Eli Lilly and Company

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Eli Lilly and Company sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#18 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

1,341 total trials 124 currently recruiting 1029 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

Eli Lilly and Company: 1,341 sponsored US clinical trials, 124 recruiting.

Eli Lilly and Company sponsors 1,341 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 124 of them currently recruiting, and 1,029 completed. 459 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 861 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Healthy, with 55 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Eli Lilly and Company ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#18 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

C 67/100

1,029 of 1,131 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (91.0%), 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 Phase 1

A Study of LY2157299 Monohydrate in Healthy Volunteers

NCT01746004

COMPLETED Phase 3

Study of How Dulaglutide Compares to Placebo in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Who Are Also on Sulfonylurea Therapy (AWARD-8)

NCT01769378

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Study

NCT01721044

COMPLETED Phase 4

Effects of Teriparatide or Denosumab on Bone in Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis

NCT01753856

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY2940680 in Healthy Participants

NCT01746745

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Necitumumab and Chemotherapy in Participants With Stage IV Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT01769391

TERMINATED Phase 1

A Study of LY2940680 in Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT01722292

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study of Ixekizumab in Participants With Active Psoriatic Arthritis

NCT01695239

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study in Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Participants

NCT01721057

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of Evacetrapib in Healthy Participants

NCT01736254

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of Evacetrapib in Healthy Female Participants

NCT01746732

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study in Participants With Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT01711359

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of Effect of Deodorant and Axillary Hair on Testosterone Absorption in Healthy Participants

NCT01725451

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study to Assess the Pharmacokinetics of Ramucirumab (IMC-1121B) in Combination With FOLFIRI

NCT01634555

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY3039478 in Participants With Advanced Cancer

NCT01695005

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study in Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT01710358

COMPLETED Phase 4

VERtebral Fracture Treatment Comparisons in Osteoporotic Women

NCT01709110

TERMINATED Phase 3

A Study of Evacetrapib in High-Risk Vascular Disease

NCT01687998

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY2940680 in Healthy Participants

NCT01681186

TERMINATED Phase 3

Evaluation of Tabalumab Using Auto-Injector or Prefilled Syringe in Participants With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

NCT01676701

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY3015014 in Healthy Participants With High Cholesterol

NCT01671085

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study to Test Safety and Efficacy of Baricitinib in Participants With Diabetic Kidney Disease

NCT01683409

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Drug-Interaction Study of Necitumumab (IMC-11F8) in Combination With Gemcitabine-Cisplatin

NCT01606748

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Necitumumab Monotherapy and the QT/QTc Interval in Patient With Advanced Solid Tumors

NCT01624467

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY3023414 in Participants With Advanced Cancer

NCT01655225

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study in Participants With Moderate to Severe Psoriasis (UNCOVER-3)

NCT01646177

TERMINATED Phase 1

A Study of LY3006072 in Healthy Participants

NCT01640249

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Ramucirumab (IMC-1121B) and Paclitaxel in Participants With Solid Tumors

NCT01515306

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Pharmacokinetics Study for Pediatric Participants With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

NCT01484431

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study LY2228820 for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

NCT01663857

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY2605541 Versus Insulin Glargine on Blood Sugar

NCT01654380

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Tabalumab (LY2127399) in Participants With Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma (MM)

NCT01602224

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of Prasugrel in Healthy Participants

NCT01648790

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Ramucirumab and Docetaxel in Participants With Solid Tumors

NCT01567163

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study Comparing Dulaglutide With Insulin Glargine on Glycemic Control in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and Moderate or Severe Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

NCT01621178

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of IMC-TR1 in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors

NCT01646203

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of LY2951742 in Participants With Migraine

NCT01625988

COMPLETED Phase 1

Study of LY2784544 Testing Alternative Dosing in Participants With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

NCT01520220

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study Comparing the Effect of Dulaglutide With Liraglutide in Type 2 Diabetes

NCT01624259

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Single Dose Study of LY3023703 in Healthy Participants

NCT01632579

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY3015014 in Otherwise Healthy Participants With High Low-density Lipoprotein (LDL) Cholesterol

NCT01618916

TERMINATED Phase 1

A Multiple-dose Study of LY3031207 in Healthy Participants

NCT01632566

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Phase 3 Study in Participants With Moderate to Severe Psoriasis (UNCOVER-2)

NCT01597245

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study in Older Participants Who Have Fallen and Have Muscle Weakness

NCT01604408

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study of LY2605541 in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT01582451

TERMINATED Phase 2

A Study of LY2127399 in Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT01576549

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study in Recurrent Glioblastoma (GB)

NCT01582269

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY2784544 in Healthy Male Subjects

NCT01577355

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study to Compare the Effect of Giving Dulaglutide Using an Auto-injector Versus a Manual Syringe

NCT01524770

TERMINATED Phase 1

Study of LY2886721 in Mild Cognitive Impairment Due to Alzheimer's Disease or Mild Alzheimer's Disease

NCT01561430

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 517
Phase 2 344
Phase 3 368
Phase 4 91

What is open in the Eli Lilly and Company pipeline

124 recruiting of 1,341 indexed (9% open); 1,029 completed (77%).

Phase mix: 459 late (III/IV) vs 861 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Healthy (55 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.

Eli Lilly and Company: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 1,341 registered trials and 9% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

Eli Lilly and Company 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 05001,0001,500 0%5%10%15% Total trials Recruiting share Eli Lilly and CompanyGlaxoSmithKlineUniversity of MichiganNovartis PharmaceuticalsAstraZenecaShionogiUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of VermontLahey Clinic
Eli Lilly and Company 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).

Eli Lilly and Company 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 1,341 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 9% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this Eli Lilly and Company page

1,341 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of Eli Lilly and Company or any single study.

  • 124 of Eli Lilly and Company's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Healthy is the condition Eli Lilly and Company studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Healthy 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. Eli Lilly and Company pipeline card: 1,341 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.