East Carolina University

Open enrollment with a later-stage pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, East Carolina University sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#342 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

58 total trials 7 currently recruiting 44 completed later-stage tilt top decile by trial count

East Carolina University: 58 sponsored US clinical trials, 7 recruiting.

East Carolina University sponsors 58 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 7 of them currently recruiting, and 44 completed. 6 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 3 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Depression, with 2 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

East Carolina University ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#342 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 64/100

44 of 49 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (89.8%), 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

58 total, page 1 of 2

RECRUITING NA

Optimizing the AYA Survivors' Coping and Emotional Needs Toolkit

NCT07173205
RECRUITING NA

Remote Ischemic Conditioning and Spinal Reflex Modulation in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT07390760
RECRUITING NA

PREnatal Choline and Infant Outcomes Study

NCT07525193
RECRUITING NA

Physical Activity to Mitigate PreEclampsia Risk

NCT06319014
RECRUITING NA

MAMA Tot - Healthy Weight Parallel Study

NCT06598098
RECRUITING NA

Pregnancy Exercise Mode Effect on Childhood Obesity

NCT04805502
RECRUITING

Metabolic Inflexibility is Related to Elevated Muscle Anaerobic Glycolysis

NCT04320264
ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Soft and Hard Tissue Changes Around Implants

NCT05769673
NOT YET RECRUITING NA

Prospective Analysis of Arteriovenous Access (AVA) Use in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: A Feasibility Project

NCT07447128
COMPLETED NA

Evaluating Procedures for a Study of the AYA Survivors Coping and Emotional Needs Toolkit

NCT06420193
COMPLETED NA

Lycopene-rich Juice Intervention to Reduce Inflammatory Markers Among Adults With Obesity

NCT07120035
COMPLETED NA

Effects of Remote Ischemic Conditioning on Bimanual Skill Learning and Corticospinal Excitability in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy

NCT05777070
COMPLETED NA

Virtual Third-Wave Intervention for Internalized Weight Bias Combined With a Weight Loss Program

NCT05529758
COMPLETED NA

Remote Ischemic Conditioning, Bimanual Skill Learning, and Corticospinal Excitability

NCT05355883
COMPLETED NA

Examining Validity and Sensitivity of Pressure-Mediated Reflection Spectroscopy

NCT04056624
COMPLETED NA

Ischemic Conditioning to Enhance Function (I-C-FUN) in Children With Cerebral Palsy

NCT04598711
COMPLETED NA

Pilot Testing ADAPT a Bereavement Care Intervention

NCT04929405
COMPLETED

Exploring Vaccine Confidence and Uptake of Potential COVID-19 Vaccines

NCT04731870
COMPLETED NA

Cortical Activation and Cognitive-Motor Learning

NCT04666181
COMPLETED NA

The Addition of Self-compassion Skills Training to a Behavioral Weight Loss Program Delivered Using Video Conferencing Software

NCT04756973
COMPLETED Phase 1

Pramipexole and Morphine for Renal Colic

NCT04160520
TERMINATED

Tradeoff Between Spatial and Temporal Resolution

NCT03867058
COMPLETED NA

Habit Formation in Older Adults: Feasibility Study

NCT04037033
COMPLETED

Relationships Among Sedentary Behaviors and Other Factors

NCT04039438
TERMINATED

Degenerative Consequences of Congenital Deafness

NCT03866850
COMPLETED NA

Exercise After Clinically Significant Weight Loss

NCT03685123
COMPLETED NA

Influence of Maternal Exercise on Infant Skeletal Muscle and Metabolomics

NCT03838146
COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy of Lidocaine Patch in Acute Musculoskeletal Pain in the Emergency Department

NCT03571737
COMPLETED NA

Benzoates - an Obesogenic Endocrine Disrupting Chemical

NCT03190785
COMPLETED NA

Effects of Exercise Training Intensity on Fitness and Insulin Sensitivity in African Americans

NCT02892331
COMPLETED NA

Telehealth-based Strategies to Increase Oral Chemotherapeutic Agent Medication Adherence

NCT02543723
COMPLETED NA

Enhanced Neonatal Health and Neonatal Cardiac Effect Developmentally

NCT03517293
COMPLETED NA

Correlation Study of Imaging Data Acquired During CABG With Data Acquired in the Cath Lab

NCT02138305
COMPLETED NA

Epigenetic Effects of a Single Bout of Exercise on Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Metabolome

NCT05034380
COMPLETED NA

COMRADE: Collaborative Care Management for Distress and Depression in Rural Diabetes

NCT02863523
COMPLETED NA

Aerobic Training and Non-Exercise Physical Activity

NCT02010060
COMPLETED Phase 4

Efficacy of Belatacept in Reducing DSA

NCT02078193
COMPLETED NA

Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV) Vaccine Adherence Community Clinic Study

NCT01908517
COMPLETED NA

High Dose Omega-3 Fatty Acids in the Treatment of Sport Related Concussions

NCT01814527
TERMINATED Phase 4

Combinatorial Therapy for Peristent Type 2 Diabetes After Gastric Banding

NCT01597531
COMPLETED NA

Empowering Rural African American Women and Communities to Improve Diabetes Outcomes

NCT01806194
COMPLETED Phase 2

Trial of Naltrexone and Dextromethorphan for Gulf War Illness

NCT02206490
COMPLETED NA

Pedal@Work: A Worksite Wellness Program

NCT01371084
TERMINATED NA

Esophageal Balloon Guided Weaning of the Morbidly Obese Patient

NCT02323009
COMPLETED NA

A Public Health Program to Reduce Risk of Antepartum Depression

NCT02144844
COMPLETED NA

Effect of Calcium Polycarbophil on Type II Diabetes Mellitus Control: a Randomized Double-blind Study

NCT01252524
COMPLETED NA

Telephone Physical Activity Intervention in Obese Youth

NCT01162512
COMPLETED NA

Effectiveness of a Cancer Center Based Physical Activity Intervention

NCT01173861
TERMINATED NA

Safety and Efficacy Study of Ethanol Locking to Prevent Central Line Infection in Premature Neonates

NCT01365312
COMPLETED Phase 4

Reducing Donor Specific Antibody (DSA) Strength in Maintenance Kidney Transplant Recipients (DSA Study)

NCT01044303
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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 2
Phase 3 1
Phase 4 5

Therapeutic Areas

Depression 2
Primary Disease 1
Sprains and Strains 1
Sprains 1
Acute Musculoskeletal Disease 1
Cerebral Concussion 1
Mild Concussion 1
Edentulous Alveolar Ridge 1
Sedentary Lifestyle 1
Metabolic Inflexibility 1

Where East Carolina University enrollment is open (later-stage tilt)

7 recruiting of 58 indexed (12% open); 44 completed (76%).

Phase mix: 6 late (III/IV) vs 3 early (I/II) (later-stage heavy).

Top condition: Depression (2 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.

East Carolina University: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 58 registered trials and 12% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

East Carolina University sits below 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 20406080100 0%5%10%15%20%25% Total trials Recruiting share East Carolina UniversityClinical Nutrition Research Center, Illinois Institute of TechnologyUnited States Army Research Institute of Environmental MedicineUniversity of GeorgiaWills EyeNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)Antonios LikourezosOregon State UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst
East Carolina University sits below 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).

East Carolina University sits below 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 58 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 12% open enrollment (± trial volume)

Related

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

What to do with this East Carolina University page

58 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of East Carolina University or any single study.

  • 7 of East Carolina University's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Depression is the condition East Carolina University studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Depression 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. East Carolina University pipeline card: 58 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.