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ClinicalTrials.gov 154 recruiting now early-phase tilt #14 of 28,963 conditions

Colorectal Cancer: early-phase trial registry

154 of 382 indexed Colorectal Cancer trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #14 of 28,963 conditions by registered trial count.

382 US clinical trials · 154 currently recruiting · #14 of 28,963 conditions by registered trial count

Colorectal Cancer: 382 US clinical trials tracked, 154 recruiting.

Colorectal Cancer is the subject of 382 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 154 of them currently open to new participants. 12 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 196 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, running 22 of these trials.

Open enrollment, early-phase tilt

Colorectal Cancer has 382 registered US clinical trials, 154 of them open to new participants right now, about 40% of the total.

154
recruiting participants now
40%
of trials open to enrollment
12
in Phase 3-4 (later-stage)
22
top sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Corpus placement: #14 of 28,963 conditions by registered trial count on ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes. Registry reference only, not medical advice.

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Colorectal Cancer on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-07-11. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Colorectal Cancer is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    154 of 382 indexed trials (40.3%) are open to enrollment, against a 37.2% average across 135 conditions with 100+ trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Colorectal Cancer trials is spread across many organizations.

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center accounts for 22 of 382 trials (5.8%). 217 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Colorectal Cancer enrolment sits around 132 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 132 among the 370 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 157 of those (42.4%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Colorectal Cancer research is mostly interventional.

    315 interventional and 67 observational studies make up this index (82.5% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 1128Phase 268Phase 39Phase 43

Open and recent trials

382 total, page 5 of 8

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 67 participants

Study of the Monoclonal Antibody IMT-009 in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors or Lymphomas

Immunitas Therapeutics

NCT05565417

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 64 participants

Hepatic Arterial Infusion With Floxuridine and Dexamethasone Combined With Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer That Has Spread to the Liver

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00492999

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 60 participants

da Vinci SP® Investigational Device Exemption Study in Colorectal Procedures

Intuitive Surgical

NCT04403022

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 49 participants

Colorectal Cancer Awareness, Research and Education and Screening - Rural Expansion, Access and Capacity for Health

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT04464668

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 48 participants

Study of Cabozantinib and Nivolumab in Refractory Metastatic Microsatellite Stable (MSS) Colorectal Cancer

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT04963283

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 44 participants

A Dose Escalation Study of HBI-2438 in Patients With Solid Tumors Harboring KRAS G12C Mutation

HUYABIO International

NCT05485974

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 42 participants

A Dose Escalation Study of SHP2 Inhibitor in Patients With Solid Tumors Harboring KRAS of EGFR Mutations

HUYABIO International

NCT05163028

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 39 participants

Evaluating Safety and Biomarkers Using DK210 (EGFR) for Locally Advanced or Metastatic EGFR+ Tumors

DEKA Biosciences

NCT05704985

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 33 participants

Researching the Effect of Exercise on Cancer

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT04589468

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 32 participants

Using an End-of-life Conversation Game to Engage Patients With Cancer in Advance Care Planning: Phase 2

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

NCT06384417

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 27 participants

Pooled Mutant KRAS-Targeted Long Peptide Vaccine Combined With Nivolumab and Ipilimumab for Patients With Resected Mismatch Repair Protein (MMR-p) Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

NCT04117087

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 24 participants

Phase I Trial of Adagrasib (MRTX849) in Combination With Cetuximab and Irinotecan in Patients With Colorectal Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT05722327

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 22 participants

Clinical Trial of All-trans-retinoic Acid, Bevacizumab and Atezolizumab in Colorectal Cancer

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT05999812

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Preliminary Investigation of β-hydroxybutyrate Supplementation in Colorectal Cancer Prevention

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

NCT05338307

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 19 participants

Study of Intravenous and Intraperitoneal Paclitaxel and Oral Nilotinib for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis From Colorectal, Appendiceal, Small Bowel, Gastric, Cholangiocarcinoma, Breast, Ovarian, or Other Gynecologic Primary Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT05185947

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 18 participants

Adoptive Cell Therapy Using Cancer Specific CD8+ Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Adult Patients With Solid Tumors

AgonOx

NCT05902520

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 16 participants

Botensilimab and Balstilimab Optimization in Colorectal Cancer

Nicholas DeVito, MD

NCT06268015

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 16 participants

QUILT-2.025 NANT Neoepitope Yeast Vaccine (YE-NEO-001): Adjuvant Immunotherapy Using a Personalized Neoepitope Yeast-Based Vaccine To Induce T-Cell Responses In Subjects W/ Previously Treated Cancers.

NantBioScience

NCT03552718

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 12 participants

Study of Cabozantinib Plus TAS102 in mCRC as Salvage Therapy

University of California, Irvine

NCT04868773

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 12 participants

Abnormal Food Timing and Circadian Dyssynchrony in Alcohol Induced Colon Carcinogenesis

Rush University Medical Center

NCT03955510

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 6 participants

A Phase 1/2 Trial of TC-510 In Patients With Advanced Mesothelin-Expressing Cancer

TCR2 Therapeutics

NCT05451849

COMPLETED 44,467 participants

Evaluation of the ctDNA LUNAR Test in an Average Patient Screening Episode

Guardant Health

NCT04136002

COMPLETED NA 21,860 participants

Computerized and Mailed Reminders in Increasing the Rate of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Adults With an Average Risk for Colorectal Cancer

Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

NCT00355004

COMPLETED 6,446 participants

Blood and Tissue Sample Collection for Future Colon Cancer Biomarker Studies in Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy

Vanderbilt University

NCT00897403

COMPLETED NA 5,460 participants

Mailed FIT Outreach 2022

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

NCT05341622

COMPLETED NA 5,066 participants

Evaluation of an Intervention to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Primary Care Clinics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NCT00737646

COMPLETED NA 3,880 participants

Effect of Patient Portal Messaging Before Mailing Fecal Immunochemical Testing Kit on Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates

University of California, Los Angeles

NCT05115916

COMPLETED Phase 2 2,729 participants

A Telephone-Based Prevention Care Manager in Increasing Screening Rates for Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, and Colorectal Cancer in Minority and Low-Income Women

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

NCT00376909

COMPLETED NA 2,653 participants

Reminder Modality for CRC Screening

VA Puget Sound Health Care System

NCT05012007

COMPLETED 2,472 participants

Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration for Ethnic and Racial Minorities

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT00453661

COMPLETED 2,404 participants

A Study of Cologuard™ in an Average Risk Population Assessing a Three Year Test Interval

Exact Sciences Corporation

NCT02419716

COMPLETED NA 2,404 participants

Veteran Primers for CRC Screening

VA Puget Sound Health Care System

NCT04923646

COMPLETED NA 2,241 participants

Helping Women Stay Up-To-Date With Cancer Screening By Using a Prevention Care Manager or Usual Care

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

NCT00477646

COMPLETED NA 1,831 participants

Online Study of Colorectal Cancer and Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Making

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT01558583

COMPLETED NA 1,826 participants

A Patient Portal Tool, E-assist, for Supporting CRC Screening

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT02798224

COMPLETED 1,500 participants

Genetic Study of Patients and Families With a History of Colorectal Cancer

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

NCT00003648

COMPLETED 1,429 participants

PRospective REgistry of Advanced Stage CancER (PREFER) Patients to Assess Prevalence of Actionable Biomarkers and Driver Mutations to Address Disparities in Precision Medicine

Labcorp Corporation of America Holdings

NCT05697198

COMPLETED NA 1,372 participants

The FLU-FOBT Program in Primary Care Settings Where Disparities Persist

University of California, San Francisco

NCT01211379

COMPLETED NA 1,224 participants

Water-aided Colonoscopy vs Air Insufflation Colonoscopy in Colorectal Cancer Screening

Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Barbara

NCT02041507

COMPLETED NA 1,200 participants

Predicting and Addressing Colonoscopy in Safety Net Settings

Kaiser Permanente

NCT03925883

COMPLETED NA 1,000 participants

Prospective Trial to Compare the Clinical Efficiency of G-EYE™ HD Colonoscopy With Standard HD Colonoscopy

Smart Medical Systems

NCT01917513

COMPLETED 850 participants

Blood and Stool Sample Collection in Subjects With a Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer or Colorectal Lesion: Act Fast

Exact Sciences Corporation

NCT03789162

COMPLETED Phase 3 810 participants

Laparoscopic-Assisted Surgery Compared With Open Surgery in Treating Patients With Colon Cancer

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

NCT00002575

COMPLETED NA 768 participants

A Comparison of Methods to Detect Polyps During Colonoscopy

The Cleveland Clinic

NCT01025960

COMPLETED NA 743 participants

Interventions to Improve Colon Cancer Screening in Poor Rural Iowa Counties

Barcey T. Levy

NCT01477814

COMPLETED NA 697 participants

Genetic Epidemiology Risk Assessment Program or Usual Care in Colorectal Cancer Screening for Healthy Participants

Fox Chase Cancer Center

NCT00478309

COMPLETED NA 693 participants

Interactive Computer Program or Brochure in Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African Americans

Indiana University

NCT00672828

COMPLETED Phase 3 635 participants

Aspirin in Treating Patients With Colorectal Cancer That Has Been Surgically Removed

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

NCT00002527

COMPLETED Phase 3 627 participants

A Study of Xeloda (Capecitabine) in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT00069108

COMPLETED 598 participants

Genetic Study in Patients With Stage II or Stage III Colon Cancer

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

NCT00003833

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 128
Phase 2 68
Phase 3 9
Phase 4 3

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What is open for Colorectal Cancer right now

154 recruiting of 382 indexed (40% open).

Phase mix: 12 late (III/IV) vs 196 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (22 trials), 9 others listed. 50 shown below, recruiting first. #14 of 28,963 conditions by registered trial count.

How open-enrollment share is computed

Open share is recruiting_count divided by trial_count for this condition label in the public registry export. Status can change between pulls; treat the figure as a snapshot of research attention, not treatment availability.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many clinical trials are there for Colorectal Cancer?

PlainTrial tracks 382 US clinical trials for Colorectal Cancer, of which 154 are currently recruiting participants. Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov.

How do I find a recruiting trial for Colorectal Cancer?

Use the trial list above filtered by "Recruiting" status, or visit our trial finder at /recruiting to search by condition and state. Always discuss trial participation with your healthcare provider before enrolling.

Is this data current?

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Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine). Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH/NLM) ClinicalTrials.gov AACT registry · 2026 Trial counts and statuses sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Sponsor counts include both industry and federal/academic sponsors.

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