diff --git a/src/pages/studyView/virtualStudy/VirtualStudyModal.tsx b/src/pages/studyView/virtualStudy/VirtualStudyModal.tsx
index d36bfecc2f3..e90ba2af4c6 100644
--- a/src/pages/studyView/virtualStudy/VirtualStudyModal.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/studyView/virtualStudy/VirtualStudyModal.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import VirtualStudy from 'pages/studyView/virtualStudy/VirtualStudy';
 import { AppStore } from 'AppStore';
 import { StudyViewPageStore } from 'pages/studyView/StudyViewPageStore';
-import { JsxElement } from 'typescript';
+import { observer } from 'mobx-react';
+import LoadingIndicator from 'shared/components/loadingIndicator/LoadingIndicator';
 
 export interface IVirtualStudyModalProps {
     appStore: AppStore;
@@ -12,43 +13,54 @@ export interface IVirtualStudyModalProps {
     onHide: () => void;
 }
 
-export const VirtualStudyModal: React.FunctionComponent<IVirtualStudyModalProps> = function({
+export const VirtualStudyModal: React.FunctionComponent<IVirtualStudyModalProps> = observer(({
     appStore,
     pageStore,
     message,
     onHide,
-}) {
+}) => {
+    const isLoading = [
+        pageStore.filteredVirtualStudies,
+        pageStore.studyWithSamples,
+        pageStore.filteredVirtualStudies,
+        pageStore.molecularProfileNameSet,
+        pageStore.molecularProfileNameSet,
+    ].some(result => result.isPending);
     return (
         <Modal onHide={onHide} show={true}>
             <Modal.Header closeButton>
                 <Modal.Title>Create a Virtual Study</Modal.Title>
             </Modal.Header>
             <Modal.Body>
-                {message || null}
-                <VirtualStudy
-                    user={appStore.userName}
-                    name={
-                        pageStore.isSingleVirtualStudyPageWithoutFilter
-                            ? pageStore.filteredVirtualStudies.result[0].data
-                                  .name
-                            : undefined
-                    }
-                    description={
-                        pageStore.isSingleVirtualStudyPageWithoutFilter
-                            ? pageStore.filteredVirtualStudies.result[0].data
-                                  .description
-                            : undefined
-                    }
-                    studyWithSamples={pageStore.studyWithSamples.result}
-                    selectedSamples={pageStore.selectedSamples.result}
-                    filter={pageStore.userSelections}
-                    attributesMetaSet={pageStore.chartMetaSet}
-                    molecularProfileNameSet={
-                        pageStore.molecularProfileNameSet.result || {}
-                    }
-                    caseListNameSet={pageStore.caseListNameSet.result || {}}
-                />
+                {isLoading ?
+                    <LoadingIndicator isLoading={true}/>
+                    : <>
+                        {message || null}
+                        <VirtualStudy
+                            user={appStore.userName}
+                            name={
+                                pageStore.isSingleVirtualStudyPageWithoutFilter
+                                    ? pageStore.filteredVirtualStudies.result[0].data
+                                        .name
+                                    : undefined
+                            }
+                            description={
+                                pageStore.isSingleVirtualStudyPageWithoutFilter
+                                    ? pageStore.filteredVirtualStudies.result[0].data
+                                        .description
+                                    : undefined
+                            }
+                            studyWithSamples={pageStore.studyWithSamples.result}
+                            selectedSamples={pageStore.selectedSamples.result}
+                            filter={pageStore.userSelections}
+                            attributesMetaSet={pageStore.chartMetaSet}
+                            molecularProfileNameSet={
+                                pageStore.molecularProfileNameSet.result || {}
+                            }
+                            caseListNameSet={pageStore.caseListNameSet.result || {}}
+                        />
+                    </>}
             </Modal.Body>
         </Modal>
     );
-};
+});