University of Pennsylvania

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

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

1,423 total trials 199 currently recruiting 982 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

University of Pennsylvania: 1,423 sponsored US clinical trials, 199 recruiting.

University of Pennsylvania sponsors 1,423 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 199 of them currently recruiting, and 982 completed. 130 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 339 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Obesity, with 17 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

University of Pennsylvania ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#15 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

982 of 1,090 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (90.1%), 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

1,423 total, page 3 of 29

RECRUITING NA

Using the EHR to Advance Genomic Medicine Across a Diverse Health System

NCT06377033

RECRUITING NA

Testing LiverWatch, a Home-Based Remote-Monitoring Intervention for Advanced Liver Disease

NCT06136221

RECRUITING NA

A Mechanistic Trial of the Neurobiology of Extinction Learning and Intraparietal Sulcus Stimulation

NCT06234969

RECRUITING NA

Improving Care Transitions for Medicaid Insured Individuals With Co-occurring Serious Mental Illness

NCT06203509

RECRUITING Phase 2

Open Label Trial of Oral Letermovir for CMV Prophylaxis in Thoracic Transplant Recipients

NCT06066957

RECRUITING

MicroRNAs as Biomarkers for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

NCT06189755

RECRUITING NA

Text-Messaging Telehealth and Contingency Management for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Engagement

NCT05897788

RECRUITING NA

Penn Medicine Healthy Heart

NCT06062394

RECRUITING Phase 3

iCare4Me Transitions

NCT06167746

RECRUITING Phase 2

Effect of Nutritional Ketosis on Alcohol Metabolism

NCT06065657

RECRUITING Phase 1

CD33KO-HSPC Infusion Followed by CART-33 Infusion(s) for Refractory/Relapsed AML

NCT05945849

RECRUITING Early Phase 1

Study of Biodistribution, Metabolism, Excretion and Brain Uptake11C-M503

NCT06303921

RECRUITING Phase 1

TmPSMA-02 in mCRPC

NCT06046040

RECRUITING Phase 4

Dosing of LT4 in Older Individuals

NCT06073665

RECRUITING NA

Enriched Holistic Care to Eradicate Disparities in Maternal Morbidity

NCT06245057

RECRUITING Phase 1

Feasibility of Semaglutide in Advanced Lung Disease

NCT05746039

RECRUITING Phase 2

Pregabalin Plus Lofexidine for the Outpatient Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal

NCT05995535

RECRUITING NA

Transforming Hemodialysis-Related Vascular Access Education

NCT05997875

RECRUITING Phase 1

TmCD19-IL18 in CD19+ Cancers

NCT05989204

RECRUITING

Integrating Brain, Neurocognitive, and Computational Tools in OUD

NCT06136247

RECRUITING

CT Evaluation of Carotid Plaque Components

NCT05764772

RECRUITING

Disentangling the Role of Depression in Hypersomnia

NCT05850676

RECRUITING NA

Food Genetics Behavior Study

NCT05783765

RECRUITING Early Phase 1

Study of Biodistribution, Metabolism, Excretion and Brain Uptake of 11C-HY-2-15

NCT06032026

RECRUITING NA

CW2IP2: Imaging and Diagnostic Assessments

NCT06083467

RECRUITING Phase 3

Guselkumab vs Golimumab in PsA TNF Inadequate Responder Patients

NCT05669833

RECRUITING NA

Glaucoma Drainage Device and Endothelial Cell Loss Compare Trial

NCT05924477

RECRUITING NA

Symptom Monitoring in Hemodialysis

NCT05738330

RECRUITING NA

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Patients With Psoriasis or Psoriatic Arthritis

NCT05908240

RECRUITING Phase 4

Effects of the Contraceptive Implant in Women With Sickle Cell Disease

NCT05730205

RECRUITING NA

Human Learning of New Structured Information Across Time and Sleep

NCT05910762

RECRUITING NA

Improving the Organizational Social Context to Address Structural Racism and Discrimination

NCT06462807

RECRUITING NA

Randomized Assessment of TcMS for VT Storm

NCT05599022

RECRUITING NA

Cervical Ripening as an Outpatient Method Using the Foley (COMFORT)

NCT05759988

RECRUITING

Reducing Patient Memory Recall in the Burning Mouth Patient Population

NCT05819697

RECRUITING

Tau PET/CT Imaging in the Mismatch Prospective Cohort Study (MPC-TAU)

NCT05658913

RECRUITING NA

AI-Based Fidelity Feedback to Enhance CBT

NCT05340738

RECRUITING

Longitudinal Study for Central Nervous System Vasculitis

NCT05734404

RECRUITING NA

Decoding and Modulating Affective Brain States

NCT05437705

RECRUITING Phase 2

Anti-retroviral Therapy, Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, Opioids and HIV Infection - Study 1

NCT04480554

RECRUITING NA

Posterior Cingulate Cortex and Executive Control of Episodic Memory

NCT06540976

RECRUITING

The Actuate-CBC Study

NCT05917652

RECRUITING NA

Technology Enabled Strategies to Promote Treatment Adherence in Liver Transplant

NCT05260268

RECRUITING Phase 1

Multi-System Analysis of Opioid Receptor Binding

NCT05528848

RECRUITING Phase 3

PET Imaging Tau Accumulation in FTLD and Atypical Alzheimer's Using [18F]-PI-2620

NCT05456503

RECRUITING Early Phase 1

Characterization of Cardiac Electrophysiological Effects of Autonomic Neuromodulation

NCT05377216

RECRUITING

LCAT (Lecithin Cholesterol Acyl Transferase) Natural History Study

NCT06217588

RECRUITING NA

The Diaphragmatic Initiated Ventilatory Assist (DIVA) Trial

NCT05446272

RECRUITING NA

Providing Oxygen During Intubation in the NICU Trial

NCT05451953

RECRUITING NA

How Hormones and Exposure and Response Prevention (EX/RP) Affect the Brain of People With OCD

NCT05359562

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 182
Phase 2 157
Phase 3 43
Phase 4 87

What is open in the University of Pennsylvania pipeline

199 recruiting of 1,423 indexed (14% open); 982 completed (69%).

Phase mix: 130 late (III/IV) vs 339 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Obesity (17 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 Pennsylvania: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 1,423 registered trials and 14% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

University of Pennsylvania 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 0%5%10%15%20% Total trials Recruiting share University of PennsylvaniaJohns Hopkins UniversityNovartis PharmaceuticalsYale UniversityGlaxoSmithKlineSeattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical ResearchUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMilton S. Hershey Medical Center
University of Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania 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 1,423 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 14% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this University of Pennsylvania page

1,423 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of University of Pennsylvania or any single study.

  • 199 of University of Pennsylvania's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Obesity is the condition University of Pennsylvania studies most, compare against other sponsors active in the same condition before evaluating a specific study. See Obesity 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 Pennsylvania pipeline card: 1,423 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.