A clinical trial is a regulated, systematic way to answer a health care question. Clinical trials can help find a better way to detect or control a disease. Or they can lead to prevention and cure. Also called medical research or research studies, clinical trials are used to determine the safety and effectiveness of new drugs or treatments for the people who may need them.

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center actively seeks clinical trial opportunities that further the understanding of transplantation among selected patient subgroups. Click below to read about clinical trials in the following areas:

Heart

Liver:

• Brain Dysfunction in Liver Transplantation: a Cohort Study of Neuropsychological Testing and Neuroimaging
• Safety Study of rhMBL in Liver Transplant Recipients
• Randomized Study of Everolimus in Liver Transplant Recipients
• Safety and Anti-Tumor Effects of NV1020 in Metastatic Colon Cancer
• Safety and Efficacy of Long-Term Calcineurin Inhibitor-free Immunosuppression in Liver Transplant Patients
• Randomized Study of Recurrent Hepatitis C after Liver Transplantation
• Hepatocellular Research Registry

Lung:

• Clinical Risk Factors for Lung Transplant Graft Failure
• Safety and Antiviral Study in Lung Transplant Recipients with RSV

Kidney/Pancreas

Bone marrow