Clinical Trials in Louisiana

Louisiana has 137 clinical trials currently recruiting participants, ranking #29 among all states. The most-studied condition is Obesity with 6 active trials.

137

Total Trials

137

Recruiting

#29

National Rank

Conditions

Trials by Phase

Not Applicable

Phase 2 / Phase 3

Early Phase 1

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

Top Conditions in Louisiana

#	Condition	Trials
1	Obesity	6
2	Sickle Cell Disease	5
3	Overweight	4
4	Prostate Cancer	3
5	Pulmonary Hypertension	3
6	Hypertension	3
7	Lupus Nephritis	3
8	Ulcerative Colitis	3
9	Diabetic Foot Ulcer	3
10	Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension	2
11	Peripheral Artery Disease	2
12	Asthma in Children	2
13	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	2
14	Atrial Fibrillation	2
15	Pancreatic Neoplasms	2
16	Migraine	2
17	COVID-19	2
18	Hiv	2
19	Interstitial Lung Disease	2
20	Phenylketonuria (PKU)	2

Top Sponsors in Louisiana

#	Sponsor	Trials
1	Eli Lilly and Company	8
2	Novartis Pharmaceuticals	5
3	Tulane University	4
4	Hoffmann-La Roche	4
5	Pfizer	4
6	Takeda	3
7	Pennington Biomedical Research Center	3
8	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	3
9	Novo Nordisk A/S	3
10	Duke University	2
11	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	2
12	Johns Hopkins University	2
13	BioMarin Pharmaceutical	2
14	Boehringer Ingelheim	2

Cities With Most Trials in Louisiana

#	City	Trials
1	New Orleans	73
2	Baton Rouge	25
3	Shreveport	13
4	Metairie	9
5	Lafayette	9
6	Houma	7
7	Marrero	7
8	Lake Charles	6
9	Covington	4
10	Jefferson	3
11	New Iberia	3
12	Alexandria	3
13	West Monroe	3
14	Hammond	2
15	Leesville	2

Important: This information is for research purposes only. Always talk to your doctor about whether a clinical trial is right for you.

Frequently Asked Questions

Louisiana currently has 137 clinical trials actively recruiting participants, making it #29 nationally by total trial count.

The most-studied conditions in Louisiana are Obesity (6 trials), Sickle Cell Disease (5 trials), Overweight (4 trials).

Browse the conditions listed on this page to find trials recruiting in Louisiana. Each condition page shows trial details, eligibility criteria in plain English, and contact information. Always talk to your doctor about whether a trial is right for you.

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial counts reflect currently recruiting studies listed on ClinicalTrials.gov with locations in this state.

Louisiana Trial Details →All State Statistics →

The this entity category groups every U.S. clinical trials and research registries entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader the NIH ClinicalTrials.gov registry distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying the NIH ClinicalTrials.gov registry data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, 2026.