University of California, San Francisco

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, University of California, San Francisco sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#10 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

1,713 total trials 272 currently recruiting 1130 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

University of California, San Francisco: 1,713 sponsored US clinical trials, 272 recruiting.

University of California, San Francisco sponsors 1,713 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 272 of them currently recruiting, and 1,130 completed. 196 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 359 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Breast Cancer, with 18 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

University of California, San Francisco ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#10 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

D 56/100

1,130 of 1,305 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (86.6%), 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 NA

Near Infrared Autofluorescence (NIRAF) Detection for Identifying Parathyroid Glands During Parathyroidectomy

NCT05152927

TERMINATED NA

PROmotion of COvid-19 VA(X)Ccination in the Emergency Department - PROCOVAXED

NCT05142332

COMPLETED NA

Social Media Intervention to Stop Nicotine and Cannabis Vaping Among Adolescents

NCT04707911

COMPLETED NA

Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation

NCT04982952

COMPLETED NA

Pilot Trial of the Nutrition-Supported Diabetes Education Program

NCT05067452

COMPLETED

Peripheral T Cell Determinants of Response and Resistance to Pembrolizumab in Melanoma

NCT05105100

COMPLETED Phase 1

Identification and Validation of Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP)

NCT04542382

TERMINATED Phase 4

Missed Period Pill Study

NCT04940013

COMPLETED NA

Does Eliminating Coffee Avoid Fibrillation?

NCT05121519

TERMINATED Phase 4

Outpatient Recovery From Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis

NCT05158153

COMPLETED NA

HypErthermia as an Additional Treatment for the Biology and Experience of Depression

NCT05041361

COMPLETED

Brain Health Together: Development and Pilot Test

NCT06914947

COMPLETED NA

Getting Asian Americans INFORMED to Facilitate COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination

NCT04893265

COMPLETED Phase 4

Deprescribing Tamsulosin in Older Men

NCT05415748

COMPLETED NA

Research on Improving Sleep During Pregnancy

NCT05017974

COMPLETED NA

Adapting a Web-Based Professional Development for Mexican School Mental Health Providers Delivering Evidence-Based Intervention for ADHD and ODD

NCT05425966

COMPLETED NA

Single-Visit and Two-Visit Endodontic Treatments

NCT07354373

COMPLETED NA

CT Guided CI Programming

NCT04506424

TERMINATED

Discovering Cancer Risks From Environmental Contaminants and Maternal/Child Health

NCT05746169

COMPLETED Phase 2

The Effect of Sodium-glucose Cotransporter (SGLT) 2 Inhibitors on Cystine Stone Formation: A Preliminary Study

NCT04818034

COMPLETED NA

Assessment of Laryngopharyngeal Sensation in Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia

NCT05158179

COMPLETED NA

Incorporating ePrognosis for the Encouragement of Smarter Screening for Breast and Colorectal Cancer in Older Adults

NCT05021172

COMPLETED NA

Changing Health Through Food Support for Diabetes

NCT04959487

TERMINATED Phase 2

DISulfiram for COvid-19 (DISCO) Trial

NCT04485130

COMPLETED NA

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Dementia Caregivers

NCT04977245

TERMINATED NA

Napping, Sleep, Cognitive Decline and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

NCT03256539

COMPLETED NA

Efficacy of the Nanodropper Device on Pupillary Dilation

NCT05274321

COMPLETED NA

Trial of Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy Induced Paresthesia Using Ultrasonic vs. Reciprocating Saw Instrumentation

NCT05205616

COMPLETED NA

Teletherapy in Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NCT04928209

COMPLETED Phase 4

Norepinephrine vs Phenylephrine During General Anesthesia

NCT04789330

COMPLETED NA

Sleep and Social Experiences Study 2

NCT05166590

COMPLETED

Australian UCSF Concussion in Athletes

NCT05769296

COMPLETED

Mind Your Pain: Validating a Mindful Interoceptive Exposure Task for Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT06186193

COMPLETED Phase 4

The Use of Venlafaxine in Reducing Pain in Primary Total Knee Replacement

NCT05023278

COMPLETED NA

The OPENS Trial: Offering Women PrEP (Aim 1)

NCT04621760

COMPLETED

The California Home Abortion by Telehealth (CHAT) Study

NCT04432792

TERMINATED NA

Enhancing Cognitive Control Abilities Using Mobile Technology in a Senior Living Community

NCT04905849

COMPLETED

N95 Reuse During COVID-19

NCT05148793

TERMINATED Phase 2

Antiseptic Mouthwash / Pre-Procedural Rinse on SARS-CoV-2 Load (COVID-19)

NCT04409873

TERMINATED Phase 2

Pembrolizumab and Tamoxifen With or Without Vorinostat for the Treatment of Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer

NCT04190056

COMPLETED NA

Opioid Approach Bias Modification

NCT04436926

COMPLETED NA

Study of Attention and Memory Treatments for Cancer Survivors

NCT04870320

COMPLETED Phase 4

Antibiotic Resistance In Eye Surgeries

NCT04750655

COMPLETED NA

Correlation Between Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Voice Therapy Outcomes in the Aging Treatment- Seeking Population

NCT05187910

COMPLETED NA

ObeSity and Jobs in SoCioeconomically Disadvantaged CommUnities: A Randomized CLinical Precision Public HealTh Intervention --The SCULPT-Job Study

NCT04709549

TERMINATED Phase 2

Pembrolizumab With or Without Axitinib for Clear Cell Kidney Cancer in Patients Undergoing Surgery

NCT04370509

COMPLETED NA

Integrative Palliative Care/Psycho-Oncology Telehealth Intervention in Patients With Advanced Cancer

NCT04697524

COMPLETED NA

Feasibility of Gamma Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation to Reduce Beta-amyloid Load and Improve Memory

NCT04646499

COMPLETED NA

Enhancing Cognitive Control in Mild Cognitive Impairment Via Non-invasive Brain Stimulation

NCT04647032

COMPLETED NA

Short-Term Cardiovascular Effects of E-Cigarettes: Influence of E-Liquid pH

NCT04449510

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 193
Phase 2 166
Phase 3 44
Phase 4 152

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

272 recruiting of 1,713 indexed (16% open); 1,130 completed (66%).

Phase mix: 196 late (III/IV) vs 359 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Breast Cancer (18 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 Francisco: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 1,713 registered trials and 16% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

University of California, San Francisco 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 05001,0001,5002,000 5%10%15%20% Total trials Recruiting share University of California, San FranciscoDuke UniversityStanford UniversityVA Office of Research and DevelopmentPfizerUniversity of OregonFox Chase Cancer CenterYoungstown State UniversityECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group
University of California, San Francisco 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 Francisco 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 1,713 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 16% open enrollment (± trial volume)

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

1,713 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of University of California, San Francisco or any single study.

  • 272 of University of California, San Francisco's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Breast Cancer is the condition University of California, San Francisco studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Breast 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. University of California, San Francisco pipeline card: 1,713 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.