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.

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.