University of California, San Diego

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, University of California, San Diego sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#43 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

775 total trials 143 currently recruiting 499 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

University of California, San Diego: 775 sponsored US clinical trials, 143 recruiting.

University of California, San Diego sponsors 775 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 143 of them currently recruiting, and 499 completed. 104 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 170 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Anorexia Nervosa, with 10 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

University of California, San Diego ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#43 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 65/100

499 of 553 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (90.2%), 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

775 total, page 7 of 16

COMPLETED Phase 4

Optimizing Post-operative Recovery in Bariatric Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Undergoing Outpatient Surgery: A Comparison of Sugammadex and Neostigmine

NCT04570150

COMPLETED NA

MIP Versus PCNL for Kidney Stone Disease

NCT04767919

COMPLETED Early Phase 1

Chronic Low Back Pain and Meditation

NCT04034004

COMPLETED Phase 2

MIS-C Comparative Effectiveness Study

NCT04898231

COMPLETED Phase 2

Combination Drug-Therapy for Patients With Untreated Obstructive Sleep Apnea

NCT04639193

COMPLETED Phase 2

Efficacy of Inhaled Cannabis for Acute Migraine Treatment

NCT04360044

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pharmacologic Augmentation of Targeted Cognitive Training in Schizophrenia

NCT04414930

COMPLETED

Clinical Feasibility of a Conformal Ultrasound Blood Pressure Sensor

NCT05909605

COMPLETED Early Phase 1

Dopamine Receptor Contributions to Prediction Error and Reversal Learning in Anorexia Nervosa

NCT04128683

COMPLETED Phase 4

Renal Effects of Hormones/Biomarkers in Transgender PrEP Recipients

NCT04742816

COMPLETED NA

Physical Activity Intervention for Adolescent Girls

NCT04190225

TERMINATED Phase 2

Fludarabine in Combination With Daunorubicin and Cytarabine Liposome in Newly-diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

NCT04425655

COMPLETED

Characterization of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) and Its Relationship to Kawasaki Disease

NCT04538495

COMPLETED Phase 2

Gabapentin and Tizanidine for Insomnia in Chronic Pain

NCT04429347

COMPLETED NA

Glutathione-rich Foods for Type 2 Diabetes

NCT04386187

COMPLETED NA

Perineural Local Anesthetic Administration With a Continuous Infusion Versus Automatic Intermittent Boluses

NCT04458467

COMPLETED NA

Binge Eating Anxiety and Mood

NCT04242550

COMPLETED NA

Weighted Blankets and Chronic Pain

NCT04447885

COMPLETED Phase 4

Addition of Buprenorphine to Paracervical Block for Pain Control During Osmotic Dilator Insertion

NCT04254081

COMPLETED

Instacare - Rapid ART Initiation Among Persons With HIV and Out of Care

NCT04240691

COMPLETED Phase 2

Ramipril for the Treatment of COVID-19

NCT04366050

COMPLETED Phase 2

Tadalafil and Pembrolizumab in Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer

NCT03993353

COMPLETED Phase 4

Rib Fracture Analgesia Using Cryoanalgesia

NCT04198662

COMPLETED NA

Gynecologic Brachytherapy-Specific Educational Video

NCT04363957

COMPLETED NA

Mindfulness and Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT03354585

COMPLETED NA

The BRIDGES Project: Bridging Resources to Engage Women in Integrated HIV Care and Support Services

NCT04295876

COMPLETED

PSG Validation Study of Zensorium Biosensing Wearable Device

NCT04200495

COMPLETED

Access to Tailored Autism Integrated Care Pilot Study

NCT04293627

COMPLETED NA

Neurotherapeutics as an Adjunctive Approach to Enhance Exposure Outcomes in Anxiety

NCT04953832

COMPLETED NA

FRESH-TEEN: Families Responsibility Education Support Health for Teens

NCT03674944

COMPLETED NA

Physical Activity Intervention for Young Cancer Survivors

NCT04064892

COMPLETED Phase 4

Novel Pharmacotherapy Approaches in Smokers With Serious Mental Illness

NCT04011280

COMPLETED

Accuracy Comparison of Two CGMs in Hospitalized Patients

NCT05081817

COMPLETED NA

Transoral Daytime Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Simple Snoring

NCT03913494

COMPLETED Phase 1

Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Cystinosis

NCT03897361

COMPLETED Early Phase 1

Safety and Efficacy of Deoxycholic Acid Injection for Reduction of Upper Inner Thigh Fat

NCT04054011

COMPLETED NA

Lumbar Spine Muscle Degeneration Inhibits Rehabilitation-Induced Muscle Recovery

NCT03442374

COMPLETED Phase 1

Metabolic Pathways of GRA in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

NCT03919617

COMPLETED NA

PACIFIC-FIT: Providing Adults Collaborative Interventions for Ideal Changes Focused Intervention and Tracking

NCT03914508

COMPLETED Early Phase 1

Pilot Study of Atorvastatin and Anakinra in Children With Coronary Artery Abnormalities Secondary to Kawasaki Disease

NCT04747847

COMPLETED NA

Novel Executive Function Training for Obesity

NCT03724396

COMPLETED NA

2nd AC+: New Village Model

NCT04323176

COMPLETED

Comparative and Additive Diagnostic Performance of Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) and Corrected-T1 (cT1) for Fibrosis and Inflammation in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Using Histology As Reference

NCT04389593

COMPLETED Phase 4

DHFS for Medication Adherence Support During Hospital Admissions for Person Living With HIV

NCT04418037

COMPLETED Phase 4

Serratus Plane Versus Paravertebral Nerve Blocks for Breast Surgery

NCT03860974

COMPLETED NA

Measuring Plasticity in SFC/dACC Following Theta-Burst-Stimulation Using TMS

NCT03946059

TERMINATED NA

Intercostal Cryoneurolysis Following Traumatic Rib Fractures

NCT03917823

COMPLETED

Somatization, Anxiety, and Disordered Sleep in Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis

NCT04309786

COMPLETED NA

SMART 2.0: Social Mobile Approaches to Reducing weighT in Young Adults

NCT03907462

COMPLETED NA

Mobile CBT for Negative Symptoms

NCT03621774

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 80
Phase 2 90
Phase 3 22
Phase 4 82

What is open in the University of California, San Diego pipeline

143 recruiting of 775 indexed (18% open); 499 completed (64%).

Phase mix: 104 late (III/IV) vs 170 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Anorexia Nervosa (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.

University of California, San Diego: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 775 registered trials and 18% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

University of California, San Diego 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 14%16%18%20%22% Total trials Recruiting share University of California, San DiegoDana-Farber Cancer InstituteMedical University of South CarolinaUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of UtahNeurocrine BiosciencesThomas Jefferson UniversityAbramson Cancer Center at Penn MedicineUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore
University of California, San Diego 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).

University of California, San Diego 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 775 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 18% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this University of California, San Diego page

775 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of University of California, San Diego or any single study.

  • 143 of University of California, San Diego's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Anorexia Nervosa is the condition University of California, San Diego studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Anorexia Nervosa 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. University of California, San Diego pipeline card: 775 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.