Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Novartis Pharmaceuticals sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#16 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

1,375 total trials 110 currently recruiting 944 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

Novartis Pharmaceuticals: 1,375 sponsored US clinical trials, 110 recruiting.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals sponsors 1,375 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 110 of them currently recruiting, and 944 completed. 470 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 776 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, with 10 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Novartis Pharmaceuticals ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#16 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 40/100

944 of 1,179 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (80.1%), 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

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COMPLETED Phase 2

Evaluation of the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics (PK) and Effects on Liver Iron Concentration of ICL670 Relative to Deferoxamine(DFO).

NCT01090323

COMPLETED Phase 3

Terbinafine Compared to Griseofulvin in Children With Tinea Capitis

NCT00117767

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study of the Clinical Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Zoledronic Acid Compared to an Oral Bisphosphonate

NCT00100555

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Zoledronic Acid in the Prevention and Treatment of Corticosteroid Induced Osteoporosis

NCT00100620

COMPLETED Phase 3

The Use of Zoledronic Acid in Men on Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer With Preexisting Osteoporosis

NCT00171639

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Vildagliptin in Combination With Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT00099892

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Vildagliptin in Combination With Pioglitazone in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT00099853

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Vildagliptin in Combination With Glimepiride in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT00099944

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Vildagliptin Compared to Rosiglitazone in Drug Naive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT00099918

COMPLETED Phase 3

Tifacogin for the Treatment of Patients With Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

NCT00084071

COMPLETED Phase 3

Switching Osteoporosis Patients Currently on Oral Bisphosphonate to Zoledronic Acid

NCT00097812

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Omalizumab in Children (6 - < 12 Years) With Moderate-severe, Inadequately Controlled Allergic Asthma

NCT00079937

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Zoledronic Acid for the Treatment of Osteoporosis in Men

NCT00097825

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Clinical Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Three Doses of Vildagliptin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT00099905

COMPLETED Phase 3

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Study US75 (Z-PACT)

NCT00086268

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study to Assess SOM230 in Patients With Pituitary Cushing's Disease

NCT00088608

COMPLETED Phase 2

Extension Study of Iron Chelation Therapy With Deferasirox in β-thalassemia and Rare Chronic Anemia Patients

NCT00303329

COMPLETED Phase 4

Pediatric Hypothalamic Obesity

NCT00076362

COMPLETED Phase 2

Study Comparing SOM230 Subcutaneously and Sandostatin Subcutaneously in Acromegalic Patients

NCT00088582

COMPLETED Phase 1

PKC412, Daunorubicin, and Cytarabine in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia

NCT00093600

COMPLETED Phase 2

Study Evaluating SOM230 in Patients With Metastatic Carcinoid Tumors

NCT00088595

COMPLETED Phase 1

Study of AEE788 in Patients With Recurrent/Relapse Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)

NCT00116376

COMPLETED Phase 3

Study Comparing Lapatinib (GW572016) And Letrozole Versus Letrozole In Subjects With Advanced Or Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT00073528

COMPLETED NA

A Prostate Cancer Study in Men Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy

NCT00087659

COMPLETED Phase 3

Telbivudine Versus Lamivudine in Adults With Decompensated Chronic Hepatitis B and Evidence of Cirrhosis

NCT00076336

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of the Rivastigmine Transdermal Patch in Patients With Probable Alzheimer's Disease

NCT00099242

COMPLETED Phase 2

Safety and Efficacy of FTY720 in Adult Patients Who Receive a Kidney Transplant

NCT00099749

COMPLETED Phase 1

AEE788 and Everolimus in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Relapsed Glioblastoma Multiforme

NCT00107237

COMPLETED Phase 4

Gleevec Trial in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Chronic Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

NCT00081926

TERMINATED Phase 4

Safety and Efficacy of Pimecrolimus Cream 1% in Atopic Disease Modification

NCT00124709

COMPLETED Phase 2

Study Evaluating TCH346 and Placebo Administered Once Daily in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

NCT00072709

COMPLETED Phase 1

Dose Escalating Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Patupilone, q3w, in Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT00171834

COMPLETED Phase 1

Study of Oral AEE788 in Adults With Advanced Cancer

NCT00118456

COMPLETED Phase 2

Bisphosphonate Treatment of Osteogenesis Imperfecta

NCT00063479

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Protocol to Allow Treatment With ICL670 for Patients With or at Risk of Life-threatening Complications of Transfusional Iron Overload Who Are Unable to Tolerate Other Iron Chelators Because of Documented Severe Toxicity

NCT01044186

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of FTY720 in Patients Who Receive a Kidney Transplant

NCT00099736

COMPLETED Phase 3

Safety & Efficacy of ICL670 vs. Deferoxamine in Beta-thalassemia Patients With Iron Overload Due to Blood Transfusions

NCT00061750

COMPLETED Phase 2

Study of Deferasirox in Iron Overload From Beta-thalassemia Unable to be Treated With Deferoxamine or Chronic Anemias

NCT00061763

COMPLETED Phase 2

Safety of ICL670 vs. Deferoxamine in Sickle Cell Disease Patients With Iron Overload Due to Blood Transfusions

NCT00067080

COMPLETED Phase 4

The Effect of Zoledronic Acid on Bone Loss in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy

NCT00063609

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Study of Oral LBH589 in Adult Patients With Advanced Hematological Malignancies

NCT00621244

COMPLETED Phase 3

Freedom Study: Myfortic in Kidney Transplant Patients

NCT00101738

COMPLETED Phase 2

Treatment of Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)-Related Hemangioblastoma With PTK787/ZK 222584

NCT00052013

COMPLETED Phase 3

Study of Oxaliplatin/5-FU/Leucovorin Plus Vatalanib Versus Oxaliplatin/5-FU/Leucovorin in Patients With Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

NCT00056446

COMPLETED Phase 4

STOP Trial - Sandostatin LAR Depot Trial for the Optimum Prevention of Chemotherapy Induced Diarrhea

NCT00050635

COMPLETED Phase 1

Everolimus in Combination With Imatinib in Patients With Glivec Refractory/Resistant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

NCT01275222

COMPLETED Phase 3

Zoledronic Acid - Letrozole Adjuvant Synergy Trial (ZFAST) - Cancer Treatment Related Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women With Estrogen Receptor Positive and/or Progesterone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Receiving Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy

NCT00050011

COMPLETED Phase 3

Pediatric Epilepsy Study

NCT00050947

COMPLETED Phase 2

EPO906 in Carcinoid and Other Neuroendocrine Tumors

NCT00050349

COMPLETED Phase 3

Pediatric Epilepsy Study

NCT00050934

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What is open in the Novartis Pharmaceuticals pipeline

110 recruiting of 1,375 indexed (8% open); 944 completed (69%).

Phase mix: 470 late (III/IV) vs 776 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (10 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.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 1,375 registered trials and 8% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals 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 05001,0001,500 0%5%10%15% Total trials Recruiting share Novartis PharmaceuticalsGlaxoSmithKlineEli Lilly and CompanyUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of MichiganArcutis BiotherapeuticsMedtronic EndovascularPenumbraSK Life Science
Novartis Pharmaceuticals 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).

Novartis Pharmaceuticals 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 1,375 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 8% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this Novartis Pharmaceuticals page

1,375 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of Novartis Pharmaceuticals or any single study.

  • 110 of Novartis Pharmaceuticals's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer is the condition Novartis Pharmaceuticals studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Non-Small Cell 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.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. Novartis Pharmaceuticals pipeline card: 1,375 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.