Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.

During the past decade, Northwestern University conducted 1105 clinical trials. In the 10-year time frame, 1105 clinical trials started and 614 clinical trials were completed, i.e. on average, 55.6% percent of trials that started reached the finish line to date. In the past 5 years, 483 clinical trials started and 382 clinical trials were completed. i.e. 79.1% of trials that started reached the finish line.

Out of the total clinical trials conducted in "Northwestern University" #1 sponsor was "Northwestern University" with 405 trials, followed by "National Cancer Institute (NCI)" with 239 trials sponsored, "National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)" with 35 trials sponsored, "SWOG Cancer Research Network" with 32 trials sponsored and "ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group" with 32 trials sponsored. Other sponsors include 1080 different institutions and companies that sponsored additional 533 trials in total.

In terms of collaborators to trials, out of the total clinical trials conducted in "Northwestern University" #1 collaborator was "National Cancer Institute (NCI)" with 228 trials as a collaborator, "Northwestern University" with 75 trials as a collaborator, "National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)" with 51 trials as a collaborator, "NRG Oncology" with 49 trials as a collaborator and "National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)" with 40 trials as a collaborator. Other collaborators include 1373 different institutions and companies that were collaborators in the rest 610 trials.

According to Clinical.Site data, the most researched conditions in "Northwestern University" are "Breast Cancer" (26 trials), "HIV Infections" (26 trials), "Heart Failure" (24 trials), "Prostate Cancer" (23 trials) and "Atopic Dermatitis" (19 trials). Many other conditions were trialed in "Northwestern University" in a lesser frequency.

Most popular intervention types in "Northwestern University" are "Drug" (1093 trials), "Other" (435 trials), "Biological" (302 trials), "Procedure" (220 trials) and "Device" (196 trials). Other intervention types were less common.

The name of intervention was led by "Placebo" (201 trials), "Laboratory Biomarker Analysis" (163 trials), "Quality-of-Life Assessment" (94 trials), "Questionnaire Administration" (62 trials) and "Computed Tomography" (55 trials). Other intervention names were less common.

The vast majority of trials in "Northwestern University" are 1550 trials for "All" genders, 204 trials for "Female" genders and 70 trials for "Male" genders.

Currently, there are 689 active trials in "Northwestern University". 9 are not yet recruiting, 351 are recruiting, 309 are Active, not recruiting, and 20 are Enrolling by invitation. In total, there were 862 completed trials in Northwestern University, 16 suspended trials, and 190 terminated clinical trials to date.

Out of the total trials that were conducted in Northwestern University, 209 "Phase 1" clinical trials were conducted, 681 "Phase 2" clinical trials and 429 "Phase 3" clinical trials were conducted as well. "Phase 4" trials included 54 trials, and there were also 384 trials that are defined as “Not Applicable".

Northwestern University has several departments that took part in Clinical trials: "Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology" - 106 trials, "Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University" - 381 trials, "Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation" - 62 trials, "Northwestern Univiersity Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences" - 8 trials, "Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology" - 7 trials, "Northwestern University,Division of Plastic Surgery" - 7 trials, "Children's Mem Hosp Family Cln / Northwestern Univ Med Schl" - 5 trials, "Northwestern University Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders" - 5 trials, "Northwestern University Department of Preventive Medicine" - 5 trials, "Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center - Northwestern University" - 5 trials, "Northwestern University PD and Movement Disorders Center" - 5 trials, "Northwestern University Feinberg Medical; Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine" - 4 trials, "Northwestern Univ / Div of Infect Diseases" - 4 trials, "Northwestern University Division of Transplantation" - 4 trials, "Northwestern University, Department of Neurology," - 4 trials, "Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology" - 4 trials, "Northwestern University-Department of Urology" - 3 trials, "Northwestern University, Division of General Internal Medicine" - 3 trials, "Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine, Northwestern University" - 3 trials, "Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Lurie Children's Hospital" - 2 trials, "Cognitive Neuroscience Lab - Northwestern University" - 2 trials, "Northwestern University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery" - 2 trials, "Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Clinical Trials Unit" - 2 trials, "Northwestern Medicine - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery" - 2 trials, "Northwestern University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology" - 2 trials