Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#42 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

781 total trials 112 currently recruiting 449 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: 781 sponsored US clinical trials, 112 recruiting.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute sponsors 781 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 112 of them currently recruiting, and 449 completed. 15 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 492 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Breast Cancer, with 53 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#42 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

F 49/100

449 of 537 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (83.6%), 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

781 total, page 11 of 16

TERMINATED Phase 3

Breast MRI for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer:Impact on Re-excision Lumpectomy

NCT01568346

TERMINATED Phase 2

Ofatumumab With High Dose Methylprednisone Followed by Ofatumumab and Alemtuzumab in 17p CLL

NCT01465334

COMPLETED Phase 1

Everolimus With Multiagent Re-Induction Chemotherapy in Pediatric Patients With ALL

NCT01523977

COMPLETED Phase 2

Carfilzomib, Rituximab and Dexamethasone in Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

NCT01470196

COMPLETED NA

RPFNA Assessment of Exercise Effect in Breast Cancer

NCT01961128

COMPLETED Phase 2

Image-Guided Gynecologic Brachytherapy

NCT01399658

COMPLETED NA

Promoting Organizational Capacity to Implement Cancer Control Programs Among Latino Churches

NCT01740219

TERMINATED Phase 2

Dasatinib in Advanced Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

NCT01491633

TERMINATED Phase 2

STA-9090(Ganetespib) in Patients With Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma

NCT01551693

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of Pioglitazone and Carboplatin in Patients With Advanced Solid Tumors

NCT02133625

TERMINATED Phase 2

Docetaxel/Cisplatin/5-Fluorouracil (TPF) Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Squamous Cell Carcinoma Study

NCT01221753

TERMINATED Phase 1

Methylphenidate for Cancer-Related Fatigue

NCT01164956

COMPLETED

The Myelodysplasia Transplantation-Associated Outcomes (MDS-TAO) Study

NCT02390414

COMPLETED

Socialization of Adult Men With Congenital Hemophilia A or B

NCT01510418

COMPLETED Phase 2

Bortezomib-based GVHD Prophylaxis After Allogeneic Transplant for Patients Without Matched Related Donors

NCT01323920

COMPLETED Phase 2

Exercise and Metformin in Colorectal and Breast Cancer Survivors

NCT01340300

COMPLETED Early Phase 1

Effect of Eltrombopag Plus G-CSF on Human CD34+ Cell Mobilization in Multiple Myeloma Patients Undergoing ASCT

NCT01286675

COMPLETED NA

Pilot Study for Young Women's Intervention

NCT01647594

COMPLETED

Comparison of Creatinine Clearance Calculation for Estimation of GFR in Patients Receiving HD Methotrexate

NCT01319591

COMPLETED Phase 2

CAPOX, Bevacizumab and Trastuzumab for Patients With HER2-Positive Metastatic Esophagogastric Cancer

NCT01191697

COMPLETED Phase 1

Expanded Phase I Pazopanib and Everolimus in Advanced Solid Tumors and Previously Treated Advanced Urothelial Cancer

NCT01184326

COMPLETED Phase 2

Hydroxychloroquine in Previously Treated Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

NCT01273805

COMPLETED Phase 1

Amgen 386 for Recurrent Glioblastoma

NCT01290263

TERMINATED Phase 1

Stereotactic Boost for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT01222572

TERMINATED Phase 2

Trastuzumab and Vinorelbine in Advanced Breast Cancer

NCT01185509

COMPLETED

SNP-Based Prediction of Oral Mucositis Risk in Patients Receiving Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants (HSCT)

NCT01402687

COMPLETED

Effects of Bortezomib-Based Therapy on Cellular Immunity and Response to DC/Myeloma Fusion Vaccines in Vitro

NCT01472627

TERMINATED Phase 2

Alefacept in Subjects With Steroid-Refractory Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease

NCT01226420

COMPLETED Phase 2

STA-9090(Ganetespib) in Metastatic Ocular Melanoma

NCT01200238

COMPLETED

Impact of Adnexal Involvement of the Severity and Prognosis of Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease

NCT01221766

COMPLETED Phase 1

NIR-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Melanoma

NCT01121718

TERMINATED Phase 2

Bevacizumab, Metronomic Chemotherapy (CM), Diet and Exercise After Preoperative Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer

NCT00925652

COMPLETED NA

FLT PET/CT for Staging, Target Definition and Assessment of Response to Therapy in Patients With Esophageal Cancer

NCT01243619

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pazopanib in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT01253369

COMPLETED Phase 1

Adenosine 2A Agonist Lexiscan in Children and Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

NCT01085201

TERMINATED Phase 1

Everolimus, Bortezomib and/or Rituximab in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

NCT01125293

COMPLETED Phase 2

AMG 479 in Advanced Carcinoid and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

NCT01024387

COMPLETED Phase 1

Pyrimethamine for the Treatment of Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

NCT01066663

COMPLETED Phase 1

Panobinostat (LBH589) in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

NCT01065467

COMPLETED Phase 1

RAD001 and AV-951 in Patients With Refractory, Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

NCT01058655

TERMINATED Phase 1

RAD001 With Weekly Cisplatin and Radiation Therapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

NCT01058408

TERMINATED Phase 1

Neoadjuvant Accelerated Short Course Radiation Therapy With Photons and Capecitabine for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

NCT00889187

COMPLETED Phase 2

Carboplatin and Bevacizumab for Progressive Breast Cancer Brain Metastases

NCT01004172

COMPLETED Phase 2

Everolimus (RAD001) in Primary Therapy of Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

NCT00976248

TERMINATED Phase 2

Efficacy of Vorinostat to Induce Fetal Hemoglobin in Sickle Cell Disease

NCT01000155

TERMINATED Phase 1

Ketoconazole, Hydrocortisone, Dutasteride and Lapatinib (KHAD-L) in Prostate Cancer

NCT00953576

COMPLETED NA

Cosmetic Result/Toxicity in Post-Mastectomy Immediate Reconstruction Expander+RT

NCT01664091

COMPLETED Phase 2

RAD001 for Patients With Radioiodine Refractory Thyroid Cancer

NCT00936858

COMPLETED Phase 2

Cisplatin, Irinotecan and Bevacizumab (PCA) Versus Docetaxel, Cisplatin, Irinotecan and Bevacizumab (TPCA) in Metastatic Esophageal and Gastric Cancer

NCT00911820

COMPLETED Phase 2

LBH589 in Relapsed or Relapsed and Refractory Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

NCT00936611

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 181
Phase 2 311
Phase 3 14
Phase 4 1

What is open in the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute pipeline

112 recruiting of 781 indexed (14% open); 449 completed (57%).

Phase mix: 15 late (III/IV) vs 492 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Breast Cancer (53 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.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 781 registered trials and 14% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute sits at or above the median trial volume and below 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 02004006008001,000 14%16%18%20%22% Total trials Recruiting share Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of ChicagoMedical University of South CarolinaUniversity of UtahThe Cleveland ClinicAcademic and Community Cancer Research UnitedAdaptive BiotechnologiesAgelessRx
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute sits at or above the median trial volume and below the median recruiting share among these 9 nationwide peers -- the two do not always move together. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (2026-08-08 snapshot).

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute sits at or above the median trial volume and below the median recruiting share among these 9 nationwide peers -- the two do not always move together.

Sponsors near 781 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 14% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this Dana-Farber Cancer Institute page

781 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute or any single study.

  • 112 of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Breast Cancer is the condition Dana-Farber Cancer Institute studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Breast Cancer trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

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

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute pipeline card: 781 registered trials from official public datasets. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.