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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COMPLETED NA

Senior PharmAssist: Co-Design and Evaluation of a Toolkit to Promote Scalable Implementation

NCT05278650

COMPLETED NA

Inspiratory Muscle Rehabilitation in Children With Obesity

NCT05412134

COMPLETED NA

Customized Approaches for Evaluating and Reducing Chemical Exposures From Home Building Materials

NCT05416281

COMPLETED

Quantitative MRI of Glenohumeral Cartilage & Labrum in Shoulder Instability

NCT05431114

TERMINATED Phase 2

CardioRenal Effects of SGLT2 Inhibition in Kidney Transplant Recipients

NCT04906213

TERMINATED NA

Effect of Early Saline Lavage on Synovial Fluid Composition Following Intra Articular Ankle Fractures

NCT05465382

COMPLETED NA

High Dose Inspiratory Muscle Training in LOPD

NCT05431127

COMPLETED NA

DeStress for Health: Partnering With Granville and Vance Counties to Reduce Stress and Cancer Risk (Part 2)

NCT05469334

COMPLETED NA

Low Nicotine Cigarettes, Smoking, and Chronic Pain

NCT05032755

COMPLETED NA

Multimodal Management of Neck and Back Pain in the Emergency Department (Multi-ED)

NCT05221125

COMPLETED NA

DBT for Metastatic Lung Cancer

NCT04973436

COMPLETED NA

Durham Healthy Breathing in Healthy Homes Project

NCT04119271

COMPLETED

Immune Correlates of Cardiac Structure and Function

NCT05328713

TERMINATED Phase 2

Voxelotor for Improving Oxygen Saturation in Adults

NCT05289570

COMPLETED NA

Expanding Technology-Enabled Nurse Delivered Chronic Disease Care

NCT05120544

COMPLETED NA

Diaphragm Function and Diver Endurance

NCT04679402

COMPLETED NA

Diet and Hypertension Management in African Americans With Chronic Kidney Disease

NCT04084574

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pediatric Pain Optimization After Tonsillectomy

NCT05244226

TERMINATED

A Pilot Study of a Micro-Organosphere Drug Screen Platform to Lead Care in Advanced Breast Cancer

NCT04655573

COMPLETED

Safety of Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination

NCT05157191

COMPLETED NA

Step, Walk, Bike: Comparisons of Fitness Assessments

NCT04830306

TERMINATED

MPS II Immunophenotyping

NCT04976231

COMPLETED NA

Surveillance Pelvic Examination Anxiety: Brief Coping Skills Intervention

NCT05285306

COMPLETED NA

Palliative Care Planner (PCplanner)

NCT05095363

COMPLETED

Deprescribing for Older Dialysis Patients

NCT03631290

COMPLETED NA

Network-guided TMS in Early Alzheimer's Disease

NCT04549155

COMPLETED NA

REmotely Monitored, Mobile Health-Supported High Intensity Interval Training After COVID-19 Critical Illness (REMM-HIIT-COVID-19)

NCT04664101

COMPLETED NA

Effect of Blueberry Supplementation on Alzheimer's Biomarkers

NCT05172128

TERMINATED NA

Data-driven Approaches to Healthcare Provider Resilience & Burnout During COVID-19

NCT04922632

COMPLETED NA

Providing PrEP, Hepatitis C Treatment, and MOUD Through Telemedicine at Greensboro SSP

NCT05108935

COMPLETED NA

Chompions! A Treatment Study for Childhood Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

NCT05105308

COMPLETED NA

Assessing Ventilator Safety in Patients on Pressure-Support Ventilation

NCT05125952

COMPLETED NA

Patient Initiated Note About Goals

NCT05637489

COMPLETED NA

Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Firefighters

NCT05111041

COMPLETED

Sepsis Characterization in Kilimanjaro

NCT05139459

COMPLETED NA

Tailored to You (TTY) Pilot Study

NCT05141175

COMPLETED Phase 1

Deprescribing Proton Pump Inhibitors to Reduce Post-TIPS Hepatic Encephalopathy

NCT05070351

COMPLETED

Machine Learning to Predict Acute Care During Cancer Therapy

NCT05122247

COMPLETED NA

Utilizing Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Understand a New Model of Type 1 and 2 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

NCT05426902

TERMINATED

Survivorship Study of Cancer Patients Who Received Cranial Radiation Therapy

NCT04567251

COMPLETED NA

Movement-Oriented Behavioral Activation (MOBA)

NCT04892147

COMPLETED Phase 4

Comparing Effectiveness of CSE Versus DPE for Labor Analgesia

NCT05068661

COMPLETED

You and Me COVID Free

NCT05212883

COMPLETED NA

Particle Size Project

NCT05091801

TERMINATED NA

ARFI Imaging for Targeted Prostate Biopsy

NCT04607135

COMPLETED NA

Sleep Device Testing to Promote Sleep in Infants

NCT05078112

COMPLETED NA

mHealth Behavioral Cancer Pain Intervention for Medically Underserved Patients

NCT04175639

COMPLETED NA

Acceptability of Active Monitoring (AM) as a Treatment Option for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)

NCT03775213

COMPLETED NA

Optimizing Parameters of Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Cortical Modulation in Stroke Patients

NCT05016531

COMPLETED Early Phase 1

The PCSK9i Inhibitor Evolocumab - a Surgical Trial of Pharamcodynamics and Kinetics Evaluation

NCT04937413

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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.