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Clinical trials and research at Kansas State University
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 4 clinical trials run by Kansas State University that are recruiting, in United States. By phase: Phase 2 (1). There are also 72 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $34.3 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 4Clinical trials
- 72NIH research projects
- 1Country
Newest trials
| Study | Phase | Where | Status | Registered |
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| Transcranial magnetic stimulation for adult stuttering | — | Manhattan, Kansas | Recruiting | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Out‑of‑school time coaching to boost kids' activity and motor skills | — | Manhattan, Kansas | Recruiting | Sep 26, 2025 |
| See if cross-education helps prevent weakness during short-term wrist immobilization in midlife women | — | Manhattan, Kansas | Recruiting | Sep 10, 2025 |
| Nature-based therapy for depression and anxiety | Phase 2 | Manhattan, Kansas | Recruiting | Mar 5, 2025 |
All recruiting trials (4)
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation for adult stuttering
We will test whether repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to a language-related brain area can reduce stuttering in adults who stutter.
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Out‑of‑school time coaching to boost kids' activity and motor skills
This project will test whether a data‑driven coaching program for after‑school staff can increase elementary children's physical activity and their confidence in motor skills.
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See if cross-education helps prevent weakness during short-term wrist immobilization in midlife women
Researchers are testing whether training the opposite arm can help keep strength and muscle size in the immobilized wrist for midlife women.
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Nature-based therapy for depression and anxiety
This study is testing whether outdoor therapy sessions that encourage physical activity in nature can help people with depression and anxiety feel better compared to those who receive regular care.
NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 72)
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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Pain relief research for food animals (models to test analgesics)
Researchers are developing reliable ways to test pain relief drugs for pigs, calves, and goats to help farmers keep animals comfortable.
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Noninvasive brain stimulation to reduce hyperexcitability in a Fragile X rat model
A small animal study tests whether low-frequency rTMS can calm overactive brain activity and improve thinking-style tasks in a rat model of Fragile X and autism.
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Automated nucleic acid quality checks for veterinary diagnostics
A Kansas State University lab is buying and using an automated TapeStation to quickly and reliably check the quality of RNA and DNA before dog, horse, and cattle tests.
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Integrated microbiome and resistome framework to prevent surgical site infections in veterinary orthopedic surgery
A veterinary research project will study how preoperative microbes and resistance genes in animals relate to post-surgical infections and antibiotic failures.
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Automated sample prep for faster plasma and feed analysis in targeted LC-MS/MS
This grant aims to speed up lab workflows by using automated liquid handling to prepare plasma and feed samples for targeted LC-MS/MS testing, helping labs process more tests with less variability.
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Whole genome sequencing of E. coli and Salmonella from animals to improve health insights
Researchers will sequence 200 bacterial isolates from companion and food animals to better understand strains linked to human and animal health.
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Risk factors for alpha-gal allergy and tick bites in people with Anderson-Fabry disease
A research project investigates why some people, including those with Anderson-Fabry disease, develop alpha-gal allergy after a tick bite and how genetics and tick saliva contribute.
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Mosquito immunity: uncovering how malaria-carrying mosquitoes defend themselves
Researchers are studying the immune system of the malaria-carrying mosquito Anopheles gambiae to understand how its body fights infections and how that might affect disease transmission.
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Targeting the Alternative Complement Pathway to Help Inflammatory and Degenerative Eye Diseases
Researchers are studying how the body’s immune system buttons up the alternative complement pathway, with the goal of helping people who have autoimmune or degenerative conditions like dry age-related macular degeneration.
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Strengthening antibiotic resistance surveillance in Kansas retail foods
A nationwide effort to track antibiotic resistance in bacteria from Kansas grocery-store foods to help protect people from harder-to-treat infections.
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Pain relief for food animals: creating and testing better ways to measure analgesics
Researchers will develop and validate animal pain models in livestock to help bring safe and effective pain-relief drugs to market for pigs, goats, and calves.
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Prefrontal circuits of active avoidance under social conditions
This grant explores how social context changes avoidance behavior in rats to shed light on anxiety disorders and PTSD.
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Cognitive Neuroscience Core for brain and neurostimulation research
A centralized neuroscience facility at Kansas State University will provide EEG and TMS-based tools to help researchers study cognitive brain function and plasticity in people.
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Neuroinformatics Core for AI-powered neuroscience data
A dedicated core at Kansas State University helps neuroscience researchers manage and analyze large brain data with secure AI tools and high-performance computing.
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Behavioral Neuroscience Core at a university supports brain research
A university core facility helps behavioral brain researchers access equipment and expert support to advance studies on how the brain changes with experience.
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Administrative Core supports CNAP research with grants, mentoring, and grant-writing help
This grant helps Kansas State University organize and support cognitive/neural plasticity research by mentoring researchers, helping them write better grant proposals, and coordinating pilot projects and cores.
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Cognitive and Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity Center Phase 2
A national center continues to study how the brain changes with learning and other experiences, with a focus on memory, neuromodulation, and advanced modeling, to benefit people including those with Alzheimer’s disease-related conditions.
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Understanding how body parts share genetic blueprints to form tissues
A study to uncover how the body reuses genetic networks to make repeated parts like hair, muscles, and neurons, with experiments in adult humans and model systems.
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How prior knowledge helps memory in aging and Alzheimer's disease
A study looks at how what people already know might help them remember everyday events, and how this changes with aging and Alzheimer’s.”
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Vet-LRN Diagnostic Lab Collaboration for Kansas State University
A veterinary diagnostic lab at Kansas State University will participate in Vet-LRN case investigations to help identify animal disease in samples from patients and animal food, using standardized methods and tailored reporting.
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Understanding how cancer starts translating proteins at non-traditional start sites
Researchers are studying how cancer cells may start producing proteins from unusual start sites, which could reveal new clues about cancer behavior and prognosis.
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How the Lyme disease bacteria uses a chemical messenger to cause disease
Scientists are studying how the Lyme disease bacteria (Borrelia burgdorferi) uses a chemical signal to thrive inside people, which could lead to new ways to prevent or treat infection.
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How obesity may worsen flu illness and how weight loss could help
Researchers are studying how obesity changes the way flu affects the body, aiming to find ways to prevent severe illness, with tests done in mouse models to better understand potential human implications.
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Benign-by-Recoding: A New Way to Build Safer Coronavirus Vaccines
A researcher at Kansas State University is working on a new type of COVID-19 vaccine made safer by deleting parts of the virus’s genetic code to reduce harm while still teaching the immune system.
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Molecular and Cellular Biology Core supports CEZID research
This grant funds a core facility at Kansas State University that provides advanced biology technologies to help researchers study emerging and zoonotic infections.
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Administrative Core for a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (CEZID)
A grants program to build and support leaders and pilots in communicable disease research at CEZID, helping researchers grow toward independent NIH funding.
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Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID) Phase 2
A national center at Kansas State University continues to build research on high-impact infectious diseases that jump from animals to people and improve how scientists work together.
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Orally available small-molecule inhibitors for MERS and related coronaviruses
A scientist team is testing new small molecules that could block a key coronavirus enzyme, aiming to create an easy-to-take medicine for people at risk of MERS or related viruses.
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Understanding how enzyme inhibitors help pathogens dodge our immune system
A scientist team is studying how certain enzymes block the body’s early defense from infections, to understand how people are protected or at risk.
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Antiviral drugs targeting the coronavirus replication enzyme
Developing small antiviral compounds that block a key coronavirus enzyme to help people exposed to or infected by SARS-CoV-2.
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How microRNAs are controlled to keep genes in balance
This work looks at how tiny microRNA molecules are kept balanced so genes work properly, which could help people with cancer or neurodegenerative diseases.
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How lung nerve cells change immune responses in severe pneumonia
Researchers are looking at whether signals from lung nerve cells change immune responses in people with severe, antibiotic‑resistant Klebsiella pneumonia to help reduce deadly sepsis.
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Adiponectin to improve blood vessel health in aging
Seeing if increasing a hormone called adiponectin helps older adults' blood vessels become healthier after aerobic exercise.
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Creating better pain management methods for food animals
This study is looking at ways to better understand and manage pain in farm animals like pigs, goats, and calves during common procedures, so we can help them feel more comfortable and improve their care on farms.
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Developing oral medications to fight MERS-CoV and similar coronaviruses
This study is working on new oral medications that can help fight the MERS virus and other similar coronaviruses, making it easier for patients to take them when needed.
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Understanding how Borrelia bacteria evade the immune system
This study is looking at how Borrelia bacteria, which cause Lyme disease, manage to dodge our immune system, and it aims to find out how certain proteins they produce help them do this, with hopes of discovering better ways to prevent or treat these infections.
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Understanding everyday memory in aging and early Alzheimer's
This project explores how our memory for daily events, like conversations or grocery trips, changes as we get older and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
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Understanding how cancer genes start making proteins
This project looks at how cancer cells start making proteins, which could help us find new ways to stop cancer growth.
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How nerve cells influence immune cell behavior in body tissues
This study is looking at how nerve cells in your body might help control immune cells called macrophages, especially when you're hurt or have inflammation, to see if they can either make things worse or help you heal, which could be really helpful for understanding lung and abdominal conditions.
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How mechanical signals affect heart and blood vessel responses in cardiovascular disease
This study is looking at how exercise affects the nervous system and heart health, especially for people with peripheral artery disease, to find ways to make exercise safer and help reduce the risk of heart problems.
Quick answers
How many clinical trials run by Kansas State University are recruiting right now?
4, 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 2: 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
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