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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TERMINATED Phase 1

BIIB092 in Primary Tauopathies: CBS, nfvPPA, sMAPT, and TES

NCT03658135

COMPLETED NA

Effect of Location of Tetanic Stimuli on Photoplethysmogram

NCT03648853

COMPLETED NA

WALK Study: Women's Active Living for Koreans Study

NCT03681756

COMPLETED NA

Preventing Loss of Independence Through Exercise (PLIÉ) in Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

NCT03526146

COMPLETED NA

Perioperative Virtual Reality for Pediatric Anesthesia

NCT03583450

COMPLETED NA

Impact of Photobiomodulation (PBM) on Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease

NCT03405662

COMPLETED NA

Determining Normal Range for Free Light Chains in Serum Among Twins

NCT04191057

COMPLETED NA

Youth to Text or Telehealth for Engagement in HIV Care

NCT03681145

COMPLETED

User-Friendly Spirometer and Mobile App for Self-Management and Home Monitoring of Asthma Patients

NCT03642418

TERMINATED Phase 1

Immunogenetic Profiling of Goeckerman Therapy in the Treatment of Psoriasis Vulgaris

NCT03662685

COMPLETED NA

Study of Time-restricted Eating on Weight Loss.

NCT03393195

COMPLETED NA

Pilot to Examine Risk and Feasibility of Remote Management of BP From Childhood Into Early Adulthood

NCT03691701

COMPLETED NA

Pioneering Advances in Care and Education (PACE)

NCT03397160

COMPLETED Phase 4

Prevention of De Novo HCV With Antiviral HCV Therapy Post-Liver and Post-Kidney Transplant

NCT03619837

COMPLETED Early Phase 1

Treatment of Asian Flushing Syndrome With Topical Alpha Agonists

NCT03497442

COMPLETED NA

Enhanced Stress Resilience Training for Faculty

NCT03516877

TERMINATED NA

Mild Hypothermia and Acute Kidney Injury in Liver Transplantation

NCT03534141

TERMINATED Phase 4

Inpatient Clinical Trial of NAC

NCT03581084

TERMINATED

An Electronic Registry to Improve Adherence to Active Surveillance Monitoring at a Safety-net Hospital

NCT03553732

TERMINATED NA

Summertime: Kids in Motion

NCT03947918

COMPLETED NA

Enhanced Stress Resilience Training for Residents

NCT03518359

TERMINATED Phase 2

Ruxolitinib in Operable Head and Neck Cancer

NCT03153982

COMPLETED

Customized Registry Tool for Tracking Adherence to Clinical Guidelines for Head and Neck Cancers

NCT03546322

COMPLETED Phase 1

Walnuts to Achieve Lasting NUTrition to Prevent Diabetes

NCT03334175

COMPLETED NA

The Impact of 8 Weeks of a Digital Meditation Application on Work Stress

NCT03527303

COMPLETED NA

BEhavioral EConomics for Oral Health iNnovation Trial

NCT03576326

COMPLETED NA

Web-based Mindfulness Meditation in Reducing Distress in Participants With Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancer and Their Caregivers

NCT03528863

COMPLETED Early Phase 1

Intra-lesional Nivolumab Therapy for Limited Cutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma

NCT03316274

COMPLETED Phase 2

Defibrotide TMA Prophylaxis Pilot Trial

NCT03384693

COMPLETED Phase 3

Effect of PCSK9 Inhibition on Cardiovascular Risk in Treated HIV Infection (EPIC-HIV Study)

NCT03207945

COMPLETED NA

A Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers

NCT03259360

COMPLETED Phase 2

Prostaglandin Inhibition and Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Melanoma

NCT03396952

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pembrolizumab, Capecitabine, and Bevacizumab for Treating Colorectal Cancer

NCT03396926

COMPLETED NA

Integrative Approaches to Cancer Survivorship: Project 3

NCT03479385

COMPLETED

Gut Microbiome in Colorectal Cancer

NCT04054908

COMPLETED NA

Strong Futures: A Trial of Two Primary Care Based Interventions to Promote Optimal Health in Latino Infants and Toddlers

NCT03438721

COMPLETED NA

UCSF College Health Study on Contraceptive Training and Education at Community Colleges

NCT03519685

COMPLETED

68Ga-PSMA PET in Diagnosing Metastasis in Patients With Ovarian Cancer

NCT03857087

COMPLETED NA

Digital Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis

NCT03569618

TERMINATED NA

Study of Automated Care Pathway for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT03028805

COMPLETED Phase 2

Blood Pressure Lowering in Dialysis (BOLD) Trial

NCT03459807

COMPLETED

iBeat Wristwatch Validation Study

NCT03711695

TERMINATED Phase 2

Gallium-68 Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen PET in Diagnosing Patients With Thyroid Cancer

NCT03463889

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pirfenidone for Restrictive Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction

NCT03359863

COMPLETED NA

Self-monitoring and Reminder Texts to Increase Physical Activity After Cancer II

NCT03524716

COMPLETED NA

Technology-Based Intervention to Promote Heart Health After Cardiac Rehab (Mobile4Heart)

NCT03446313

COMPLETED

Phono- and Electrocardiogram Assisted Detection of Valvular Disease

NCT03458806

COMPLETED Phase 2

Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) With or Without DNA Damage Repair Defects

NCT03248570

COMPLETED Phase 2

Folinic Acid in Autism

NCT03771560

COMPLETED NA

Media, Morphokinetics, and Mosaicism

NCT03503877

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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.