The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, or RIE, often known as the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, or ERI, was established in 1729 and is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. The new buildings of 1879 were claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later on, the Empire.

During the past decade, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh conducted 138 clinical trials. In the 10-year time frame, 138 clinical trials started and 30 clinical trials were completed, i.e. on average, 21.7% percent of trials that started reached the finish line to date. In the past 5 years, 55 clinical trials started and 20 clinical trials were completed. i.e. 36.4% of trials that started reached the finish line.

Out of the total clinical trials conducted in "Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh" #1 sponsor was "University of Edinburgh" with 68 trials, followed by "NHS Lothian" with 13 trials sponsored, "Gilead Sciences" with 4 trials sponsored, "LifeScan Scotland Ltd" with 4 trials sponsored and "Boehringer Ingelheim" with 4 trials sponsored. Other sponsors include 118 different institutions and companies that sponsored additional 106 trials in total.

In terms of collaborators to trials, out of the total clinical trials conducted in "Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh" #1 collaborator was "NHS Lothian" with 44 trials as a collaborator, "British Heart Foundation" with 6 trials as a collaborator, "University of Edinburgh" with 6 trials as a collaborator, "Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government" with 5 trials as a collaborator and "NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde" with 5 trials as a collaborator. Other collaborators include 185 different institutions and companies that were collaborators in the rest 161 trials.

According to Clinical.Site data, the most researched conditions in "Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh" are "Coronary Artery Disease" (8 trials), "Bronchiectasis" (7 trials), "Myocardial Infarction" (6 trials), "Diabetes Mellitus" (5 trials) and "Sepsis" (5 trials). Many other conditions were trialed in "Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh" in a lesser frequency.

Most popular intervention types in "Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh" are "Drug" (70 trials), "Device" (49 trials), "Other" (43 trials), "Procedure" (35 trials) and "Diagnostic Test" (13 trials). Other intervention types were less common.

The name of intervention was led by "Placebo" (23 trials), "Standard of Care" (4 trials), "Fingerstick" (3 trials), "18F Sodium Fluoride Positron Emission Tomography / Computed Tomography" (2 trials) and "CT Aortic Angiogram" (2 trials). Other intervention names were less common.

The vast majority of trials in "Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh" are 205 trials for "All" genders and 10 trials for "Female" genders.

Currently, there are NaN active trials in "Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh". 2 are not yet recruiting, 25 are recruiting, 18 are Active, not recruiting, and undefined are Enrolling by invitation. In total, there were 125 completed trials in Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 2 suspended trials, and 8 terminated clinical trials to date.

Out of the total trials that were conducted in Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 5 "Phase 1" clinical trials were conducted, 37 "Phase 2" clinical trials and 41 "Phase 3" clinical trials were conducted as well. "Phase 4" trials included 18 trials, and there were also 61 trials that are defined as “Not Applicable".