Novartis

Closed portfolio with a later-stage archive tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Novartis sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#126 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

265 total trials none currently recruiting 248 completed later-stage tilt top decile by trial count

Novartis: 265 sponsored US clinical trials, none currently recruiting.

Novartis sponsors 265 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, none currently recruiting, and 248 completed. 176 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 69 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Hypertension, with 11 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Novartis ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#126 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

C 75/100

248 of 264 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (93.9%), 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.

Indexed trials (enrollment closed)

265 total, page 6 of 6

COMPLETED Phase 4

Effects of Amlodipine/Benazepril in the Hypertensive African-American Population With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT00367978

COMPLETED Phase 4

Treatment With Zoledronic Acid in Patients With Breast Cancer, Multiple Myeloma, and Prostate Cancer With Cancer Related Bone Lesions

NCT00029224

COMPLETED Phase 4

Letrozole in Treating Postmenopausal Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT00014638

COMPLETED Phase 2

STI571 in Treating Patients With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in Blast Crisis

NCT00006475

COMPLETED Phase 2

STI571 in Treating Patients With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia That Has Not Responded to Interferon Alfa

NCT00006053

COMPLETED Phase 3

STI571 Compared With Interferon Alfa Plus Cytarabine in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

NCT00006343

COMPLETED Phase 2

STI571 in Treating Patients With Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

NCT00006052

COMPLETED Phase 3

Octreotide Acetate in Microspheres in Patients With Diabetic Retinopathy

NCT00130845

TERMINATED Phase 3

Octreotide in the Prevention of Diarrhea in Patients Receiving Irinotecan for Metastatic Colon Cancer

NCT00006269

COMPLETED Phase 3

Octreotide Acetate in Microspheres in Patients With Diabetic Retinopathy

NCT00131144

COMPLETED Phase 3

Zoledronate in Treating Patients With Solid Tumors That Have Spread to the Bone

NCT00003884

COMPLETED NA

Safety and Effectiveness of Giving Lamisil to HIV-Positive Subjects With Thrush Who Have Not Responded to Fluconazole Treatment

NCT00002394

COMPLETED Phase 3

Investigation Into Delay to Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease With Exelon (InDDEx)

NCT00000174

COMPLETED Phase 2

An Extension Study of Telbivudine, Lamivudine or Telbivudine Plus Lamivudine in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B

NCT00124241

TERMINATED Phase 1

TKI258 in Subjects With Refractory or Relapsed Multiple Myeloma

NCT00243763

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 23
Phase 2 46
Phase 3 126
Phase 4 50

How the Novartis archive is shaped

265 indexed studies, none listed as recruiting (0% open); 248 completed (94%).

Phase mix: 176 late (III/IV) vs 69 early (I/II) (later-stage heavy).

Top condition: Hypertension (11 trials), 9 others listed.

How to read a closed sponsor archive

When recruiting_count is zero, the indexed set is completed or otherwise not open. Phase tilt still describes where archived studies sat on the investigational pathway. Re-check ClinicalTrials.gov before acting.

Novartis: archived-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 265 indexed studies with no current recruiting: volume and archive shape, not condition overlap.

Novartis 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 0100200300 0%5%10%15%20%25% Total trials Recruiting share NovartisAbbott Medical DevicesSWOG Cancer Research NetworkPennington Biomedical Research CenterUniversity of Texas at Austin10xBio22nd Century Group23andMe3-C Institute for Social Development
Novartis 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 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 265 archived trials

Sponsors with similar archive density (± trial count)

What to do with this Novartis page

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

  • None of Novartis's trials are currently recruiting in this registry; that can change as new trials post, or check the broader research index. Browse research indexes
  • Hypertension is the condition Novartis studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Hypertension 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 pipeline card: 265 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.