Recruiting Rheumatoid Arthritis Studies in Baltimore
Trauma Resuscitation With Low-Titer Group O Whole Blood or Products
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of unseparated whole blood (referred to as Low-Titer Group O Whole Blood) and the separate components of whole blood (including red cell...
Effect of NSAIDs on Union, Opioid Utilization and Pain Management for Tibia Fractures: A Pragmatic, Randomized Controlled Trial
Two arm, pragmatic, randomized controlled multicenter Phase III noninferiority trial evaluating the efficacy of standard pain management without NSAIDs (Group 1) vs. standard pain management plus up t...
MEDI5752 in Combination With Carboplatin Plus Pemetrexed in Unresectable Pleural Mesothelioma
This is a phase III, randomized, open-label, multicenter, global study to determine the efficacy and safety of Volrustomig (MEDI5752) + Carboplatin + Pemetrexed vs the investigator's choice of platinu...
Assessment of Biomarker-Guided CNI Substitution In Kidney Transplantation
800 adult first time kidney transplant recipients will be enrolled in the Observational Study and followed to evaluate their Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-DR/DQ molecular mismatch (mMM) score as a ris...
A Study With Eptinezumab in Children and Adolescents (6 to 17 Years) With Chronic or Episodic Migraine
The main goal of the study is to assess the long-term safety of eptinezumab on children and adolescents ages 6 to 17 with chronic or episodic migraine....
Acoramidis Transthyretin Amyloidosis Prevention Trial in the Young (ACT-EARLY) Study in Asymptomatic Carriers of a Pathogenic TTR Variant
Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a disease where the normally occurring transthyretin (TTR) protein falls apart and forms amyloid, a sticky plaque- like substance that accumulates in different orga...
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Vaccine in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Candidates
This is a multi-center clinical trial in Cytomegalovirus (CMV) seronegative prospective liver transplant recipients to determine the efficacy of two doses of Cytomegalovirus-Modified Vaccinia Ankara (...
Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Diffuse Midline Gliomas
This phase II trial determines if the combination of ONC201 with different drugs, panobinostat or paxalisib, is effective for treating participants with diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs). Despite years o...
Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Reduce Infection and Complications in High-Risk Fractures
This is a multi-center, pragmatic, parallel arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) of 352 patients with high-risk open or closed tibial plateau fracture, high-risk open or closed tibial pilon fracture,...
Tocilizumab in Lung Transplantation
This is a trial in which 350 primary lung transplant recipients will be randomized (1:1) to receive either Tocilizumab (six doses over 20 weeks) plus standard triple maintenance immunosuppression or p...
A Study of Eptinezumab in Pediatric Participants With Episodic Migraine
The main goal of this trial is to learn whether eptinezumab helps reduce the number of days with episodic migraine in pediatric participants....
Antibiotic Cement Bead Pouch Versus Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
The Beads vs Vac trial is a multi-centre randomized controlled trial of 312 participants with a severe open tibia fracture requiring multiple irrigation and debridement surgeries. Eligible participant...
A Study With Eptinezumab in Adolescents (12-17 Years) With Chronic Migraine
To find out if eptinezumab is better than placebo (normal saline solution) in lowering the number of days with migraine in young people ages 12 to 17 with chronic migraine....
A Study of Vedolizumab in Children With Ulcerative Colitis (UC) or Crohn's Disease (CD)
The study is an extension of two parent studies (MLN0002-3024 \[NCT04779307\] and MLN0002-3025 \[NCT04779320\]). Participants must have participated in one of the previous studies. The purpose of this...
Belumosudil to Block Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) in High Risk Lung Transplant Recipients
The purpose of this study is to see if taking the study drug, Belumosudil, for 52 weeks in addition to your usual care and medication, will prevent Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) in partici...
Parasitic Ulcer Treatment Trial
The Parasitic Ulcer Treatment Trial (PUTT) is a multi-center, parallel-group, randomized clinical trial. The purpose of this study is to determine whether including topical corticosteroids in a regime...
Auryon Atherectomy System With Standard Balloon Angioplasty Versus Standard Balloon Angioplasty Alone
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Auryon Atherectomy System with balloon angioplasty safe and effective in treating lower limb blockages. The main question it aims to answer is: Is tr...
A Study to Evaluate Del-brax (Also Referred to as AOC 1020) in Participants With FSHD
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous AOC 1020 for the Treatment of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD)...
Advancing Transplantation Outcomes in Children
This is a pediatric kidney transplant study comparing the safety and efficacy of an immunosuppressive regimen of belatacept and sirolimus to tacrolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF). Two hundred par...
Comparing The Safety And Efficacy Of DEFENCATH® In Reducing Central-Line Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs) In Adults Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition Through A Central Venous Catheter (CVC)
This is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, controlled, adaptive, 2-arm, multicenter study to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of DefenCath in adult participants receiving home Total Parenteral Nu...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Brain Injury Treatment Trial
The purpose of this innovative adaptive phase II trial design is to determine the optimal combination of hyperbaric oxygen treatment parameters that is most likely to demonstrate improvement in the ou...
BLOCK-SAH - PPF-Block for Post-SAH Headache
BLOCK-SAH is a phase II, multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial with a sequential parallel comparison design (SPCD) of bilateral pterygopalatine fossa (PPF) injecti...
Pregabalin Plus Lofexidine for the Outpatient Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal
A placebo-controlled trial in which male and female outpatients with an opioid use disorder who express interest in extended-release injectable naltrexone (XR-NTX) are randomized 1:1 to lofexidine/pre...
A Study to Evaluate Tovorafenib in Pediatric and Young Adult Participants With Relapsed or Progressive Low-Grade Glioma and Advance Solid Tumors
This is a Phase 2, multi center, open-label study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Type II RAF (tovorafenib) in pediatric participants with low-grade glioma or advanced solid tumors. Qualifying ...
Biomarker and Edema Attenuation in IntraCerebral Hemorrhage (BEACH)
This first-in-patient phase 2a pilot study will assess the safety and tolerability of MW01-6-189WH (hereafter called MW189) in patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)....
RGX-314 Gene Therapy Administered in the Suprachoroidal Space for Participants With Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (nAMD) (AAVIATE)
RGX-314 is being developed as a potential novel one-time gene therapy treatment for the treatment of neovascular (wet) age related macular degeneration (wet AMD). Wet AMD is characterized by loss of v...
A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of DNL593 in Healthy Participants and Participants With Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD-GRN)
This is a Phase 1/2, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmacodynamics (PD) of single and multiple doses...
A Study to Evaluate the Benefits and Risks of Conversion of Existing Adolescent Kidney Transplant Recipients Aged 12 to <18 Years to a Belatacept-based Immunosuppressive Regimen as Compared to Continuation of a Calcineurin Inhibitor-based Regimen, and Their Adherence to Immunosuppressive Medications
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the benefits and risks of conversion of existing adolescent kidney allograft recipients aged 12 to less than 18 years of age to a belatacept-based immunosuppre...
A Clinical Evaluation of Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Temper Outbursts in People With PWS
The goal of the VNS4PWS clinical study is to test the efficacy, safety, and acceptability of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) treatment in people with PWS....
PUL-042 Treatment in Patients With Parainfluenza Virus (PIV), Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) or Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
The purpose of this research study is to try to see whether an experimental drug, PUL 042 Inhalation Solution (PUL 042), is effective in reducing the severity of lung infections in patients with hemat...
Study to Evaluate ARINA-1 in the Prevention of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Progression in Participants With Bilateral Lung Transplant
The goal of this Phase 3 clinical trial is to compare ARINA-1 (a nebulized immunomodulatory agent) plus Standard of Care vs Standard of Care alone. The main question it aims to answer are: * Evaluate...
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness Transdermal Compress Device in Participants With Transfemoral Amputations
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Transdermal Compress device in participants with Transfemoral Amputations....
ARD-101 for Treatment of PWS: The Hunger Elimination or Reduction Objective Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if ARD-101 works to treat hyperphagia-related behavior in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). It will also teach us about the safety of ARD-101. The...
A Study to Optimize Subretinal Surgical Delivery and to Evaluate Safety and Activity of Opregen in Participants With Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration (GAlette); Adaptive Optics (AO) Retinal Imaging Substudy in Association With Study GR44251
This study will evaluate the success and safety of subretinal surgical delivery as well as the preliminary activity of OpRegen in participants with geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to age-related mac...
Belimumab With Rituximab for Primary Membranous Nephropathy
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of belimumab and intravenous rituximab co-administration at inducing a complete or partial remission (CR or PR) compared to rituxim...
Tovorafenib for Treatment of Craniopharyngioma in Children and Young Adults
The current study assesses the tolerability and efficacy of monotherapy with pan-RAF-kinase (Tovorafenib) inhibition for the treatment of children and young adults with craniopharyngioma....
A Study Comparing Abemaciclib Plus Temozolomide to Temozolomide Monotherapy in Children and Young Adults With High-grade Glioma Following Radiotherapy
The purpose of this study is to measure the benefit of adding abemaciclib to the chemotherapy, temozolomide, for newly diagnosed high-grade glioma following radiotherapy. Your participation could las...
Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Mediated Fusion (PEG Fusion)
The overall objective of this study is to determine the safety of PEG fusion when used with primary repair or reconstruction in patients with an acute upper extremity peripheral nerve injury. PEG is s...
A Clinical Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Leriglitazone in Adult Male Subjects With Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy
A Clinical Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Leriglitazone in Adults Male Subjects with Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy....
Efficacy of Locally Delivered Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
The proposed Conventional Cohort Expansion Study involves the use of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) are derived from the bone marrow. We previously studied the safety of subconjunctival injection of...
Safety and Efficacy of Oral Belumosudil in Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Male and Female Participants Aged 12 Years and Above With Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGVHD) After At Least 2 Prior Lines of Systemic Therapy
The purpose of this study is to measure safety and efficacy of oral belumosudil in Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander male and f...
Blood-brain Barrier (BBB) Opening Using Exablate Focused Ultrasound With Standard of Care Treatment of NSCLC Brain Mets
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of targeted blood brain barrier opening with Exablate Model 4000 Type 2.0/2.1 for the treatment of NSCLC brain metastases in patients w...
Study of Liposomal Curcumin in Combination With RT and TMZ in Patients With Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas
The objective of this study is to assess the tolerability, safety, and efficacy of Liposomal Curcumin (LC) in combination with radiotherapy (RT) and Temozolomide (TMZ) in patients with newly diagnosed...
Autologous Transplantation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium for Geographic Atrophy Associated With Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Background: Age-related macular degeneration is a common eye disease in people over 50. The "dry" form of the disease can worsen into geographic atrophy, causing blind spots. Researchers want to lear...
Renal Retention in High Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer
This trial will evaluate the use of combination pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin for patients with high grade non-metastatic (cN0/NxMx, no measurable regional lymph nodes, no metastases) upper tra...
AMT-260 Gene Therapy Study in Adults With Unilateral Refractory Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
The main goals of this clinical study are to learn if AMT-260 is safe and tolerable and works to reduce the frequency of seizures in adults with unilateral mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE)....
About Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials in Baltimore
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting approximately 1.3 million Americans, where the immune system mistakenly attacks joint linings, causing painful swelling, bone erosion, and joint deformity. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical to prevent irreversible damage. Current standard treatments include methotrexate and other DMARDs, TNF inhibitors (etanercept, infliximab), IL-6 inhibitors (tocilizumab), T-cell costimulation modulators (abatacept), and JAK inhibitors (tofacitinib, baricitinib). Clinical trials are now exploring next-generation targeted therapies, dual-pathway inhibitors, and treatment strategies aimed at achieving sustained remission rather than just symptom control. Patients with inadequate response to conventional DMARDs or biologics are commonly eligible for enrollment.
There are currently 46 rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials recruiting participants in Baltimore, MD. These studies are seeking a combined 10,934 participants. Research is being sponsored by University of Alabama at Birmingham, Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium, AstraZeneca and 34 other organizations. Clinical trial participation is free and participants receive study-related medical care at no cost.
Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials in Baltimore — FAQ
Are there rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials in Baltimore?
Yes, there are 46 rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials currently recruiting in Baltimore, MD. Browse the studies on this page to find one that fits.
How do I join a clinical trial in Baltimore?
Browse the studies listed above, click one that interests you, and complete the free eligibility form. A study coordinator at the Baltimore research site will contact you about next steps.
Are clinical trials in Baltimore free?
Yes, clinical trial participation is always free. Study-related treatment, medical tests, and doctor visits are provided at no cost. Many Baltimore studies also compensate for your time and travel.
What rheumatoid arthritis treatments are being tested?
The 46 active trials in Baltimore are testing new therapies including novel drugs, biologics, and treatment approaches for rheumatoid arthritis.
Data updated March 2, 2026 from ClinicalTrials.gov