Which sponsors post their clinical trial results?

Of the clinical trials completed from 2008 to 2024, 45.4% of those led by companies and 60.9% of those led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health had posted results on ClinicalTrials.gov by September 2026, against 19.6% for universities, hospitals and nonprofits. U.S. law requires results mainly for U.S. trials of drugs and devices past Phase 1, so many trials, including most outside the U.S., don't have to post here; some publish results in journals instead.

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Measure: % of completed trials with results posted. Written from the data below.

  • Other U.S. federal agencies has the highest figure, 63.4%, followed by U.S. National Institutes of Health (60.9%) and Companies (45.4%).
  • Other governments has the lowest figure, 4.4%, followed by Universities, hospitals and nonprofits (19.6%) and Individuals (34.1%).
  • The highest is 14 times the lowest.

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ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine), counted with its API v2
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Public domain (U.S. government work); source National Library of Medicine
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Chartly. “Which sponsors post their clinical trial results?” Chart. Data: ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine), counted with its API v2, https://clinicaltrials.gov/data-api/api (data as of October 14, 2026). https://chart.ly/charts/clinical-trial-results-by-sponsor (accessed October 15, 2026).

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Lead sponsor % of completed trials with results posted
Other U.S. federal agencies 63.4
U.S. National Institutes of Health 60.9
Companies 45.4
Research networks 36
Individuals 34.1
Universities, hospitals and nonprofits 19.6
Other governments 4.4

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