Boehringer Ingelheim

Open enrollment across a mixed-phase pipeline

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Boehringer Ingelheim sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#70 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

515 total trials 43 currently recruiting 388 completed top decile by trial count

Boehringer Ingelheim: 515 sponsored US clinical trials, 43 recruiting.

Boehringer Ingelheim sponsors 515 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 43 of them currently recruiting, and 388 completed. 227 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 237 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, with 13 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Boehringer Ingelheim ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#70 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count). Volume at this scale usually reflects a long institutional pipeline, read phase tilt and therapeutic areas below before treating it as current-year activity.

Trial completion reliability score

D 58/100

388 of 445 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (87.2%), vs. national p10 68.4% / p90 100% among 1,234 sponsors with at least 10 decided trials. Still-open trials (Recruiting, Active-not-recruiting, Not-yet-recruiting) are excluded since they have not reached an outcome yet.

Open and recent trials

515 total, page 9 of 11

COMPLETED Phase 3

Switching Nevirapine Immediate Release( IR) Based Regimen to Nevirapine Extended Release (XR) Based Regimen in Human Immunodeficiency Virus One (HIV-1) Infected Patients

NCT00819052

COMPLETED Phase 3

RELY-ABLE Long Term Multi-center Extension of Dabigatran Treatment in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Who Completed RE-LY Trial

NCT00808067

COMPLETED Phase 3

12 / 48 Week Pivotal PFT vs PBO in COPD I

NCT00782210

TERMINATED Phase 2

Phase II Trial of BIBW 2992 (Afatinib) in Genetically Pre-screened Cancers With EGFR and/or HER2 Gene Amplification.

NCT00748709

COMPLETED Phase 3

Evaluation of Tiotropium 5 µg/Day Delivered Via the Respimat® Inhaler Over 48 Weeks in Patients With Severe Persistent Asthma on Top of Usual Care (Study II)

NCT00776984

COMPLETED Phase 2

Antiviral Effect, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of BI201335 +PegIFN/RBV in HCV-GT1 (SILEN-C1&2)

NCT00774397

COMPLETED Phase 3

Evaluation of Tiotropium 5 µg/Day Delivered Via the Respimat® Inhaler Over 48 Weeks in Patients With Severe Persistent Asthma on Top of Usual Care (Study I)

NCT00772538

COMPLETED Phase 2

Safety and Efficacy of 12-wk Treatment With Two Doses of Tiotropium Respimat in Cystic Fibrosis

NCT00737100

COMPLETED Phase 3

Safety and Efficacy of Linagliptin (BI 1356) as Monotherapy or in Combination in Type 2 DM

NCT00736099

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Randomised, db, Placebo-controlled Study of BI 1356 for 18 Weeks Followed by a 34 Week Double-blind Extension Period (Placebo Patients Switched to Glimepiride) in Type 2 Diabetic Patients for Whom Treatment With Metformin is Inappropriate

NCT00740051

COMPLETED Phase 2

BI 10773 add-on to Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT00749190

COMPLETED Phase 2

BIBW 2992 (Afatinib) With or Without Daily Temozolomide in the Treatment of Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma

NCT00727506

COMPLETED Phase 2

Efficacy and Safety of 4 Weeks of Treatment With Orally Inhaled BI1744/Tiotropium Bromide in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT00720499

TERMINATED Phase 2

Pramipexole ER vs. Placebo in Fibromyalgia

NCT00689052

COMPLETED Phase 2

Combination of Orally Inhaled BI1744CL/Tiotropium Bromide in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ( COPD)

NCT00696020

TERMINATED Phase 3

Open-label Extension Study of Pramipexole in the Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome

NCT00681863

TERMINATED Phase 3

Tiotropium/Salmeterol Inhalation Powder (Spiriva Handihaler and Salmeterol Polyethylene (PE) Capsule) in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT00662740

TERMINATED Phase 3

Tiotropium/Salmeterol Inhalation Powder in COPD

NCT00668772

COMPLETED Phase 3

BIBW 2992 and BSC Versus Placebo and BSC in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Failing Erlotinib or Gefitinib (LUX-LUNG 1)

NCT00656136

COMPLETED Phase 3

Phase III Study Testing Efficacy & Safety of Oral Dabigatran Etexilate vs Warfarin for 6 m Treatment for Acute Symp Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)

NCT00680186

COMPLETED Phase 2

RE-DEEM Dose Finding Study for Dabigatran Etexilate in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome

NCT00621855

COMPLETED Phase 3

Dabigatran Etexilate Compared With Enoxaparin in Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Following Total Hip Arthroplasty

NCT00657150

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of BI 1356 in Combination With Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT00622284

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pramipexole Pilot Phase II Study in Children and Adolescents With Tourette Disorder According to DSM-IV Criteria

NCT00558467

COMPLETED Phase 3

Long-term Safety Study of Open-label Pramipexole Extended Release (ER) in Patients With Early Parkinson´s Disease (PD).

NCT00601523

COMPLETED Phase 2

Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Tamsulosin in Children With Neurogenic Bladder

NCT00796614

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of B I1356 (Linagliptin) vs. Placebo Added to Metformin Background Therapy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT00601250

COMPLETED Phase 3

VERxVE Study on Efficacy and Safety of Nevirapine XR in Comparison to Nevirapine IR With Truvada in Naive HIV+ Patients

NCT00561925

COMPLETED Phase 3

Twice-daily Oral Direct Thrombin Inhibitor Dabigatran Etexilate in the Long Term Prevention of Recurrent Symptomatic VTE

NCT00558259

COMPLETED Phase 2

An Efficacy and Safety Study to Compare Three Doses of BEA 2180 BR to Tiotropium and Placebo in the Respimat Inhaler.

NCT00528996

COMPLETED Phase 1

Safety, Antiviral Activity and PK of MRD of BI 201335 in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients Both Treatment Naive and -Experienced

NCT00793793

COMPLETED Phase 4

Nevirapine vs. Atazanavir Boosted With Ritonavir on a Background of Truvada in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infected Naive Patients (NEwArT)

NCT00552240

TERMINATED Phase 3

Comparison of TPV/r to DRV/r in Triple Class Experienced Patient With Resistance to > 1 PI

NCT00517192

COMPLETED Phase 2

BIBW 2992 (Afatinib) in Head & Neck Cancer

NCT00514943

COMPLETED Phase 4

Tiotropium In Exercise

NCT00525512

COMPLETED Phase 2

LUX Lung 2 Phase II Single Arm BIBW 2992 "Afatinib" in NSCLC With EGFR Activating Mutations

NCT00525148

COMPLETED Phase 2

Efficacy and Safety of 4 Weeks of Treatment With Inhaled BI 1744 CL in Patients With Asthma

NCT00467740

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability of Pramipexol ER Versus Pramipexol IR Versus Placebo in Early PD Patients

NCT00479401

COMPLETED Phase 4

Trial Comparing Tiotropium Inhalation Capsules vs Placebo in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

NCT00523991

COMPLETED Phase 2

Efficacy and Safety of 4 Weeks Treatment With Inhaled BI 1744 CL in Patients With COPD.

NCT00452400

COMPLETED

Utilization of HIV Drug Resistance Testing in Treatment Experienced Patients (UTILIZE Study)

NCT00615563

TERMINATED Phase 3

Safety and Antiviral Activity of TPV in HCV and/or HBV HIV Coinfected Patients TDM Randomised Pilot Evaluation

NCT00447902

COMPLETED Phase 2

BI 2536 Second Line Monotherapy in SCLC

NCT00412880

TERMINATED Phase 3

SPRING: Safety, Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics of tipRanavir/r IN Race/Gender HIV+ Patients Randomized to TDM or SoC

NCT00440271

COMPLETED Phase 2

Effect of BIBW 2948 BS in COPD

NCT00423137

COMPLETED Phase 1

Phase I of BIBW 2992/BIBF 1120 Combination Therapy in Solid Tumors

NCT00730821

COMPLETED Phase 4

A Randomized, Double-blind, Active (Pramipexole 0.5 mg Tid) and Placebo Controlled, Study of Pramipexole Given 0.5 mg and 0.75 mg Bid Over 12-week Treatment in Early Parkinson's Disease (PD) Patients

NCT00402233

COMPLETED Phase 3

Respimat® Combivent Trial in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT00400153

COMPLETED Phase 4

Trial Comparing Treatment With Tiotropium Inhalation Capsules to Combivent® Inhalation Aerosol in COPD Patients.

NCT00388882

COMPLETED

Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's Patients Treated With Pramipexole and Other Agents (DOMINION Study)

NCT00617019

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 94
Phase 2 143
Phase 3 185
Phase 4 42

What is open in the Boehringer Ingelheim pipeline

43 recruiting of 515 indexed (8% open); 388 completed (75%).

Phase mix: 227 late (III/IV) vs 237 early (I/II) (balanced across stages).

Top condition: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive (13 trials), 9 others listed.

How open-pipeline share is computed

Recruiting share is recruiting_count divided by trial_count for this sponsor in the public registry export. Status can change between pulls; treat the figure as a research-attention snapshot, not product availability.

Boehringer Ingelheim: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 515 registered trials and 8% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

Boehringer Ingelheim sits at or above the median trial volume and at or above the median recruiting share among these 9 nationwide peers -- the two do not always move together. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (2026-08-08 snapshot). 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Total trials (X) and Recruiting share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Higher volume & more openFocused & more openHigher volume, mostly closedSmaller & mostly closed 0200400600 0%5%10%15%20%25% Total trials Recruiting share Boehringer IngelheimSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns HopkinsAbbVieGilead SciencesH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research InstituteAcrotech BiopharmaAtlanta VA Medical CenterBeacon TherapeuticsBoston VA Research Institute
Boehringer Ingelheim sits at or above the median trial volume and at or above the median recruiting share among these 9 nationwide peers -- the two do not always move together. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (2026-08-08 snapshot).

Boehringer Ingelheim sits at or above the median trial volume and at or above the median recruiting share among these 9 nationwide peers -- the two do not always move together.

Sponsors near 515 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 8% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this Boehringer Ingelheim page

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Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

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