Lake Balboa

Clinical Research Services for Lake Balboa Residents

Lake Balboa residents now have a direct pathway to participate in cutting-edge medical research without traveling far from home. Valley Family Medicine, your trusted urgent care center based in San Fernando, proudly extends its Clinical Research Services to the Lake Balboa community. We conduct IRB-approved clinical trials across a wide range of therapeutic areas, offering eligible participants no-cost access to investigational medications, vaccines, and medical devices. Whether you have a chronic health condition or simply want to help future generations, call us at 818-774-0955 or walk in to learn about current studies enrolling Lake Balboa volunteers.

Our clinical research program is built on safety, transparency, and community benefit. Every study we conduct is reviewed by an independent Institutional Review Board (IRB) to ensure that participant rights are protected and risks are minimized. Our dedicated research team—including experienced coordinators and principal investigators—guides volunteers through every step: initial pre-screening, informed consent, baseline medical evaluation, scheduled treatment visits, and follow-up care. Participants receive all study-related medical services at no cost, including physical exams, laboratory testing, EKGs, imaging, and the investigational product. Many studies also offer stipends for time, travel, and parking to reduce any burden.

Lake Balboa residents can join trials addressing conditions that affect our community. Current and upcoming studies include those for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity, asthma, COPD, osteoarthritis, chronic low back pain, migraine headaches, atopic dermatitis (eczema), psoriasis, and infectious diseases such as COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and shingles. We also conduct vaccine clinical trials and studies focused on preventive medicine, including cardiovascular risk reduction and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). By participating, you gain access to potential breakthrough therapies years before they reach the market, while receiving close medical monitoring from our team.

For research sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs), Valley Family Medicine offers a patient-centered site with rapid enrollment, diverse patient populations from Lake Balboa and the surrounding San Fernando Valley, and high retention rates. We deliver quality data, strict protocol adherence, and timely adverse event reporting.

To learn about current clinical trials enrolling in Lake Balboa, call 818-774-0955. Walk into our urgent care center and ask to speak with a research coordinator. Your participation could improve your health—and help develop the medicines of tomorrow. Join us today.