Nektar Therapeutics

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Nektar Therapeutics sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#456 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

37 total trials 1 currently recruiting 26 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

Nektar Therapeutics: 37 sponsored US clinical trials, 1 recruiting.

Nektar Therapeutics sponsors 37 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 1 of them currently recruiting, and 26 completed. 7 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 30 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Breast Cancer, with 2 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Nektar Therapeutics ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#456 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 30/100

26 of 34 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (76.5%), 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

37 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 3

A Phase 3 Study of Rezpegaldesleukin (NKTR-358) for Patients ≥ 12 Years of Age With Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis

NCT07690371

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

A Phase 2b Study to Evaluate Rezpegaldesleukin (Rezpeg) in the Treatment of Severe to Very Severe Alopecia Areata in Adult Patients (Rezolve AA)

NCT06340360

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

A Phase 2b Study to Evaluate Rezpegaldesleukin (Rezpeg) in the Treatment of Adult Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis

NCT06136741

TERMINATED Phase 2

NKTR-255 vs Placebo Following CD19-directed CAR-T Therapy in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Large B-cell Lymphoma

NCT05664217

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Phase I Study of LY3471851 in Healthy Participants

NCT05565729

TERMINATED Phase 2

BEMPEG With Pembrolizumab vs Pembrolizumab Alone in Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent HNSCC (PROPEL-36)

NCT04969861

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Single-Dose Study of LY3471851 in Healthy Participants

NCT04998487

TERMINATED Phase 2

A Study of LY3471851 in Adult Participants With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

NCT04677179

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Placebo Controlled Trial of Bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG; NKTR-214) With Standard of Care in Patients With Mild COVID-19

NCT04646044

COMPLETED Phase 1

Study of NKTR 255 in Combination With Cetuximab in Solid Tumors

NCT04616196

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of LY3471851 in Adults With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

NCT04433585

TERMINATED Phase 3

Study to Compare Adjuvant Immunotherapy of Bempegaldesleukin Combined With Nivolumab Versus Nivolumab After Complete Resection of Melanoma in Patients at High Risk for Recurrence

NCT04410445

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY3471851 in Participants With Eczema

NCT04081350

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY3471851 in Participants With Psoriasis

NCT04119557

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of LY3471851 in Healthy Participants

NCT04133116

COMPLETED Phase 1

NKTR-255 in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma & Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

NCT04136756

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Single-Arm Study of Bempegaldesleukin (NKTR-214) Plus Nivolumab in Cisplatin Ineligible Patients Who Have Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

NCT03785925

TERMINATED Phase 3

A Study of Bempegaldesleukin (NKTR-214: BEMPEG) in Combination With Nivolumab Compared With the Investigator's Choice of a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI) Therapy (Either Sunitinib or Cabozantinib Monotherapy) for Advanced Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)

NCT03729245

TERMINATED Phase 1

A Study Using fMRI Imaging to Evaluate the Effect of NKTR-181 on Brain Activity in Healthy, Non-physically Dependent Recreational Opioid Users.

NCT03802227

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of NKTR-358 (LY3471851) in Participants With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

NCT03556007

TERMINATED Phase 1

REVEAL Study of NKTR-262 in Combination With NKTR-214 and Nivolumab in Patients With Locally Advanced / Metastatic Solid Tumor Malignancies

NCT03435640

TERMINATED Phase 1

Bempegaldesleukin and Pembrolizumab With or Without Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors

NCT03138889

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of NKTR-358 (LY3471851) in Healthy Participants

NCT04380324

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Dose Escalation and Cohort Expansion Study of NKTR-214 in Combination With Nivolumab and Other Anti-Cancer Therapies in Patients With Select Advanced Solid Tumors

NCT02983045

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study of Etirinotecan Pegol (NKTR-102) Versus Treatment of Physician's Choice (TPC) in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Who Have Stable Brain Metastases and Have Been Previously Treated With an Anthracycline, a Taxane, and Capecitabine

NCT02915744

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Phase 1/2 Multicenter Dose Escalation and Expansion Study Of NKTR-214 In Subjects With Locally Advanced Or Metastatic Solid Tumors

NCT02869295

COMPLETED Phase 3

Long-Term Safety and Tolerability Study of NKTR-181 in Subjects With Chronic Low Back Pain or Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

NCT02367820

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety Study of NKTR-181 in Opioid-Naive Subjects With Low Back Pain

NCT02362672

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study in Cancer Patients to Evaluate the Effect of a Single Dose of NKTR-102 (Etirinotecan Pegol) on the QTc Interval and to Assess Pharmacokinetics and Safety

NCT01976143

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study in Cancer Patients With Hepatic Impairment to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of NKTR-102 (Etirinotecan Pegol)

NCT01991678

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Phase 2 Study To Assess The Efficacy, Tolerability, And Safety OF NKTR-181 In Subjects With Chronic OA Knee Pain

NCT01619839

COMPLETED Phase 3

The BEACON Study (Breast Cancer Outcomes With NKTR-102)

NCT01492101

COMPLETED Phase 2

An Extension Study of NKTR-102 in Cancer Patients Previously Enrolled in NKTR-102 Studies

NCT01457118

COMPLETED Phase 2

NKTR-102 Versus Irinotecan in Patients With Second-Line, Irinotecan-Naïve, KRAS Mutant, Colorectal Cancer

NCT00856375

COMPLETED Phase 2

Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of NKTR-102 in Patients With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

NCT00802945

COMPLETED Phase 2

Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of NKTR-102 in Patients With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Ovarian Cancer

NCT00806156

COMPLETED Phase 2

NKTR-102 in Combination With Cetuximab in Patients With Refractory Solid Tumors (Phase 2a) and Metastatic or Locally Advanced Colorectal Cancer (Phase 2b)

NCT00598975

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 17
Phase 2 13
Phase 3 7

What is open in the Nektar Therapeutics pipeline

1 recruiting of 37 indexed (3% open); 26 completed (70%).

Phase mix: 7 late (III/IV) vs 30 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Breast Cancer (2 trials), 6 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.

Nektar Therapeutics: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 37 registered trials and 3% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

Nektar Therapeutics 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 050100150 0%5%10%15% Total trials Recruiting share Nektar TherapeuticsAppalachian State UniversityBracco DiagnosticsCarnegie Mellon UniversityCuteraJanssen Scientific AffairsEnanta PharmaceuticalsEastern Cooperative Oncology GroupEthicon Endo-Surgery
Nektar Therapeutics 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).

Nektar Therapeutics 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 37 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 3% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this Nektar Therapeutics page

37 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of Nektar Therapeutics or any single study.

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

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. Nektar Therapeutics pipeline card: 37 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.