Clinical trials
Trials in Canada
Search ClinicalTrials.gov registrations by keyword, then narrow by condition, phase, status, country and start year.
32,638 trials match Source: ClinicalTrials.gov registrations
Trials started per year
By phase, 2000 to 2026.
| Category | Trials |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 158 |
| 2001 | 223 |
| 2002 | 333 |
| 2003 | 448 |
| 2004 | 566 |
| 2005 | 820 |
| 2006 | 916 |
| 2007 | 989 |
| 2008 | 1,128 |
| 2009 | 1,059 |
| 2010 | 1,169 |
| 2011 | 1,254 |
| 2012 | 1,368 |
| 2013 | 1,340 |
| 2014 | 1,450 |
| 2015 | 1,483 |
| 2016 | 1,503 |
| 2017 | 1,635 |
| 2018 | 1,773 |
| 2019 | 1,711 |
| 2020 | 1,428 |
| 2021 | 1,878 |
| 2022 | 1,669 |
| 2023 | 1,615 |
| 2024 | 1,544 |
| 2025 | 1,503 |
| 2026 | 1,085 |
Status
Trials by registry status. Select a bar to filter.
| Category | Trials |
|---|---|
| Completed | 19,267 |
| Recruiting | 3,557 |
| Unknown status | 3,038 |
| Terminated | 2,905 |
| Active, not recruiting | 2,256 |
| Not yet recruiting | 641 |
| Withdrawn | 632 |
| Enrolling by invitation | 191 |
| Suspended | 106 |
| No longer available | 24 |
| Approved for marketing | 15 |
| Available | 6 |
Top lead sponsors
A sponsor with a page on Pharma Observatory links to it.
| Category | Trials |
|---|---|
| University Health Network, Toronto | 1,356 |
| University of British Columbia | 1,225 |
| University of Alberta | 771 |
| McMaster University | 662 |
| University of Calgary | 630 |
| London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's | 609 |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals | 600 |
| AstraZeneca | 551 |
| Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | 536 |
| The Hospital for Sick Children | 524 |
Top conditions
MeSH conditions the trials were registered with, not their broader categories. A condition with a page on Pharma Observatory links to it.
| Category | Trials |
|---|---|
| Breast Neoplasms | 855 |
| Neoplasms | 825 |
| Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 | 744 |
| Prostatic Neoplasms | 654 |
| Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung | 624 |
| Obesity | 552 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 490 |
| Pain | 438 |
| Stroke | 428 |
| Heart Failure | 421 |
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