--- title: "Parkinson's Clinical Trials in Knoxville, Tennessee" description: "Find recruiting Parkinson's disease clinical trials at facilities near Knoxville, Tennessee." canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trials-near-me/knoxville" location: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States latitude: 35.9606 longitude: -83.9207 source: "Parkinson's Pathways" --- # Parkinson's Clinical Trials in Knoxville, Tennessee East Tennessee has very few Parkinson's trials inside the city limits, so this page is built around the closest recruiting sites and how far each one is from Knoxville. Each trial is sourced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and translated for families with a five-word goal and a plain-language summary. The live Knoxville list at [https://parkinsonspathways.com/trials-near-me/knoxville](https://parkinsonspathways.com/trials-near-me/knoxville) is filtered to studies with a research site within 250 miles of the city centre, sorted by proximity. Most Knoxville-area families travel to a regional academic center for a Parkinson's trial — typically toward Nashville and Vanderbilt to the west, or into the Carolinas and Atlanta to the south and east. Because local options are limited, the list below uses a wider default radius and is sorted by distance, and many sponsors reimburse travel and lodging when the nearest site is a few hours away. If nothing fits today, the weekly digest is the fastest way to hear the moment a closer site opens. ## At a glance - **Recruiting trials near Knoxville:** 32 - **Research sites:** 39 - **Interventional studies:** 23 - **Observational studies:** 9 - **By phase:** 3 Phase 1, 7 Phase 2, 4 Phase 3, 3 Phase 4 ## Research sites near Knoxville - **University of Alabama at Birmingham** (Birmingham, Alabama) — 234.9 mi away — 7 recruiting trials - **Vanderbilt University Medical Center** (Nashville, Tennessee) — 160.6 mi away — 5 recruiting trials - **University of Kentucky** (Lexington, Kentucky) — 143.5 mi away — 3 recruiting trials - **Vanderbilt University** (Nashville, Tennessee) — 160.6 mi away — 3 recruiting trials - **University of Cincinnati** (Cincinnati, Ohio) — 221.2 mi away — 3 recruiting trials - **Asheville VA Medical Center, Asheville, NC** (Asheville, North Carolina) — 80.5 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Kentucky Neuroscience Institute** (Lexington, Kentucky) — 143.5 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Lexington VA Medical Center, Lexington, KY** (Lexington, Kentucky) — 143.5 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **University of Kentucky Medical Center** (Lexington, Kentucky) — 143.5 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Atlanta VA Medical and Rehab Center, Decatur, GA** (Decatur, Georgia) — 152.5 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **iResearch Atlanta** (Decatur, Georgia) — 152.5 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Emory Brain Health Center** (Atlanta, Georgia) — 155.1 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Emory University** (Atlanta, Georgia) — 155.1 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Emory University (Surgical)** (Atlanta, Georgia) — 155.1 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Emory University Hospital** (Atlanta, Georgia) — 155.1 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Emory University School of Medicine** (Atlanta, Georgia) — 155.1 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Emory University, 57 Executive Park S NE, Ste 200** (Atlanta, Georgia) — 155.1 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Emory University/ Wesley Woods Health Center** (Atlanta, Georgia) — 155.1 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Morehouse College** (Atlanta, Georgia) — 155.1 mi away — 1 recruiting trial - **Morehouse Healthcare** (Atlanta, Georgia) — 155.1 mi away — 1 recruiting trial ## Who is running Parkinson's trials near Knoxville - University of Alabama at Birmingham — 6 trials - Vanderbilt University Medical Center — 3 trials - Emory University — 2 trials - Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research — 2 trials - VA Office of Research and Development — 2 trials - Annovis Bio Inc. — 1 trial - Appello Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — 1 trial - AskBio Inc — 1 trial ## How to find a Parkinson's trial in Knoxville 1. Open the Knoxville list, pre-filtered to a 250 mile radius around the city centre. 2. Read each trial's family-friendly summary and five-word goal to understand what is being tested. 3. Open the trial page for site contact details, eligibility criteria, and the phase. 4. Sign up for the free Monday digest if you would like an email when new Knoxville trials open. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do I find a Parkinson's clinical trial near me? Enter your city, zip code, or postcode and a search radius. Parkinson's Pathways finds every recruiting Parkinson's trial with a study site inside that radius, sorted by distance. Each result links to a family-friendly summary, a five-word goal, and the site contact details. ### Are these Parkinson's clinical trials free to join? Yes. There is no cost to participate in a clinical trial. Study-related care, treatment, and assessments are paid for by the trial sponsor. Some trials also reimburse travel, parking, and lodging when the site is far from your home. ### How far should I be willing to travel for a Parkinson's trial? Most participants travel between 25 and 50 miles for routine visits. For a high-priority disease-modifying trial, families sometimes travel further, especially because some early-phase trials only run at a handful of academic medical centers. Many sites help with travel costs when the distance is significant. ### Who runs these clinical trials? Parkinson's clinical trials are run by academic medical centers, university hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, biotech startups, and patient foundations like The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Every trial listed here is registered with the U.S. National Library of Medicine on ClinicalTrials.gov. ### How often are the local trial listings updated? Every day. The full list refreshes from ClinicalTrials.gov each morning, so a trial that started recruiting yesterday will appear today. Trials that stop recruiting are removed automatically. ### Do I need a Parkinson's diagnosis to enroll in a local trial? Most trials require a confirmed Parkinson's diagnosis from a neurologist, but some recruit healthy volunteers as a comparison group, and a few recruit people at risk for Parkinson's based on family history or early symptoms. Each trial's eligibility section spells out who can join. ### What if there are no Parkinson's trials near my city right now? Try increasing the search radius to 100 or 250 miles, or sign up for the free weekly digest. 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