Welcome to Neurology Clinical Research!

Neurology is one of the largest clinical research enterprises in the University of Colorado School of Medicine, with over 290 active studies/clinical trials in different phases of completion (study start-up, enrolling new participants, and follow-up of current participants). Our research program includes over 50 clinicians/scientists and over 50 operational staff and study coordinators who manage the studies day-to-day. Additionally, our worldwide collaborators include experts from academic institutions and leaders in the clinical research field. In 2022, we had an average of 1,089 recruitment communications (phone, email, in-person contact, etc.) per month and 2,832 clinical research participant visits in total!

2022 Study Statistics (number of studies per neurology subspecialty):

We offer a variety of Clinical Research:

Drug Studies
Non-drug Treatments and Interventions
Device Studies
Observational (blood draw studies, questionnaire studies)
Biobanking
Patient-reported Outcomes
Imaging (MEG, MRI, fMRI, PET scan)
Quality Improvements
Translational Lab and Tissue Bank

Many studies are Investigator-Initiated, or designed by our outstanding physicians. From observing their patients, these physicians pose important questions to investigate the difficult questions of neurological disorders. Other studies receive funding and support from pharmaceutical industries, private foundations, private donors, and government agencies such as the National Institute of Health (NIH).

Explore our Neurology Research Laboratories:

Image: Karrie Hardin (Research Services Professional/Neurologic Music Therapist) performing specimen processing.

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Principal Investigator (PI): clinician responsible for conducting the clinical trial.

Research Services Professional (RSP): title of clinical research coordinators at the University of Colorado. The RSP coordinates research visits and helps the PI carefully manage the participant’s care.

Learn more about clinical research by visiting the following resources:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Clinical Trails and You
The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP) is first-of-its-kind nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and informing the public, patients, medical/research communities, the media, and policy makers about clinical research and the role each party plays in the process.
- The CISCRP Community Resources webpage contains a number of contact information-containing resources available to anyone seeking information about clinical research, both general and disease-specific.
PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally.
Clinicaltrials.gov Glossary of Common Site Terms

Research is critical in helping to advance our knowledge of neurological diseases in order to best care for our patients. We also welcome healthy participants to participate in our studies!

Join us and become a part of the Neurology Clinical Research family as we aim to become a Center of Research Excellence!

For questions about our clinical research, please contact Department of Neurology Research at 303-724-4644 or NeuroResearch@CUAnschutz.edu.

Message to UCDenver faculty and staff:

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Clinical Research by Subspecialty:

Healthy Volunteers

Alzheimer's Disease/Memory Disorders,
Movement Disorders,
Neuro-Immunology/Multiple Sclerosis (MS),
and Neurosciences.
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Neuroimmunology/ Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Relapsing Remitting MS,
Primary Progressive MS,
Newly Diagnosed MS,
Exercise Studies,
Healthy Volunteer Studies,
Bio and Tissue Banks.
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