National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, National Cancer Institute (NCI) sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#1 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

3,257 total trials 326 currently recruiting 2051 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

National Cancer Institute (NCI): 3,257 sponsored US clinical trials, 326 recruiting.

National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsors 3,257 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 326 of them currently recruiting, and 2,051 completed. 193 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 2,628 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm, with 67 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

National Cancer Institute (NCI) ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#1 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

F 46/100

2,051 of 2,487 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (82.5%), 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

Dasatinib in Treating Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

NCT00474812

COMPLETED Phase 1

Bevacizumab and Cediranib Maleate in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Solid Tumor, Lymphoma, Intracranial Glioblastoma, Gliosarcoma or Anaplastic Astrocytoma

NCT00458731

COMPLETED Phase 2

Vorinostat, Carboplatin, and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT00481078

COMPLETED Phase 2

Decitabine in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Acute Myeloid Leukemia

NCT00492401

COMPLETED Phase 2

Combination Chemotherapy and Rituximab in Treating Patients With Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma

NCT00433537

TERMINATED Phase 2

Trastuzumab in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Gallbladder Cancer or Bile Duct Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

NCT00478140

COMPLETED Phase 2

Sunitinib Malate in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Endometrial Cancer

NCT00478426

TERMINATED Phase 1

Topical Romidepsin to Treat Early-Stage Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

NCT01445340

COMPLETED Phase 2

Dasatinib in Treating Patients With Relapsed Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT00470054

COMPLETED Phase 1

Tipifarnib and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Breast Cancer

NCT00470301

COMPLETED Phase 2

Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

NCT00470470

COMPLETED Phase 1

Flavopiridol, Cytarabine, and Mitoxantrone in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Leukemia

NCT00470197

COMPLETED Phase 2

Esomeprazole Magnesium With or Without Aspirin in Preventing Esophageal Cancer in Patients With Barrett Esophagus

NCT00474903

COMPLETED Phase 2

MS-275 and GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome and/or Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

NCT00462605

TERMINATED Phase 2

Dasatinib in Treating Patients With Advanced Liver Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery

NCT00459108

COMPLETED

Analysis of Data Collected From Individuals Administered Neurobehavioral Assessments

NCT01445314

COMPLETED

Breast Stem Cells in Women at Average Risk and Increased Risk for Breast Cancer

NCT00923377

COMPLETED Phase 1

Cisplatin or Carboplatin, and Etoposide With or Without Sunitinib Malate in Treating Patients With Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT00453154

COMPLETED Phase 2

Bevacizumab and Irinotecan or Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Glioblastoma Multiforme or Gliosarcoma

NCT00433381

TERMINATED Early Phase 1

111 Indium CHX-A DTPA Trastuzumab (Indium-Herceptin) for Imaging Breast Cancer

NCT01445054

COMPLETED Phase 2

Aspirin in Preventing Colorectal Cancer in Patients at Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer

NCT00468910

COMPLETED Phase 1

GTI-2040 in Treating Patients With Relapsed, Refractory, or High-Risk Acute Leukemia, High-Grade Myelodysplastic Syndromes, or Refractory or Blastic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

NCT00459212

COMPLETED Phase 1

Sunitinib and Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer or Other Solid Tumors

NCT00462553

COMPLETED Phase 1

Lenalidomide and Temsirolimus in Treating Patients With Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma

NCT00398515

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pazopanib in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

NCT00459862

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pazopanib Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Advanced Neuroendocrine Cancer

NCT00454363

COMPLETED Phase 2

Dasatinib in Treating Patients With Stage IIIB, Stage IV, or Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT00459342

COMPLETED Phase 1

Defined Green Tea Catechins in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer Undergoing Surgery to Remove the Prostate

NCT00459407

COMPLETED Phase 1

Safety of Batracylin in Patients With Solid Tumors and Lymphomas

NCT00450502

COMPLETED Phase 2

Vaccine Therapy With PROSTVAC/TRICOM and Flutamide Versus Flutamide Alone to Treat Prostate Cancer

NCT00450463

TERMINATED

Predictors of Tumor Response and of Radiation Therapy Side Effects in Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancers

NCT01445327

COMPLETED

Natural History Study of HIV Acquired in Infancy or Childhood

NCT00924365

COMPLETED Phase 2

Finasteride in Treating Patients With Stage II Prostate Cancer Who Are Undergoing Surgery

NCT00438464

COMPLETED Phase 2

Temsirolimus in Treating Patients With Refractory or Recurrent Ovarian Epithelial, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer

NCT00429793

COMPLETED Phase 2

153Sm-EDTMP With or Without a PSA/TRICOM Vaccine To Treat Men With Androgen-Insensitive Prostate Cancer

NCT00450619

COMPLETED Phase 2

Sunitinib in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes or Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia

NCT00451048

COMPLETED Phase 1

Diindolylmethane in Treating Patients Undergoing Surgery for Stage I or Stage II Prostate Cancer

NCT00450229

COMPLETED Phase 2

Cediranib Maleate in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

NCT00458978

COMPLETED Phase 3

Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

NCT00408005

COMPLETED

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Risk of Cervical Precancer and Cancer

NCT00435214

COMPLETED

An Exploratory Study of the Use of Five Wishes as a Tool for Advanced Care Planning in Young Adults With Metastatic, Recurrent, or Progressive Cancer or HIV Infection

NCT01445145

COMPLETED

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening in the Mississippi Delta

NCT00443313

COMPLETED Phase 2

Dasatinib in Treating Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme or Gliosarcoma

NCT00423735

COMPLETED Phase 1

Adoptive Cell Therapy for B-Cell Cancers in Patients After Stem Cell Transplantation

NCT01445132

COMPLETED

Evaluation of Blood Vessel Formation in Endocrine Tumors

NCT00923780

COMPLETED Phase 2

Erlotinib and Sorafenib in Treating Patients With Progressive or Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme

NCT00445588

COMPLETED Phase 1

Erlotinib Hydrochloride and Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, or Colorectal Cancer

NCT00397384

COMPLETED Phase 2

VEGF Trap in Treating Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT00369655

COMPLETED Phase 1

Tandutinib in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Glioblastoma

NCT00379080

COMPLETED Phase 2

Bortezomib, Ifosfamide, and Vinorelbine Tartrate in Treating Young Patients With Hodgkin's Lymphoma That is Recurrent or Did Not Respond to Previous Therapy

NCT00381940

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What is open in the National Cancer Institute (NCI) pipeline

326 recruiting of 3,257 indexed (10% open); 2,051 completed (63%).

Phase mix: 193 late (III/IV) vs 2,628 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm (67 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.

National Cancer Institute (NCI): open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 3,257 registered trials and 10% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

National Cancer Institute (NCI) 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 5%10%15%20%25% Total trials Recruiting share National Cancer Institute (NCI)Mayo ClinicM.D. Anderson Cancer CenterMassachusetts General HospitalNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)AbiomedAimmune TherapeuticsAltria Client ServicesAlzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study (ADCS)
National Cancer Institute (NCI) 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).

National Cancer Institute (NCI) 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 3,257 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 10% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this National Cancer Institute (NCI) page

3,257 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of National Cancer Institute (NCI) or any single study.

  • 326 of National Cancer Institute (NCI)'s trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm is the condition National Cancer Institute (NCI) studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm 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. National Cancer Institute (NCI) pipeline card: 3,257 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.