesterol and heart disease risk, to better understand its different types and how they affect heart health, so doctors can give clearer advice to patients from all backgrounds.
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Exploring community factors affecting opioid use disorder and treatment adherence
This study is looking at how different community and program factors affect the risk of opioid use disorder and how well medication-assisted treatment works, with the goal of finding ways to help people stick with their treatment and improve their recovery.
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Tracking diabetes types in young adults using electronic health records in Pennsylvania
This study looks at how common type 1 and type 2 diabetes is among young adults in Pennsylvania, using health records to get a clearer picture of the situation and help improve diabetes care in the area.
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Exploring genetic variations related to elastin and similar genes
This study is looking at how changes in certain genes related to elastin can affect people in different ways, and it's for anyone interested in understanding the various health issues that might come from these genetic differences.
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Improving support for patients in opioid use disorder treatment
This study is looking at how to make support programs better for people with opioid use disorder by involving those who have experienced addiction themselves, so they can help others stick with their treatment and stay healthy.
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Finding and treating people with familial hypercholesterolemia early to prevent heart disease
This study is looking for ways to help doctors find and treat people with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic condition that causes high cholesterol and can lead to heart problems, so that more families can get diagnosed and stay healthy together.
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Using rare genetic causes to improve understanding and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders
This study is looking at how rare genetic disorders might affect mental health conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism, and it's for people with unique genetic profiles who want to help us understand how these genes influence symptoms and treatment options.
Quick answers
How many clinical trials run by Geisinger Clinic are recruiting right now?
7, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.
Where are these trials running?
All of them have sites in United States. Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.
What phases are they in?
Phase 4: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.
How do I join one?
Open a study, check the "Is this trial a fit for you?" section, then contact the study team listed on the page. They will ask a few screening questions. Asking is free and does not commit you to anything. Talk it over with your doctor first.
Find the studies that fit you
A list is a starting point. Tell us your situation in your own words and we'll rank the studies that match and explain why. It's free and needs no account.