Intuitive Surgical

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Intuitive Surgical sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#434 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

40 total trials 3 currently recruiting 28 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

Intuitive Surgical: 40 sponsored US clinical trials, 3 recruiting.

Intuitive Surgical sponsors 40 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 3 of them currently recruiting, and 28 completed. 1 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 5 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Lung Cancer, with 3 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Intuitive Surgical ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#434 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

B 81/100

28 of 29 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (96.6%), 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

40 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING

A Study to Understand the Utility of the Force Feedback Instruments in Robotic Procedures Using da Vinci 5 Robot

NCT06879912

RECRUITING

Retrospective Acute Care Appendectomy Study

NCT06624215

RECRUITING

Real World Registry for Use of the Ion Endoluminal System

NCT06004440

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Robotic vs. Open NSM for Early Stage Breast Cancer

NCT05720039

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Clinical Investigation of the da Vinci Surgical System

NCT05682742

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

SP Thoracic IDE Study

NCT05150210

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

da Vinci SP® Investigational Device Exemption Study in Colorectal Procedures

NCT04403022

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Robotic-Assisted da Vinci System Prophylactic Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy

NCT03892980

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Open Nipple Sparing Mastectomy (NSM)

NCT04447339

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Early Surgeon Experience With Robotic-Assisted Inguinal Hernia Repair

NCT04353687

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Clinical Utility for Ion Endoluminal System

NCT03893539

COMPLETED

Evaluating Intuitive 3D Models in Preoperative Surgical Planning for Thoracic and Colorectal Procedures.

NCT06434727

COMPLETED Phase 3

IS-001 Injection in Patients Undergoing Robotic-Assisted Gynecological Surgery

NCT05954767

COMPLETED Phase 2

IS-002 Phase 2 Prostate Cancer Study

NCT05946603

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Safety and Feasibility Study of IS-001 Injection in Patients Undergoing Robotic Colorectal Surgery

NCT05769257

COMPLETED

A Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Cios Spin and the Ion Endoluminal System for Pulmonary Nodule Biopsy

NCT05562895

COMPLETED

A Multicenter Retrospective Review to Evaluate the Feasibility of Dye Marking Using the Ion Endoluminal System

NCT05546437

COMPLETED

Comparative Analysis of da Vinci-Assisted and Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch Bariatric Surgical Procedures

NCT05575947

COMPLETED

A Retrospective Multicenter Review to Evaluate the Performance of the Ion Endoluminal System in Sampling Pulmonary Lesions

NCT05160571

TERMINATED

A Prospective Evaluation of Pain After Non-complex Ventral Hernia Repair

NCT04855227

COMPLETED

Prospective Multi-Center Study of Short-Term Outcomes After Complex Cholecystectomy

NCT04888117

COMPLETED

Prospective Post-market Data Collection for Ion Endoluminal System to Understand CT to Body Divergence

NCT04735341

COMPLETED

Prospective Robotic-assisted Revisional Bariatric Study

NCT04506190

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Phase 1 Study of IS-002 Injection in Patients Undergoing Robotic Prostatectomy

NCT04574401

COMPLETED

A Prospective Post-Market Study to Evaluate the Clinical Utility of IRIS, a Three-dimensional (3-D) Anatomical Modeling Software for Pre-operative Surgical Planning and Intra-operative Navigation for Nephrectomy

NCT04329767

COMPLETED

Study of Peri-operative and Acute Outcomes After Robotic-assisted Cholecystectomy

NCT04551820

COMPLETED

Pain and Quality of Life After Retromuscular Ventral Hernia Repair (RECOVER)

NCT04487522

COMPLETED

Retrospective Comparison of Lap and Robotic-Assisted RYGB and SG

NCT04329780

COMPLETED

A Prospective Single-Center Evaluation of SureForm™ Staplers in Robotic-assisted Colorectal Procedures

NCT04247958

COMPLETED

Pain and Quality of Life After Inguinal Hernia Repair

NCT04074200

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Safety and Efficacy Study of IS-001 Injection in Patients Undergoing Robotic Hysterectomy

NCT03937505

COMPLETED

Robotic-assisted and Laparoscopic Right Colectomy Study - Intracorporeal vs. Extracorporeal Anastomoses

NCT03312569

COMPLETED

Retrospective Multi-Center Study to Compare Perioperative Outcomes for Robotic-assisted Lobectomy With Those Associated With VATS and Open Lobectomy for Lung Cancer

NCT03347825

COMPLETED NA

Prospective, Multicenter da Vinci® SP™ Surgical System TORS Study

NCT03049280

COMPLETED Phase 1

IS-001 Injection Phase-1 Safety, Tolerance and Pharmacokinetics

NCT03006237

COMPLETED

A Prospective Study to Compare the Clinical Outcomes, Pain and Patient Quality of Life for Hernia Patients

NCT02715622

COMPLETED

Evaluation of Clinical Outcomes in Robotic-Assisted Inguinal Hernia Repair

NCT02684448

COMPLETED

Robotic-assisted Versus Laparoscopic Sigmoid Resection

NCT02636673

COMPLETED

A Retrospective Multicenter Investigation of the Use of the da Vinci® Surgical System in Non-Tumor Based TORS Procedures

NCT02002845

COMPLETED NA

Cosmesis, Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life After da Vinci Single Site and Multiport Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

NCT01932216

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 2
Phase 2 3
Phase 3 1

What is open in the Intuitive Surgical pipeline

3 recruiting of 40 indexed (8% open); 28 completed (70%).

Phase mix: 1 late (III/IV) vs 5 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Lung Cancer (3 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.

Intuitive Surgical: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 40 registered trials and 8% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

Intuitive Surgical 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 203040506070 0%10%20%30%40%50% Total trials Recruiting share Intuitive SurgicalBaptist Health South FloridaBTL IndustriesCelgene CorporationHarvard School of Public Health (HSPH)Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center ShreveportUniversity of KansasAkron Children's HospitalAVEO Pharmaceuticals
Intuitive Surgical 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).

Intuitive Surgical 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 40 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 8% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this Intuitive Surgical page

40 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of Intuitive Surgical or any single study.

  • 3 of Intuitive Surgical's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Lung Cancer is the condition Intuitive Surgical studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Lung Cancer 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.

Intuitive Surgical pipeline card: 40 registered trials from official public datasets.Report a data error.