Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#116 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

305 total trials 24 currently recruiting 252 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): 305 sponsored US clinical trials, 24 recruiting.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) sponsors 305 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 24 of them currently recruiting, and 252 completed. 35 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 89 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Pregnancy, with 8 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#116 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 66/100

252 of 279 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (90.3%), 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

305 total, page 6 of 7

COMPLETED Phase 2

The Safety and Effectiveness of Surgery With or Without Raloxifene for the Treatment of Pelvic Pain Caused by Endometriosis

NCT00001848

COMPLETED

Study of Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome

NCT00001721

COMPLETED

The Role of Motion in Infants' Ability to Categorize

NCT00362076

COMPLETED Phase 1

Achilles Tendon Lengthening in Patients With Diabetes to Prevent Foot Ulcers

NCT00006426

COMPLETED Phase 3

Atypical Neuroleptic Drugs in People With Mental Retardation/Developmental Delay

NCT00065273

COMPLETED Phase 2

Improving Gait in Patients With Spinal Cord Injuries

NCT00060983

COMPLETED

Fat Tissue Microperfusion to Measure Leptin Secretion and Its Relations With Fat Breakdown in Humans

NCT00001722

TERMINATED

Early Pregnancy Evaluation by Three-Dimensional Ultrasound

NCT00342290

COMPLETED

Cervical Volume by Three-Dimensional Ultrasound as a Predictor of Preterm Delivery

NCT00342550

COMPLETED Phase 2

Treatment of Childhood Osteoporosis With Alendronate (Fosamax)

NCT00001720

COMPLETED

Establishment of a Perinatal Database and a Bank of Biological Materials

NCT00339235

COMPLETED

Clinical, Biochemical, Histological and Biophysical Parameters in the Prediction of Cerebral Palsy in Patients With Preterm Labor and Premature Rupture of Membranes

NCT00342667

COMPLETED

Fetal Growth Evaluation by Three-Dimensional Ultrasound

NCT00340171

COMPLETED

Fetal Anatomy by Three-Dimensional Ultrasound

NCT00340002

COMPLETED Phase 2

Botulinum Toxin (BOTOX) for Cerebral Palsy

NCT00060957

COMPLETED Phase 2

Efficacy of Opioids and Mexiletine for the Treatment of Postamputation Pain

NCT00383682

TERMINATED

Longitudinal and Biological Study of Childhood Disintegrative Disorder

NCT00004458

COMPLETED

Evaluation and Intervention for the Effects of Osteogenesis Imperfecta

NCT00001594

COMPLETED NA

How Shoes With Rocker Soles Affect Walking

NCT00006438

COMPLETED

Akathisia (Restless Legs Syndrome) in People With Schizophrenia and Mental Retardation

NCT00065286

COMPLETED Phase 1

Phase I/II Study of Retroviral-Mediated Transfer of Iduronate-2-Sulfatase Gene Into Lymphocytes of Patients With Mucopolysaccharidosis II (Mild Hunter Syndrome)

NCT00004454

COMPLETED Phase 3

HIV Symptom Management Program for African American Mothers

NCT00065819

COMPLETED Phase 4

Chronic Pain After Amputation

NCT00006427

COMPLETED NA

Treatment of Chronic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) or Amputation

NCT00006448

COMPLETED Phase 4

Chronic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury

NCT00006428

COMPLETED NA

Preventing Problems in Children's Social Behavior

NCT00006446

COMPLETED

Metabolic Differences of Overweight Children and Children of Overweight Parents

NCT00001522

COMPLETED

Defining the Genetic Basis for the Development of Primary Pigmented Nodular Adrenocortical Disease (PPNAD) and the Carney Complex

NCT00001452

COMPLETED NA

Comprehensive Program to Improve Reading and Writing Skills in At-Risk and Dyslexic Children

NCT00061412

COMPLETED NA

Improving Mental Health Services for Economically Disadvantaged Children: Training Teachers

NCT00069563

COMPLETED

Evaluating Muscle Function After Ankle Surgery

NCT00060970

COMPLETED

Use of the Perinatal Database and Biologic Tissue Bank at The Perinatology Research Branch (PRB)

NCT00340249

COMPLETED NA

Investigating the Regulation of Reproductive Hormones in Adult Men

NCT00392457

COMPLETED Phase 3

Three Drug Combination Therapy Versus Conventional Treatment of Children With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

NCT00001521

COMPLETED

Iron Overload in African Americans

NCT00001455

COMPLETED

Hormonal Effects on the Uterus and Endometrium

NCT00001454

COMPLETED

Jugular Vein Sampling for Hormone Levels for the Diagnosis of Cushing Syndrome

NCT00001453

COMPLETED

Long Term Post Operative Follow-Up of Cushing Syndrome

NCT00029952

COMPLETED Phase 2

The Effects of Hormones in Growth Hormone-Treated Girls With Turner Syndrome

NCT00001343

COMPLETED

Study of Glycogen Storage Disease and Associated Disorders

NCT00001342

COMPLETED

Steroid Therapy in Autoimmune Premature Ovarian Failure

NCT00001306

COMPLETED Phase 3

Growth Hormone Therapy in Osteogenesis Imperfecta

NCT00001305

COMPLETED Phase 2

Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism With Synthetic Human Parathyroid Hormone 1-34

NCT00001304

COMPLETED

Ovarian Follicle Function in Patients With Primary Ovarian Failure

NCT00001275

COMPLETED Phase 1

Copper Histidine Therapy for Menkes Diseases

NCT00001262

COMPLETED Phase 2

The Effects of Estrogen on Cognition in Girls With Turner Syndrome

NCT00001253

COMPLETED

The Influence of Maternal Age, Employment Status, and Parenthood Status on Children's Cognitive Development

NCT00361829

COMPLETED Phase 2

Effect of Biosynthetic Growth Hormone and/or Ethinyl Estradiol on Adult Height in Patients With Turner Syndrome

NCT00001221

COMPLETED Phase 2

Treatment of Boys With Precocious Puberty

NCT00001202

COMPLETED

Endocrine Studies of Healthy Children

NCT00001195

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 40
Phase 2 49
Phase 3 23
Phase 4 12

What is open in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) pipeline

24 recruiting of 305 indexed (8% open); 252 completed (83%).

Phase mix: 35 late (III/IV) vs 89 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Pregnancy (8 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.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 305 registered trials and 8% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 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 02004006008001,000 0%5%10%15% Total trials Recruiting share Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)CelgeneAllerganKaiser PermanenteUniversity of ArkansasBoston Scientific CorporationNovo Nordisk A/SHoffmann-La RocheUnited Therapeutics
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 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).

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 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 305 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 8% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) page

305 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) or any single study.

  • 24 of Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)'s trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Pregnancy is the condition Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Pregnancy 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. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) pipeline card: 305 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.