Novo Nordisk A/S

Open enrollment with a later-stage pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Novo Nordisk A/S sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#81 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

431 total trials 34 currently recruiting 342 completed later-stage tilt top decile by trial count

Novo Nordisk A/S: 431 sponsored US clinical trials, 34 recruiting.

Novo Nordisk A/S sponsors 431 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 34 of them currently recruiting, and 342 completed. 243 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 155 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, with 48 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Novo Nordisk A/S ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#81 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

342 of 363 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (94.2%), 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

Investigation of Efficacy and Safety of Three Dose Levels of Subcutaneous Semaglutide Once Daily Versus Placebo in Subjects With Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis.

NCT02970942

COMPLETED Phase 1

Investigation of Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Multiple Dosing of NNC0174-0833 in Subjects With Obesity or Overweight

NCT02958085

COMPLETED Phase 1

A First Human Dose Trial Investigating Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics for Single Doses of NNC9204-1177 in Subjects Being Overweight or With Obesity.

NCT02941042

COMPLETED Phase 1

Evaluating the Pharmacokinetics of NovoEight® (Turoctocog Alfa) in Relation to BMI in Subjects With Haemophilia A

NCT02941354

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Multi-centre, Comparative, Double Blind, Randomised Cross-over Trial Investigating Single Dose Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Turoctocog Alfa Pegol From the Pivotal Process and Turoctocog Alfa Pegol From the Commercial Process in Patients With Severe Haemophilia A

NCT02920398

COMPLETED Phase 3

Effect of Liraglutide for Weight Management in Pubertal Adolescent Subjects With Obesity

NCT02918279

COMPLETED Phase 3

A 38 Week Trial Comparing Effect and Safety of Insulin Degludec/Insulin Aspart vs. Insulin Glargine Plus Insulin Aspart in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Treated With Basal Insulin With or Without Oral Antidiabetic Treatment in Need of Treatment Intensification

NCT02906917

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Semaglutide Versus Placebo in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes and Moderate Renal Impairment

NCT02827708

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Semaglutide Using a Flexible Dose Adjustment Based on Clinical Evaluation Versus Sitagliptin in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

NCT02849080

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Semaglutide Versus Placebo in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treated With Diet and Exercise Only

NCT02906930

COMPLETED Phase 1

Study to Assess the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Multiple Doses of COR-001

NCT02868229

COMPLETED Phase 1

Investigating Safety, Tolerability, PK and PD for Multiple Doses of NNC9204-0530 in Combination With Liraglutide in Male and Female Subjects Being Overweight or With Obesity

NCT02870231

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Semaglutide Versus Liraglutide and Versus Placebo in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT02863419

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Semaglutide Versus Empagliflozin in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT02863328

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Trial Investigating Safety, Tolerability, PK and PD for Multiple Doses of NNC9204-0530 in Male and Female Subjects Being Overweight or With Obesity

NCT02835235

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion of Faster-acting Insulin Aspart Compared to NovoRapid® in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes

NCT02825251

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Clinical Trial Comparing Glycaemic Control and Safety of Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide (IDegLira) Versus Insulin Glargine (IGlar) as add-on Therapy to SGLT2i in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT02773368

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Faster-acting Insulin Aspart Compared to NovoRapid® Both in Combination With Insulin Degludec in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes

NCT02500706

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Faster-acting Insulin Aspart Compared to NovoRapid® Both in Combination With Insulin Degludec in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

NCT02670915

COMPLETED Phase 2

Investigating Efficacy and Safety of Once-weekly NNC0195-0092 Treatment Compared to Daily Growth Hormone Treatment (Norditropin® FlexPro®) in Growth Hormone Treatment naïve Pre-pubertal Children With Growth Hormone Deficiency

NCT02616562

COMPLETED Phase 4

Efficacy in Controlling Glycaemia With Victoza® (Liraglutide) as add-on to Metformin vs. OADs as add-on to Metformin After up to 104 Weeks of Treatment in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT02730377

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Trial to Assess Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Liraglutide in Obese Children Aged 7 to 11 Years

NCT02696148

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Long-term Safety of Oral Semaglutide Versus Sitagliptin in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT02607865

COMPLETED Phase 3

A 104 Week Clinical Trial Comparing Long Term Glycaemic Control of Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide (IDegLira) Versus Insulin Glargine Therapy in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT02501161

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Semaglutide Versus Dulaglutide as add-on to Metformin in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes.

NCT02648204

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Clinical Proof-of-principle Trial in Adult Subjects With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Investigating the Effect of NNC0114-0006 and Liraglutide on Preservation of Beta-cell Function

NCT02443155

COMPLETED Phase 3

Effect of Liraglutide for Weight Management in Paediatric Subjects With Prader-Willi Syndrome

NCT02527200

COMPLETED

Awareness, Care & Treatment in Obesity Management (ACTION) Study

NCT03223493

COMPLETED Phase 1

A First Human Dose Trial Investigating Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics for Single Doses and Multiple Doses of NNC0165-1562 in Overweight to Obese But Otherwise Healthy Subjects

NCT02568306

COMPLETED

Validation of Two Measures for Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children, the Treatment Related Impact Measure of Childhood Growth Hormone Deficiency (TRIM-CGHD) and the Treatment Burden Measure of Childhood Growth Hormone Deficiency (TB-CGHD)

NCT02580032

COMPLETED Phase 2

Investigation of Safety and Efficacy of Once-daily Semaglutide in Obese Subjects Without Diabetes Mellitus

NCT02453711

COMPLETED Phase 2

Dose-finding of Semaglutide Administered Subcutaneously Once Daily Versus Placebo and Liraglutide in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT02461589

COMPLETED Phase 1

Trial Investigating Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Concizumab Administered Subcutaneously to Haemophilia A Subjects

NCT02490787

COMPLETED

Bridging Hemophilia B Experiences, Results and Opportunities Into Solutions (B-HERO-S)

NCT02568202

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Clinical Trial Comparing Efficacy and Safety of Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide (IDegLira) Versus Basal-bolus Therapy in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT02420262

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pharmacogenetic Testing of Saliva Samples From Patients With Five or More Exposure Days to rFVIIa Analogue in the Adept™2 Trial

NCT02541942

COMPLETED

Estimation of Malignancy Rates Within Humedica Patient Populations Sampled to be Representative of Liraglutide Initiators and LEADER™ Trial Participants

NCT02608853

COMPLETED Phase 1

Investigation on Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics of Single Doses of NNC0174-0833 in Normal Weight, Overweight to Obese But Otherwise Healthy Male Subjects

NCT02300844

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Semaglutide Once-weekly Versus Placebo as add-on to Basal Insulin Alone or Basal Insulin in Combination With Metformin in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT02305381

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Clinical Trial Comparing Efficacy and Safety of Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide (IDegLira) in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Using Two Different Titration Algorithms

NCT02298192

COMPLETED Phase 3

Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of NNC0195-0092 (Somapacitan) With Placebo and Norditropin® FlexPro® (Somatropin) in Adults With Growth Hormone Deficiency.

NCT02229851

COMPLETED Phase 1

Investigate Safety, Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics for Single Doses of NNC9204-0530 Alone and in Combination With Liraglutide in Overweight to Obese But Otherwise Healthy Male Subjects

NCT02235961

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Once-Daily NNC0090-2746 in Participants With Type 2 Diabetes Inadequately Controlled With Metformin

NCT02205528

COMPLETED Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Semaglutide Once Weekly Versus Insulin Glargine Once Daily as add-on to Metformin With or Without Sulphonylurea in Insulin-naïve Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT02128932

COMPLETED Phase 3

Safety and Efficacy of Nonacog Beta Pegol (N9-GP) in Previously Untreated Patients With Haemophilia B

NCT02141074

COMPLETED Phase 3

Safety and Efficacy of Turoctocog Alfa Pegol (N8-GP) in Previously Untreated Patients With Haemophilia A

NCT02137850

TERMINATED Phase 3

A Trial Investigating the Efficacy and Safety of Insulin Detemir Versus Insulin NPH in Combination With Metformin and Diet/Exercise in Children and Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes Insufficiently Controlled on Metformin With or Without Other Oral Antidiabetic Drug(s) With or Without Basal Insulin

NCT02131272

COMPLETED

Safety and Efficacy of Turoctocog Alfa During Long-Term Treatment of Severe and Moderately Severe Haemophilia A

NCT02035384

COMPLETED Phase 3

The Efficacy and Safety of Liraglutide Adjunct to Insulin Treatment in Type 1 Diabetes

NCT02098395

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Trial Comparing Sequential Addition of Insulin Aspart Versus Further Dose Increase With Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Previously Treated With Insulin Degludec/Liraglutide and Metformin and in Need of Further Intensification

NCT02100475

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 94
Phase 2 61
Phase 3 220
Phase 4 23

Where Novo Nordisk A/S enrollment is open (later-stage tilt)

34 recruiting of 431 indexed (8% open); 342 completed (79%).

Phase mix: 243 late (III/IV) vs 155 early (I/II) (later-stage heavy).

Top condition: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (48 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.

Novo Nordisk A/S: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 431 registered trials and 8% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

Novo Nordisk A/S 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 02004006008001,000 0%10%20%30% Total trials Recruiting share Novo Nordisk A/SChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoVanderbilt UniversityDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)Boston Scientific CorporationUnited TherapeuticsHoffmann-La Roche
Novo Nordisk A/S 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).

Novo Nordisk A/S 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 431 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 8% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this Novo Nordisk A/S page

431 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of Novo Nordisk A/S or any single study.

  • 34 of Novo Nordisk A/S's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 is the condition Novo Nordisk A/S studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 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. Novo Nordisk A/S pipeline card: 431 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.