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Clinical trials and research at Vanderbilt University
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 10 clinical trials run by Vanderbilt University that are recruiting, in United States. There are also 559 NIH-funded research projects at this institution, with $261.7 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 10Clinical trials
- 559NIH research projects
- 1Country
Newest trials
All recruiting trials (10)
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Online training program to help families and students with Section 504 access
A structured online training program is tested to see if it helps students with Section 504 plans and their family caregivers get better access to high-quality 504 plans and related services.
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Does drumming help self-control in children with Down syndrome?
In this study, 7- to 15-year-olds with Down syndrome try two months of drum lessons to see if it improves self-control and timing.
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Sentence shaping program for 5th–8th grade deaf and hard of hearing students
This study will try using shape coding visual supports to help 5th–8th grade children who are deaf or hard of hearing and use spoken English and ASL write sentences more accurately.
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Mindfulness program for reducing negative emotions in at-risk youth
This study is testing if an online mindfulness program can help teenagers aged 12 to 17 who struggle with negative emotions feel better and reduce their anxiety and mood problems.
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Whole Food for Families: a family whole-foods diet program to prevent type 2 diabetes
This pilot randomized program will test whether a 12-week, family-centered, non-calorie-restricted whole-foods diet for parents with prediabetes and their children lowers adult HbA1c and improves family diet quality.
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Dietary intervention using whole foods to reduce obesity in teens
This study is trying a whole foods diet for teens with obesity to see if it helps them lose weight and improve their health over 8 weeks.
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Web-based intervention for managing cancer pain in Asian American breast cancer survivors
This study is testing a new online program to help Asian American breast cancer survivors manage their pain and depression better.
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Telehealth support for recovery after intensive care
This study is testing whether telehealth support can help older adults recover better from serious illnesses after being in intensive care, focusing on improving their thinking, physical health, and mental well-being.
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Enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy for depressed adolescents
This study is testing a new type of therapy for depressed teenagers that adds social skills training to see if it helps them feel better compared to regular therapy.
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Improving depression in midlife Korean American women using a web app
This study tests if a web app that encourages physical activity can help improve depression in midlife Korean American women who are feeling down.
NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 559)
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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Understanding how peer norms around alcohol and HIV prevention affect adolescents and young adults in rural Uganda
This project studies how what young people think their peers do or approve of influences drinking and HIV prevention behaviors in rural Uganda, with the goal of improving health outcomes.
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Cancer Pain Management for Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors with Depressive Symptoms
A technology-based program helps Asian American breast cancer survivors with depressive symptoms manage chronic pain more effectively from home using a web app and mobile tools.
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Targeted gene silencing in the brain using siRNA helpers
This grant tests a new way to turn off specific brain genes in particular CNS cell types using siRNA conjugates to help understand brain biology and disease.
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RSELVES Study: How older couples influence daily life and function with Alzheimer’s risk
A study to understand how daily routines and support between older adults and their partners relate to the development of Alzheimer’s-related functional decline.
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Molecular mechanisms of coat assembly and regulation in membrane trafficking
A research project seeks to understand how cellular coats organize and regulate the delivery of membrane-bound cargo, with a focus on proteins related to neurological diseases.
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Synaptic nanostructure in neurodevelopmental disorders
This project aims to map the tiny architecture of brain synapses in native cells to understand how connections form and change in neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Prenatal and Early Childhood Brain Development study across 27 sites
This grant supports a large study of how prenatal and early-life experiences shape brain development and behavior in children from birth to age 10.
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How expanding legal marriage access affects mental health
This project looks at whether allowing more people to marry in New Zealand changed rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm, and substance-related problems among vulnerable groups.
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Trajectories of Positive Motivation and Postpartum Depression Risk
This project studies how brain reward function and daily mood patterns before and after birth relate to the risk of postpartum depression, with a focus on mothers and babies.
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AI-Enhanced Neonatal Simulation for Nurse Training
A new system uses augmented reality, AI and haptic feedback to create realistic virtual newborn patients to help nurses learn hands-on care and clinical decision-making.
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Tuft cells help the pancreas heal by a Type 2 immune circuit
A research project at Vanderbilt aims to understand how special pancreatic tuft cells help repair injury and prevent progression from chronic pancreatitis to cancer, with potential to guide new therapies.
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Cancer drug discovery through high-throughput screening at a major cancer center
Aims to accelerate identifying new cancer drugs using high-throughput screening and genome-wide approaches at Vanderbilt’s cancer center.
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Exploratory look at inflammatory signals during labor in first-time, low-risk pregnancies
This NIH grant explores how chronic inflammation might affect labor in healthy first-time mothers and how racial differences in cesarean rates could be linked to immune signals.
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Mechanisms behind cataract-causing changes in eye proteins
A study at Vanderbilt aims to understand how specific eye protein changes cause cataracts, with the goal of finding ways to prevent or delay cataract formation.
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Family sodium reduction program for new mothers with hypertensive pregnancy disorders
A postpartum care program helps women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy reduce salt in their diet to lower blood pressure and protect heart health.
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Predictive brain signals across cortex during cognitive tasks
A Vanderbilt team will study how the brain predicts what will happen next during a visual working-memory task, using advanced recording and light-based techniques.
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Epigenetic Control of Regeneration Across Species and Life Stages
Researchers are studying how gene control switches help tissues regrow after injury in various animals and humans to spur regenerative medicine advances.
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Automated liquid spotting to speed organoid screening at Vanderbilt
Aimed at speeding up organoid and 3D cell culture drug screening by acquiring an automated dispensing system to improve accuracy, temperature control, and throughput in Vanderbilt’s high-throughput screening core.
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STAT3-activated astrocytes and brain blood vessels in Alzheimer's disease
This project looks at how a specific brain cell type called astrocytes that show a STAT3 activation signal may cause blood-brain barrier problems in Alzheimer's and related dementias, with goals to understand who is affected and how this process works.
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Preventing Youth Violence by Building Supportive Communities
A community-based program in middle schools aims to reduce violence and suicide among African American youth by creating a more positive school climate and engaging families and communities.
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Mid-South REACH Hub to speed biomedical innovation in colleges
A multi-state program to help two-year colleges turn biomedical discoveries into real-world products by providing education, mentorship, and funding.
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Caregiver-led early speech help for toddlers with cleft palate
A caregiver-implemented, telehealth-based program teaches families how to support their toddler’s speech and language development in English and Spanish.
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Early Academic Skills and How Executive Function Shapes Improvement
This grant studies how kids aged 0-11 progress in reading and math and how executive function helps or hinders their growth, with implications for helping struggling students in elementary grades.
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Mirror-Image Natural Compounds as New Arrhythmia Treatments
Researchers are developing a new type of antiarrhythmic drug that targets faulty RyR2 calcium channels in the heart to help people with inherited or acquired rhythm disorders.
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Measuring and mapping risk and resilience in sexual minority preteens and related ages
A patient-friendly look at how researchers will track how risk and resilience develop in sexual minority kids and teens who may be at risk for suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
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Decoupling heart valve fibrosis from ventricular remodeling in degenerative mitral regurgitation
A medication-based approach aims to block a specific serotonin receptor to prevent harmful changes in the heart valve and surrounding tissue for people with degenerative mitral regurgitation.
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Precise platform to guide addiction therapies targeting brain signals
A new platform aims to precisely control brain signaling to better treat cocaine addiction and related CNS disorders.
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Structure and function of a liver enzyme that makes glucose
A study at Vanderbilt is exploring how a liver enzyme (G6PC1) is built and works, to understand why too much glucose is produced in diabetes.
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Perceived norms about alcohol use and HIV/STI prevention among adolescents and young adults in rural Uganda
This project explores how young people in rural Uganda think their friends drink and practice HIV/STI prevention, and tests whether sharing real peer norms can influence risky behaviors.
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Young people's views about alcohol and HIV/STI prevention in rural Uganda
This project gives adolescents and young adults in rural Uganda accurate information about how their peers really drink and protect themselves from HIV/STIs to see if that changes their choices.
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Quantifying molecular interactions to advance cancer research
A new label-free, solution-based technology called FSA-CIR is being refined to study how molecules interact in cancer, aiming to speed up biomarker work and help guide dosing.
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Single cell methods to find natural products that boost cancer immunity
A new lab platform uses single-cell analysis to discover natural product drugs that help the immune system fight cancer.
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Calcium flow in pancreatic islets and its impact on diabetes
This project studies how calcium movement in pancreatic islet cells affects insulin and glucagon release in adults with type 2 diabetes.
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Drug-coated balloon therapy to prevent restenosis after angioplasty in PAD
A research project at Vanderbilt aims to develop safer, non-toxic balloon coatings to reduce re-narrowing after leg artery angioplasty in people with peripheral arterial disease.
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Computational tools to predict and design enzyme variants
A computer-based project that aims to design better enzyme variants to speed up helpful chemical reactions and potentially treat diseases.
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Exosome Secretion and Breast Cancer Spread
A study at Vanderbilt aims to understand how cancer cell and surrounding cell vesicles called exosomes help breast cancer grow and spread, with the goal of finding ways to disrupt this process.
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Personalizing alcohol use disorder treatment with kappa-opioid drugs
Looking into whether medicines that act on the kappa-opioid receptor could help people with alcohol use disorder and which patients they might help best.
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Stopping alcohol-seeking by targeting brain circuits that drive drinking in men and women
This project aims to find brain circuit targets to reduce alcohol craving and drinking driven by avoiding bad feelings, in both men and women.
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Exploring brain circuits linked to alcohol use disorder in mice
This project looks at brain pathways tied to withdrawal-related negative feelings in people with alcohol use disorder by studying similar circuits in male and female mice and seeing whether blocking specific endocannabinoid signals helps.
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Understanding why some people in alcohol recovery have more anxiety and depression linked to the BNST brain network
This project looks at how differences in a tiny brain network called the BNST relate to anxiety and depression in people who are recently stopping alcohol.
Quick answers
How many clinical trials run by Vanderbilt University are recruiting right now?
10, 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.
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.