Washington University School of Medicine

Open enrollment with an early-phase pipeline tilt

According to ClinicalTrials.gov-derived indexes, Washington University School of Medicine sits in the top decile of US sponsors by registered trial count (#12 of 15,742 sponsors by registered trial count).

1,502 total trials 214 currently recruiting 919 completed early-phase tilt top decile by trial count

Washington University School of Medicine: 1,502 sponsored US clinical trials, 214 recruiting.

Washington University School of Medicine sponsors 1,502 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 214 of them currently recruiting, and 919 completed. 98 of these trials are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 569 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most-studied condition in this pipeline is Obesity, with 20 trials.

Top-decile sponsor footprint

Washington University School of Medicine ranks in the top decile of sponsors by registered trial count (#12 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

F 38/100

919 of 1,159 decided trials (Completed vs. Terminated on ClinicalTrials.gov) reached their planned completion (79.3%), 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

1,502 total, page 16 of 31

COMPLETED NA

Impact of a Smartphone Application on Postpartum Weight Loss and Breastfeeding Rates Among Low-income, Urban Women

NCT03167073

COMPLETED NA

Disseminating Public Health Evidence to Support Prevention and Control of Diabetes Among Local Health Departments

NCT03211832

COMPLETED NA

Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness

NCT03466164

COMPLETED NA

Effect of "Nicotinamide Mononucleotide" (NMN) on Cardiometabolic Function

NCT03151239

TERMINATED Phase 2

Neoadjuvant Study of Palbociclib in Combination With Letrozole and Trastuzumab in Stage II-III ER+ HER2+ Breast Cancer

NCT02907918

COMPLETED NA

Communicating Multiple Disease Risks: A Translation of Risk Prediction Science

NCT03255291

COMPLETED Phase 2

Alternative Dosing Schedule of Palbociclib in Metastatic Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer

NCT03007979

COMPLETED Phase 2

PECS Block vs. Multimodal Analgesia for Prevention of Persistent Postoperative Pain in Breast Surgery

NCT03084536

COMPLETED NA

Helping Poor Smokers Quit

NCT03194958

COMPLETED Phase 1

Alirocumab and Reverse Cholesterol Transport

NCT03014830

COMPLETED Phase 2

Implementation Intentions for Weight Loss and Dietary Change in College Students With Overweight and Obesity

NCT04105309

COMPLETED NA

Ventricular Assist Device Anti-Factor Xa (VAD ANTIX) Monitoring Study: a Prospective Randomized Feasibility Trial

NCT03143569

COMPLETED NA

CLA and Vitamin D on Protein Turnover

NCT03115775

COMPLETED Phase 3

Intervention to End Recurrent Unscheduled Bleeding Trial

NCT03118297

COMPLETED NA

Food Effects on the Gut Microbiota

NCT03078283

COMPLETED Phase 1

CX-01 Combined With Azacitidine in the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia

NCT02995655

COMPLETED NA

ACCESS (Access for Cancer Caregivers for Education and Support for Shared Decision Making)

NCT02929108

COMPLETED NA

Exercise for People with Spinal Cord Injury

NCT04007445

COMPLETED Early Phase 1

N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) for Healing of Amputation Stumps in the Setting of Diabetes

NCT03253328

COMPLETED Phase 4

Optimizing Outcomes of Treatment-Resistant Depression in Older Adults

NCT02960763

COMPLETED NA

Scale Down for Endometrial Cancer

NCT03169023

COMPLETED NA

Stepped Care for Depression in Heart Failure

NCT02997865

COMPLETED NA

Movement Pattern Training in People With Intra-articular, Prearthritic Hip Disorders

NCT02913222

COMPLETED NA

Novel Anxiety Treatment

NCT03790696

COMPLETED Phase 1

Inhaled Beclomethasone After Community-Acquired Respiratory Viral Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients

NCT02351180

COMPLETED Phase 1

Transvaginal Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging of the Ovary

NCT03262818

COMPLETED Phase 2

Compare Outcomes Between Two Acellular Dermal Matrices

NCT02891759

TERMINATED Phase 2

Daily Online Adaptation Versus Localization for MRI-Guided SBRT for Unresectable Primary or Oligometastatic Abdominal Malignancies

NCT02950025

COMPLETED Phase 1

A Clinical Trial of Dantrolene Sodium in Pediatric and Adult Patients With Wolfram Syndrome

NCT02829268

COMPLETED NA

Healthy Patients & Effect of Antibiotics

NCT03098485

COMPLETED Phase 1

Effect of Number of Remote Limb Ischemic Conditioning Cycles on Learning Enhancement

NCT03512041

COMPLETED Phase 1

Aclarubicin for the Treatment of Retinal Vasculopathy With Cerebral Leukodystrophy

NCT02723448

TERMINATED Phase 2

BL-8040 and Nelarabine for Relapsed or Refractory T-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/ Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

NCT02763384

TERMINATED

Intubated ICU Patients

NCT02171091

COMPLETED NA

Ultrasound and Near Infrared Imaging for Predicting and Monitoring Neoadjuvant Treatment

NCT02891681

COMPLETED Phase 2

Inhaled Nitrous Oxide for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Optimizing Dosing Strategies

NCT03283670

TERMINATED

Foley Catheter Related Bladder Discomfort (FCRBD): Role of Neutrophil Cells

NCT03118284

COMPLETED

Reverse Shoulder Replacement: Age 60 or Younger Outcomes

NCT03148184

COMPLETED NA

Sleep Quality and Amyloid-Beta Kinetics

NCT03077620

COMPLETED NA

Anesthesiology Control Tower

NCT02830126

COMPLETED Phase 2

Azithromycin to Prevent Wheezing Following Severe RSV Bronchiolitis-II

NCT02911935

TERMINATED Phase 4

Conversion From MPA to Zortress (Everolimus) for GI Toxicity Post-renal Transplantation

NCT02974686

COMPLETED

Optimizing Fall-risk Prediction in Older Adults With Cancer

NCT02912273

TERMINATED Phase 1

18F-FLT PET Imaging in Patients With Advanced Melanoma

NCT02891616

COMPLETED Phase 4

Nitrous Oxide Treatment for Tinnitus

NCT03365011

TERMINATED

Intraoperative Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) Monitoring: a Feasibility Study

NCT02950896

COMPLETED NA

Steroid Nasal Irrigation for Flavor Evaluation and Detection Study

NCT02985515

COMPLETED Early Phase 1

Remifentanil in Adults With OSA

NCT02898792

TERMINATED Phase 1

DHEA in Synovial Sarcoma Patients

NCT02683148

TERMINATED Phase 2

MEDI4736 (Durvalumab) in Patients With Brain Metastasis From Epithelial-derived Tumors

NCT02669914

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 332
Phase 2 237
Phase 3 40
Phase 4 58

What is open in the Washington University School of Medicine pipeline

214 recruiting of 1,502 indexed (14% open); 919 completed (61%).

Phase mix: 98 late (III/IV) vs 569 early (I/II) (early-phase heavy).

Top condition: Obesity (20 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.

Washington University School of Medicine: open-pipeline peers nationwide

Peers matched on 1,502 registered trials and 14% open enrollment, not the therapeutic-area sidebar.

Washington University School of Medicine sits at or above the median trial volume and below 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 Washington University School of MedicineYale UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaNovartis PharmaceuticalsAcademic and Community Cancer Research UnitedAdaptive BiotechnologiesAgelessRxAlaska Blind Child Discovery
Washington University School of Medicine sits at or above the median trial volume and below the median recruiting share among these 9 nationwide peers -- the two do not always move together. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (2026-08-08 snapshot).

Washington University School of Medicine sits at or above the median trial volume and below the median recruiting share among these 9 nationwide peers -- the two do not always move together.

Sponsors near 1,502 trials (± recruiting share)

Sponsors near 14% open enrollment (± trial volume)

What to do with this Washington University School of Medicine page

1,502 registered trials is a research-attention snapshot, not an endorsement of Washington University School of Medicine or any single study.

  • 214 of Washington University School of Medicine's trials are currently recruiting, check each one's own eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Obesity is the condition Washington University School of Medicine 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. Washington University School of Medicine pipeline card: 1,502 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.