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 2

A Study for Participants With Small-Cell Lung Cancer

NCT01025284

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study of Semagacestat for Alzheimer's Patients

NCT01035138

TERMINATED Phase 3

A Study of Tasisulam-sodium Versus Paclitaxel as Treatment for Metastatic Melanoma

NCT01006252

TERMINATED Phase 2

A Study for Adults With Plaque Psoriasis

NCT01018810

TERMINATED Phase 2

A Study of LY2599506 in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT01024244

COMPLETED Phase 3

First-line Treatment of Patients With Stage IV Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Necitumumab (IMC-11F8) and Pemetrexed-Cisplatin

NCT00982111

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study Comparing Duloxetine Versus Placebo in Patients Taking a Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug (NSAID) for Knee Pain Due to Osteoarthritis

NCT01018680

COMPLETED Phase 4

A Study of Duloxetine in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Associated Painful Symptoms

NCT01000805

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Advanced or Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT00988858

COMPLETED Phase 2

Study of Ramucirumab (IMC-1121B) Therapy and Corrected QT (QTc) Interval Changes

NCT01017731

TERMINATED Phase 2

A Weight Loss Study in Overweight Men and Women

NCT00993421

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY2801653 in Advanced Cancer

NCT01285037

COMPLETED Phase 3

Study of Participants With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT00948675

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of LY573636-sodium in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT00992225

COMPLETED Phase 4

Study in Adolescents With Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder

NCT00982020

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Multiple Dose Study of LY2541546 in Healthy Postmenopausal Women

NCT01742091

TERMINATED Phase 2

A Study of Pediatric Participants With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

NCT00965419

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study in Relapse Prevention of Treatment-Resistant Depression

NCT00958568

COMPLETED Phase 3

Study of IMC-1121B (Ramucirumab) With Best Supportive Care in Participants With Gastric Cancer and Adenocarcinoma

NCT00917384

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT00966875

COMPLETED

The Cymbalta Pregnancy Registry

NCT01074151

COMPLETED Phase 4

Effects of Teriparatide or Zoledronic Acid Treatment on Bone in Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Women

NCT00927186

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study of Duloxetine in Patients With Osteoarthritis Knee Pain

NCT00945945

TERMINATED Phase 2

Testing Platelet Reactivity In Patients Undergoing Elective Stent Placement on Clopidogrel to Guide Alternative Therapy With Prasugrel (TRIGGER-PCI)

NCT00910299

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Pediatric Patients With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

NCT00922636

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of LY2189102 in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT00942188

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Liposomal Doxorubicin With or Without Olaratumab (IMC-3G3) in Platinum-Refractory or Resistant Advanced Ovarian Cancer

NCT00913835

TERMINATED Phase 1

Study of IMC-EB10 in Participant With Leukemia

NCT00887926

COMPLETED Phase 3

Effect of LY2062430 on the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease

NCT00904683

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of IMC-A12 in Combination With Sorafenib in Participants With Advanced Cancer of the Liver

NCT00906373

COMPLETED Phase 3

Effect of LY2062430 on the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease

NCT00905372

TERMINATED Phase 2

A Study of Irinotecan and Cetuximab With or Without IMC-A12 for Treatment of Participants With Colon or Rectum Cancer Who Got Worse After Their First Treatment With Oxaliplatin and Bevacizumab

NCT00845039

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Participants With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)

NCT00882999

COMPLETED Phase 4

A Study for Assessing Treatment of Patients Ages 10-17 With Bipolar Depression

NCT00844857

COMPLETED Phase 4

A Study That Will Compare the Effect of Two Drugs on Participants With Low Bone Mass and a Recent Hip Fracture

NCT00887354

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY2405319 in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT01869959

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study of Tadalafil in Men With Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptoms Who Are Being Treated With Alpha Blockers

NCT00848081

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study for Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT00871572

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study in the Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Major Depressive Disorder

NCT00849693

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study in the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction and Benign Prostate Hyperplasia

NCT00855582

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of IMC-A12 (Cixutumumab) With and Without Other Standard Chemotherapies in Participants With Lung Cancer Who Have Not Received Chemotherapy Before

NCT00870870

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study in the Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Major Depressive Disorder

NCT00849901

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Cixutumumab (IMC-A12) in Islet Cell Cancer

NCT00781911

COMPLETED Phase 2

Study to Evaluate the Effect of Cetuximab on Corrected QT (QTc) Interval Changes in Patients With Advanced Malignancies From Solid Tumors

NCT00698841

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Adjunctive Treatment to Antidepressant Therapy for Adults With Major Depressive Disorder

NCT00840034

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study for Participants With Pancreatic Cancer

NCT00839332

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study to Test the Combination of Two Different Kinds of Medications for the Treatment of Diabetes

NCT00853151

COMPLETED Phase 2

An Open Label Extension Study in Participants With Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT00837811

COMPLETED Phase 2

Treatment for Aggression and Agitation in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

NCT00843518

COMPLETED Phase 4

A Study in Erectile Dysfunction

NCT00833638

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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.