Northwestern University
Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt
According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Northwestern University sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#23 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).
Northwestern University: 1,209 sponsored US clinical trials, 187 recruiting.
Northwestern University sponsors 1,209 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 187 of them currently recruiting, and 767 completed. 114 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 295 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Depression, with 11 trials.
Top-decile sponsor footprint
Northwestern University ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#23 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
767 of 912 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (84.1%), 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
1,209 total, page 7 of 25
Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicare Annual Wellness Visit Uptake
NCT06996366
Genius PillBox Study
NCT06901258
A Megastudy of Single-Session Interventions for Depression
NCT06856668
GYNecologic Cancer-Related COGnitive Impairment
NCT06662435
Lymphedema Sensor Technology Development Study
NCT06778837
TEPS for At-Risk Youth
NCT07660133
The Resilience Challenge: Fostering Emotional Resilience During a Time of National Stress
NCT06597032
NOrthwestern Tempus AI-enaBLed Electrocardiography (NOTABLE) Trial
NCT06511505
Anxiety Lowering and Deprescribing Through Emotion Regulation
NCT06359314
Active Elements of Digital Single-session Interventions
NCT06322849
FoodSteps for Binge Eating & Food Insecurity
NCT06348251
What SSI Duration is Most Effective? An Online Experiment With American Adults
NCT06313736
Meditation, Education, Navigation, & Training Using eHealth: Cancer Adaptation Through Learning Mindful Awareness
NCT05912166
Phenotyping Adherence Through Technology-Enabled Reports and Navigation
NCT05766423
Sleep Length and Euploid Embryo Transfer Prospective Study
NCT06139757
Randomized Controlled Trial of Project Body Neutrality
NCT06172452
An Electronic Health Record-based Approach to Increase PrEP Knowledge and Uptake: the EMC2 PrEP Strategy
NCT05709860
Surgeon Perception of Gastric Decompression at Time of Gynecologic Laparoscopy
NCT06137976
Breast Cancer Pre-habilitation and Prospective Surveillance to Prevent, Detect, and Optimize Physical and Function
NCT06081127
Digital Mental Health Service for Non-Treatment Seeking Young Adults
NCT04948268
Individually-guided Hearing Aid Fitting
NCT03345654
Negotiation Training for Caregiver Communication in AD
NCT04837937
Walking Balance Training Post-Stroke
NCT06090604
Increasing PrEP Awareness and Demand Among Black Cisgender Women
NCT05896423
Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children
NCT05856162
Developing and Testing a Social Network Data Capture Tool to Improve Partner Services: a Preliminary Pilot Implementation
NCT06659003
MRI-Guided High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Depression
NCT05090397
Cryoanalgesia Study
NCT05859061
Anti-Snoring Appliances and Airway Manipulation in Patients Undergoing Anesthetic Sedation
NCT05748626
Pilot Study of Mothers and Babies Online in Home Visiting
NCT05714956
Rest to Overcome Loss and Reduce Risk
NCT05803499
Narcolepsy Nightmare Study
NCT05709873
Characterization of the Microbiome in Colonized Dystrophic and Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa Wounds Before and After Use of APR-TD011 ® Spray Solution
NCT05533866
Expressive Writing in GVHD
NCT05694832
Open-source Hearing Aid Platform Comparisons
NCT05693610
Prevena Spine for Use in Spine Surgery
NCT05555355
Evaluation of Novel Disposable Flexible Ureteroscope for the Treatment of Renal Calculi
NCT05646069
Transgender Men's Perspectives on HIV Risk and HIV Prevention Interventions
NCT05666102
Direct-to-Consumer Hearing Aids and Listening Effort
NCT05855005
A Novel Measurement Concept to Objectively Quantify Severity of Vocal and Speech Related Symptoms Associated With Parkinson's Disease
NCT05421832
WildCam: A Privacy Conscious Wearable Eating Detection Camera People Will Actually Wear in the Wild
NCT05547425
Neural Correlates of Acute Pain Dynamics
NCT05669924
Continuation of Subcutaneous and Intramuscular Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate in Post-abortion Patients
NCT05505435
Mobile Health Platform for Surveillance of Kidney Stone
NCT05389982
Equitable Implementation of Cascade Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia
NCT05430191
APOL1 Genetic Testing Program for Living Donors, Part 2
NCT04999436
Carboprost (Hemabate) for Fibroid Resection
NCT05518812
Cholesterol and CYP3A4/5 Metabolism Across Pregnancy and Postpartum
NCT05504889
Evaluating Technology Enabled Services in Perinatal Depression
NCT05525689
Investigation of the Tolerability of Two Facial Cleansing Routines for Mild to Moderate Acne
NCT05446402
What is open in the Northwestern University pipeline
187 recruiting of 1,209 indexed (15% open); 767 completed (63%).
Phase mix: 114 late (III/IV) vs 295 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).
Top condition: Depression (11 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.
Northwestern University: open-pipeline peers nationwide
Peers matched on 1,209 registered trials and 15% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.
Northwestern University 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 1,209 trials (± recruiting share)
- Emory University · 1,208 trials · 17% recruiting
- University of Pittsburgh · 1,238 trials · 13% recruiting
- NYU Langone Health · 1,164 trials · 17% recruiting
- University of Alabama at Birmingham · 1,160 trials · 19% recruiting
Sponsors near 15% open enrollment (± trial volume)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital · 15% recruiting · 937 trials
- Incyte Corporation · 15% recruiting · 239 trials
- Nationwide Children's Hospital · 15% recruiting · 188 trials
- University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center · 15% recruiting · 292 trials
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What to do with this Northwestern University page
1,209 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of Northwestern University or any single study.
- 187 of Northwestern University's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Depression is the condition Northwestern University studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Depression 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. Northwestern University pipeline card: 1,209 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.