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 6 of 31

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy and Focal Adhesion Kinase Inhibitor in Advanced Pancreas Adenocarcinoma

NCT04331041

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Single Fraction Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation vs. Five Fraction Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Low-risk Stage 0 and I Breast Carcinoma

NCT04849871

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Olaparib in Combination With Pembrolizumab and Carboplatin as First-Line Treatment of Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous-Cell Carcinoma

NCT04643379

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Safety and Efficacy of Zimberelimab (AB122) in Combination With Domvanalimab (AB154) and Etrumadenant (AB928) in Patients With Previously Treated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

NCT04791839

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Elevating Voices, Addressing Depression, Toxic Stress and Equity in Group Prenatal Care

NCT04838210

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1

Acalabrutinib and Durvalumab in Primary and Secondary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

NCT04462328

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Returning Research Results That Indicate Risk of Alzheimer Disease Dementia to Healthy Participants in Longitudinal Studies

NCT04699786

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Personalizing Exercise for Parkinson Disease

NCT04782518

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Study to Understand Risk and Resilience Opportunity for Newborns After Delivery

NCT04438161

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Crizanlizumab for Treatment of Retinal Vasculopathy With Cerebral Leukoencephalopathy (RVCL)

NCT04611880

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Closed Loop Acoustic Stimulation During Sedation With Dexmedetomidine

NCT04206059

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1

Slow Wave Induction by Propofol to Eliminate Depression (SWIPED) I

NCT04680910

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Psychosocial Syndemics of Heart Failure

NCT04637776

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Cabozantinib Combined With PD-1 and CTLA-4 Inhibition in Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma

NCT04551430

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

RESTORE Declined Livers Study

NCT04483102

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Cabozantinib in High Grade Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

NCT04412629

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1

Neoadjuvant Nivolumab and Chemotherapy in Patients With Localized Triple-negative Breast Cancer

NCT04331067

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

CET- REM (Correlating ECT Response to EEG Markers)

NCT04451135

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Duvelisib Maintenance After Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in T-Cell Lymphomas

NCT04331119

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1

Neoantigen-based Personalized DNA Vaccine in Patients With Newly Diagnosed, Unmethylated Glioblastoma

NCT04015700

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Non-Operative Management and Early Response Assessment in Rectal Cancer

NCT03904043

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Nerve Transfer After Spinal Cord Injury- Multi-center

NCT04023591

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Identification of Predictors for Clinical Outcomes in Femoroacetabular Impingement Surgery

NCT04243447

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

AML/MDS Drug Sensitization by in Vivo Chemotherapy Administration

NCT04263181

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1

Radiation Dose Intensification With Accelerated Hypofractionated Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy and Concurrent Carboplatin and Paclitaxel for Inoperable Esophageal Cancer

NCT04046575

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Addressing Basic Needs to Improve Diabetes Outcomes in Medicaid Beneficiaries

NCT03940209

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1

TSR-042 in Addition to Standard of Care Definitive Radiation for Inoperable Endometrial Cancer

NCT03955978

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Precision Nutrition and Metabolic Function

NCT04131166

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

RANKL Inhibition and Mammographic Breast Density

NCT04067726

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1

Ramucirumab + Pembrolizumab in Patients With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

NCT03650764

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1

Induction Paclitaxel Followed by Concurrent Paclitaxel and Radiation Therapy for Cutaneous Angiosarcoma

NCT03921008

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1

rhIL-7-hyFc on Increasing Lymphocyte Counts in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Non-severe Lymphopenic Gliomas Following Radiation and Temozolomide

NCT03687957

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1

CPX-351 (Vyxeos™) for Transplant Eligible, Higher Risk Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

NCT03572764

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Surgery Followed by Risk-Directed Post-Operative Adjuvant Therapy for HPV-Related Oropharynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma: "The Minimalist Trial (MINT)"

NCT03621696

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Three Fraction Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation as the Sole Method of Radiation Therapy for Low-risk Stage 0 and I Breast Carcinoma

NCT03612648

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Spinraza in Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy

NCT03709784

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Chronic Venous Thrombosis: Relief With Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Therapy (The C-TRACT Trial)

NCT03250247

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Response Assessment in SB CD

NCT03646708

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Los Tres Paso: Neoadjuvant Palbociclib Monotherapy, Concurrent Chemoradiation Therapy, Adjuvant Palbociclib Monotherapy in Patients With p16INK4a Negative, HPV-Unrelated Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

NCT03389477

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Proton Beam Therapy in the Treatment of Esophageal Cancer

NCT03482791

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Elotuzumab, Pomalidomide, & Dexamethasone (Elo-Pom-Dex) With Second Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma

NCT03030261

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Group Versus Traditional Prenatal Care for Diabetes

NCT03301792

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Vitamin D and Immune Mechanisms of Hypertension in Type 2 Diabetics

NCT03348280

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Postprandial Nutrient Homeostasis Before and After Weight Loss Induced by Low-calorie Diet or RYGB

NCT03091725

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Adaptive tDCS for Treatment-Resistant MDD

NCT02942368

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Pediatric Urology Recovery After Surgery Endeavor (PURSUE)

NCT03245242

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Cytokine Induced Memory-like NK Cell Adoptive Therapy After Haploidentical Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

NCT02782546

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2

Improving Risk Assessment of AML With a Precision Genomic Strategy to Assess Mutation Clearance

NCT02756962

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA

Complex Effects of Dietary Manipulation on Metabolic Function, Inflammation and Health

NCT02706262

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING

Dendritic Cells in Patients With Acute or Chronic Skin Graft Versus Host Disease

NCT02611180

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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.