Clinical trials

Part of Mayo Clinic's commitment to its patients involves conducting medical research that can help people live longer, healthier lives. These studies help physician-scientists better understand, diagnose, treat and prevent different diseases and conditions. Mayo Clinic offers a variety of clinical trials that are open for enrollment to those who come to our Emergency Department.

Mayo Clinic's clinical trials related to emergency medicine include studies on:

  • Artificial intelligence-enhanced decision support.
  • Chest pain and heart attacks.
  • Delirium.
  • Dementia.
  • Geriatric syndromes.
  • Health-status reporting software.
  • Optimization of electronic health records.
  • Pain management.
  • Physical therapy.
  • Pneumonia.
  • Prehospital care.
  • Shared decision-making.
  • Trauma.

Mayo Clinic also has thousands of other active clinical trials and research studies, and it coordinates national and international clinical trials with other medical institutions from around the world.