Virginia Commonwealth University is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854.

During the past decade, Virginia Commonwealth University conducted 482 clinical trials. In the 10-year time frame, 482 clinical trials started and 225 clinical trials were completed, i.e. on average, 46.7% percent of trials that started reached the finish line to date. In the past 5 years, 252 clinical trials started and 116 clinical trials were completed. i.e. 46% of trials that started reached the finish line.

Out of the total clinical trials conducted in "Virginia Commonwealth University" #1 sponsor was "Virginia Commonwealth University" with 301 trials, followed by "National Cancer Institute (NCI)" with 14 trials sponsored, "Pfizer" with 11 trials sponsored, "Children's Oncology Group" with 10 trials sponsored and "National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)" with 10 trials sponsored. Other sponsors include 441 different institutions and companies that sponsored additional 264 trials in total.

In terms of collaborators to trials, out of the total clinical trials conducted in "Virginia Commonwealth University" #1 collaborator was "National Cancer Institute (NCI)" with 34 trials as a collaborator, "Virginia Commonwealth University" with 30 trials as a collaborator, "National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)" with 28 trials as a collaborator, "National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)" with 16 trials as a collaborator and "National Institutes of Health (NIH)" with 15 trials as a collaborator. Other collaborators include 603 different institutions and companies that were collaborators in the rest 356 trials.

According to Clinical.Site data, the most researched conditions in "Virginia Commonwealth University" are "Heart Failure" (17 trials), "Traumatic Brain Injury" (17 trials), "Sickle Cell Disease" (16 trials), "Cystic Fibrosis" (15 trials) and "Obesity" (11 trials). Many other conditions were trialed in "Virginia Commonwealth University" in a lesser frequency.

Most popular intervention types in "Virginia Commonwealth University" are "Drug" (352 trials), "Behavioral" (133 trials), "Other" (113 trials), "Device" (90 trials) and "Biological" (61 trials). Other intervention types were less common.

The name of intervention was led by "Placebo" (125 trials), "laboratory biomarker analysis" (12 trials), "Anakinra" (11 trials), "cyclophosphamide" (7 trials) and "placebo" (7 trials). Other intervention names were less common.

The vast majority of trials in "Virginia Commonwealth University" are 727 trials for "All" genders, 56 trials for "Female" genders and 9 trials for "Male" genders.

Currently, there are 199 active trials in "Virginia Commonwealth University". 9 are not yet recruiting, 124 are recruiting, 57 are Active, not recruiting, and 9 are Enrolling by invitation. In total, there were 446 completed trials in Virginia Commonwealth University, 4 suspended trials, and 96 terminated clinical trials to date.

Out of the total trials that were conducted in Virginia Commonwealth University, 61 "Phase 1" clinical trials were conducted, 201 "Phase 2" clinical trials and 160 "Phase 3" clinical trials were conducted as well. "Phase 4" trials included 30 trials, and there were also 245 trials that are defined as “Not Applicable".

Virginia Commonwealth University has several departments that took part in Clinical trials: "Virginia Commonwealth Univ. Medical Ctr. CRS" - 11 trials, "Virginia Commonwealth University General Clinical Research Center" - 9 trials, "Clinical Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory" - 5 trials, "Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing" - 4 trials, "VCU Health Systems, Infectious Disease Clinic CRS" - 4 trials, "VCU Health Systems, Dept. of Peds" - 3 trials, "Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Neurosurgery" - 3 trials, "Virginia Commonwealth University, Division of Nephrology" - 2 trials, "Virginia Commonwealth University, Dept. of Ophthalmology" - 2 trials, "Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System" - 2 trials, "Virginia Commonwealth University - Department of Neurology. Muscular Dystrophy Translational Research Program." - 2 trials, "Virginia Commonwealth University School ofPharamcy" - 2 trials, "VCU Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Center" - 2 trials