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Clinical trials in Romania: what they are and how to reach them
How many trials are taking patients right now, what a listing actually means, and what to ask your doctor. The official record stays with the national agency — we translate the road to it.
What you will find here
A clinical trial is a treatment path like any other: sometimes right for you, most often not, and never a decision you make alone from a website. This page shows how many trials are taking patients in Romania right now, by cancer type, and gives you the words to open the conversation at your next appointment. It does not tell you whether you are eligible — only the doctor holding your file can say that.
Nothing on this page is a recommendation for your case.
How many trials are recruiting now
140 cancer trials are taking patients in Romania
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, the public registry of the US National Library of Medicine. Data retrieved on 14 Sept 2026.
By cancer type
Pick a cancer type to see which trials are recruiting now and in which cities.
- Breast cancer13 trials recruiting
- Lung cancer41 trials recruiting
- Colorectal cancer7 trials recruiting
- Prostate cancer3 trials recruiting
- Stomach cancer6 trials recruiting
- Liver cancer3 trials recruiting
- Pancreatic cancerone trial recruiting
- Ovarian cancer4 trials recruiting
- Lymphoma8 trials recruiting
- Leukaemia19 trials recruiting
- Melanomaone trial recruiting
- Bladder cancerone trial recruiting
What a listing means, and what it does not
This distinction is the whole point of this page. It is worth two minutes.
What it means
That somewhere in the country there is an authorised trial looking for participants with a certain profile. That is all. It is information about the world, not about you.
What it does not mean
It does not mean you are eligible. Entry criteria are long and very precise: the stage, which treatments you have already had, blood work from the last few weeks, other conditions you live with. Most people who read a listing and recognise themselves in it do not qualify, for reasons nobody outside your file can see.
And it does not mean the trial is better than standard treatment. A trial runs precisely because the answer is not known yet. If it were known, there would be no trial.
Three questions for your doctor
Is there a clinical trial that fits my situation, here or at another centre?
This is the question that opens the conversation. Many people never ask it, assuming they would have been told.
If not now, could that change after my next assessment?
Eligibility is not fixed. It shifts with the stage and with the treatments you have had.
What do I gain and what do I give up compared with standard treatment, in my case?
The answer helps you decide with facts rather than with hope or fear.
Signs that someone is lying to you
This area attracts people who exploit it. Three things never happen in a real clinical trial:
- You do not pay to take part. If someone asks you for money for “access” to a trial, or for a list of trials, it is a scam.
- Nobody guarantees you will get better. A trial exists to test exactly that, so it cannot promise it.
- You do not enrol by phone or through an online form, without seeing a doctor and without signed informed consent.
If you meet any of the three, stop and ask your medical team.
Where the official information lives
The road ends at the registry, not with us. That is where each trial's full record is — including the things we do not publish.
Studii Clinice România (ANMDMR)
The Romanian medicines agency platform. It names the centre running the trial and gives the research team's contact details — information we do not publish, because the international registry does not carry it.
Open the portal ↗ClinicalTrials.gov
The US registry, the most complete for international trials that also run sites in Romania. Records are in English and in protocol language.
Open the portal ↗Why both: the national platform has the local detail, the US registry has the international coverage. A trial often appears in both, under different numbers.
The full guide
How to read a trial's page, how informed consent works, what happens at each phase, and what to expect if you join.
Where the data on this page comes from
The counts come from ClinicalTrials.gov and reflect trials marked in the registry as recruiting, with at least one site in Romania. A “recruiting” status does not guarantee that a site is still accepting patients on the day you check, because the registry may lag behind the situation at the hospital. For any decision, consult the official record and discuss it with your doctor.