Clinical trials are research studies with patient volunteers that test whether a new treatment is safe and effective. Penn Medicine and CHOP run kidney studies for adults and children at every stage of kidney disease. If you would like to take part, speak with your nephrologist or write to us.
Where to find care
Penn Medicine Kidney Medicine
Adult clinics for glomerular disease, hypertension, dialysis, kidney stones, lupus nephritis, PKD and transplantation; make an appointment online or call 800-789-7366.
Penn Renal Division clinical trials
Current clinical trials of the Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division.
CHOP Division of Nephrology
Pediatric kidney care, with the dialysis and transplant programs and the nephrology fellowship.
CHOP Pediatric Kidney Stone Center
One of the largest pediatric stone centers in the country and a Center of Excellence of the Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation; the Kidney Stone Center Frontier Program develops new diagnostic tests for early-onset stone disease.
CHOP Inherited Kidney Diseases Program (PKD Foundation Pediatric Center of Excellence)
One clinic for infants, children and young adults with ARPKD, ADPKD, nephronophthisis, ciliopathies and tubular disorders, directed by Lisa Guay-Woodford and Erum Hartung.
Find a clinical trial
- Penn Renal Division clinical trials
- Penn Medicine clinical trials in kidney disease
- CHOP clinical trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: kidney studies in Philadelphia
Studies at Penn and CHOP
- TRIDENT (Transformative Research in Diabetic Nephropathy)
- Glomerular disease clinical trials
- Chronic kidney disease and dialysis clinical trials
- Hypertension clinical trials
- Kidney transplant clinical trials
- Cure Glomerulonephropathy Network (CureGN)
- Genomics of Nephrotic Syndrome
- ARPKD studies at CHOP (aneurysms, liver disease MRI, the ARPKD/HRFD database)
- FIT4KiD and IMPAKT (children with kidney disease)
- HOPE Consortium trial (pain and opioid use on hemodialysis)
- SMART-HABITS (self-management of healthy behaviors in CKD)
- Penn Produce Prescription and Chronic Kidney Disease Study
- Kidney cancer trials at the Abramson Cancer Center