Duke University

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Duke University sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#9 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

1,725 total trials 187 currently recruiting 1244 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

Duke University: 1,725 sponsored US clinical trials, 187 recruiting.

Duke University sponsors 1,725 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 187 of them currently recruiting, and 1,244 completed. 175 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 311 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Obesity, with 15 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Duke University ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#9 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 55/100

1,244 of 1,444 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (86.1%), 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

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ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 4

Hepatic Artery Chemotherapy for Patients With Localized Pancreas Cancer

NCT05634720

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Accelerated TMS for Focal Hand Dystonia

NCT06015672

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Creating Access to Resources and Economic Support

NCT05971160

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Sling vs No Sling After Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

NCT06092996

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Early Phase 1

Evaluation of Fluoxetine and Cytotoxic Lysosomal Stress in Glioma (FLIRT)

NCT05634707

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Eat Well Produce Benefit for Diabetes and Food Insecurity

NCT05896644

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

PCSK9 Inhibitor and PD-1 Inhibitor in Patients With Metastatic, Refractory To Prior Anti PD-1 Non-small Cell Lung

NCT05553834

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Implementation of the ACP Guideline for Low Back Pain (IMPACt-LBP)

NCT05626049

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Meaning-Centered Pain Coping Skills Training for Cancer Pain

NCT05385965

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

COVID-19 Quick Start - Test and Treat in Africa

NCT06360783

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Xenon MRI and Progressive ILD

NCT05241275

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 4

The PASTDUe Nutrition Ecosystem Project (PASTDUe)

NCT05127109

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Outcomes Database to prospectivelY aSSEss the Changing TherapY Landscape in Renal Cell Carcinoma

NCT04919122

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

COVID-19 Vaccine Responses in PIDD Subjects

NCT05321407

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

MRI Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) for Brain Metastases

NCT04246879

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Onco-primary Care Networking to Support TEAM-based Care

NCT04258813

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Well-Being After Breast Cancer Surgery

NCT04225585

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Perioperative Evaluation of Cerebellar Tumors

NCT04463979

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Navigation Study: Durham

NCT04438031

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Peer Coaching Intervention in Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

NCT04271358

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Improving Women's Function After Pelvic Radiation

NCT04544735

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Genentech Xenon MRI Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

NCT04071769

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

The Prevention of Progression to Pancreatic Cancer Trial (The 3P-C Trial)

NCT04207944

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Duke COVID-19 Shared Data and Specimen Repository

NCT04368234

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Developing a Management Approach for Patients With "Late-Onset" Pompe Disease

NCT03694561

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Dose-Reduced Consolidation Radiation Therapy in Patients With Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

NCT03681535

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Project HOPE 1000: Health Outcomes Pregnancy Exposures

NCT04417283

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

FCT Study: Reducing the Need for Out-of-Home Placements

NCT03641664

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

PaRTNer: Patient Reported Outcomes and Financial Toxicity in Head and Neck Cancer A Pilot, Survey Based Study

NCT03506451

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Hepatic Resection for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

NCT02892305

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Intratreatment FDG-PET During Radiation Therapy for Gynecologic and Gastrointestinal Cancers

NCT03403465

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Exploring Relevant Immune-based Biomarkers and Circulating Tumor Cells During Treatment With Immunotherapy in Genitourinary Malignancies (CTC Immune Based Biomarkers)

NCT02978118

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Evaluation of Biomarkers in Human Synovial Fluid

NCT02664870

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Preoperative Single-Fraction Radiotherapy in Early Stage Breast Cancer

NCT02482376

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Durham Connects RCT Evaluation II

NCT01843036

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Durham Connects RCT Evaluation

NCT01406184

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

The MURDOCK Study Registry and Biorepository Horizon 1.5

NCT01708408

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

University of North Carolina Alumni Heart Study

NCT00005398

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Multisite Prevention of Conduct Problems (Fast Track)

NCT01653535

NOT YET RECRUITING NA

Vaginal Dilator Therapy After Pelvic Radiation

NCT07216456

NOT YET RECRUITING NA

Teams Engaged in Accessible Mental Health Interventions for Lupus Erythematosus and Dermatomyositis Stress

NCT06999109

NOT YET RECRUITING NA

Mitigating Racial Disparities in Shared Decision Making in the Intensive Care Unit

NCT05710744

NOT YET RECRUITING NA

Self-directed Mobile Mindfulness to Address ICU Survivors' Psychological Distress

NCT07634419

NOT YET RECRUITING NA

Visual Restoration Using Focused Ultrasound Stimulation and Immersive Virtual Reality After Stroke

NCT06875206

NOT YET RECRUITING NA

ORASIS in Breast Reconstruction

NCT07670754

NOT YET RECRUITING NA

Comparing Strategies to Improve Non-Pharmacologic Pain Relief for Adults With Back Pain Using the Education, Navigated Care, and Supported Self-management Pain Care Program

NCT07679178

NOT YET RECRUITING Phase 1

Investigating Senolytic Properties in Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Metformin in COPD Exacerbations

NCT07275359

NOT YET RECRUITING NA

The Community Paramedic Response and Overdose Outreach With Supportive Medical-Legal Services Study

NCT07216963

NOT YET RECRUITING Phase 4

SPARK Study - Sympathetic Periarterial Radial Block in Healthy Volunteers

NCT07429292

NOT YET RECRUITING

Compact Auto-Aligning Multi-Modal Eye Imaging to Diagnose Traumatic Eye Injury

NCT07218835

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 136
Phase 2 175
Phase 3 41
Phase 4 134

What is open in the Duke University pipeline

187 recruiting of 1,725 indexed (11% open); 1,244 completed (72%).

Phase mix: 175 late (III/IV) vs 311 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Obesity (15 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.

Duke University: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 1,725 registered trials and 11% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

Duke University 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 05001,0001,5002,000 5%10%15%20% Total trials Recruiting share Duke UniversityUniversity of California, San FranciscoStanford UniversityVA Office of Research and DevelopmentPfizerCarnegie Mellon UniversityCAMC Health SystemUConn HealthHartford Hospital
Duke University 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).

Duke University 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 1,725 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 11% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this Duke University page

1,725 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of Duke University or any single study.

  • 187 of Duke University's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Obesity is the condition Duke University studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Obesity 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.

Duke University pipeline card: 1,725 registered trials from official public datasets.Report a data error.