Organization (Academic)
KU Leuven
ClinicalTrials.gov lists KU Leuven as lead sponsor of 370 trials. It has 20 active development programs and 19 approved assets.
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Trials started per year with this organization as sponsor or collaborator, 1990 onward. The series also counts trials where the organization is a collaborator; the lead-sponsor trial count does not.
2026 is partial: 30 registered with a 2026 start date. The hollow diamonds on the dashed line are a forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included: about 34 in 2026 and about 29 in 2027, the average of the 24 months through September, counted as registered and carried forward. The columns, the lighter one included, count trials registered so far with a start date in the year, planned starts included; the forecast looks ahead to the count for the whole year, so it is not the same measure. This method has not been backtested on organizations. In backtests on conditions with as many trial starts a year as this organization (20 to 100), forecasts made part-way through the year were typically off by about 18 percent and ran about 14 percent low against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 26 percent and ran about 20 percent low against the count later registered. These figures rest on a few years of history (target years from 2018 to 2025, varying by figure), place each condition as it is mapped today rather than as it was then, and score against a count for the newest year that was still being revised. Only condition series were scored. 2 trials are registered to start in 2027 or later.
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This page covers KU Leuven: 370 lead-sponsored trials and 1 legal-entity registration.
Disease areas (327)
Shown in this order: most trials first.
| Disease area | Trials |
|---|---|
| Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive | 36 |
| Stroke | 32 |
| Pain | 31 |
| Parkinson Disease | 24 |
| Back Pain | 18 |
Showing 5 of 327 disease areas.
Trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator (29)
Shown in this order: most recent first. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year. 2 trials are registered to start in 2027 or later, and not listed here.
Show the table of trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator
| Year | Trials started |
|---|---|
| 2026 (partial year) | 30 |
| 2025 | 25 |
| 2024 | 39 |
| 2023 | 42 |
| 2022 | 42 |
| 2021 | 57 |
| 2020 | 43 |
| 2019 | 44 |
| 2018 | 38 |
| 2017 | 29 |
Showing 10 of 29 years.
Prediction, not a registry value: median 36 months or more (the model's horizon) from start to primary completion across 29 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; 23 of 29 predicted trials reach the 36-month horizon; registered median of 17 months across 222 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.
Active development programs (20)
Shown in this order: max phase, then active trials.
| Drug | Disease area | Max phase | Trials |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSULIN GLARGINE | Critical Illness | Phase 3 | 1 |
| INSULIN GLARGINE | Hyperglycemia | Phase 3 | 1 |
| Fenfluramine | Lennox Gastaut Syndrome | Phase 2 | 1 |
| Clioquinol | Epilepsy | Phase 2 | 1 |
| Clioquinol | Drug Resistant Epilepsy | Phase 2 | 1 |
Showing 5 of 20 active programs.
Approved assets (19)
Shown in this order: max phase first.
| Drug | Trials |
|---|---|
| Oxytocin | 7 |
| Azithromycin | 2 |
| Ebastine | 2 |
| hydrochlorothiazide 6.25 mg/day plus bisoprolol 5/10 mg/day | 1 |
| amlodipine 5/10 mg per day plus valsartan 160 mg/day | 1 |
Showing 5 of 19 approved assets.
Sponsor delivery record (1)
Enrollment hit target: the share of this sponsor's lead-sponsored trials whose actual enrollment reached the planned enrollment. On time: the share whose actual primary completion date was no later than the planned date. Each share counts only trials where we observed an estimated figure before the actual one, and n is that number of trials. Below 5 trials the count is shown as a fraction, not a percentage.
| Enrollment | Timeline |
|---|---|
| 51% hit target (n=104) | 48% on time (n=101) |
Journals published in (580)
Shown in this order: most published in first.
| Journal | Publications |
|---|---|
| BMJ open | 24 |
| PloS one | 20 |
| The New England journal of medicine | 18 |
| Critical care (London, England) | 17 |
| Trials | 17 |
Showing 5 of 580 journals.
US granted patents (1)
Patents are not classified by disease area in the source, so this is the organization's overall portfolio, not a split by disease.
| US patents granted | Granted in the last 5 years | Most recent grant |
|---|---|---|
| 351 | 122 | 2025-12-23 |
Financing and grant events (9)
Shown in this order: most recent first.
| Date | Round type | Amount (USD) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-25 | NIH grant | 209,188 | Reporter |
| 2023-06-01 | NIH grant | 102,181 | Reporter |
| 2023-04-24 | NIH grant | 209,189 | Reporter |
| 2022-04-20 | NIH grant | 209,188 | Reporter |
| 2022-03-24 | NIH grant | 99,436 | Reporter |
Showing 5 of 9 events.
Organization relationships (101)
Shown in this order: most evidence first.
| Related organization | Relationship | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven | Co sponsors trial with | 24 |
| Medical University of Vienna | Co sponsors trial with | 5 |
| Maastricht University Medical Center | Co sponsors trial with | 5 |
| Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium | Co sponsors trial with | 5 |
| Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium | Co sponsors trial with | 4 |
Showing 5 of 101 relationships.
Latest dated events (1,004)
Shown in this order: newest first.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2027-12-15 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
| 2027-05-01 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
| 2026-10-01 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
| 2026-10-01 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
| 2026-10 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
Showing 5 of 1,004 events.
Biomarker capability evidence (350)
Shown in this order: tier desc, then gene symbol.
| Gene | Role | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| ABCC9 | Testing lab / CRO (runs the assay) | Clinical-testing interpretation submitted (ClinVar) |
| ACE | Trial collaborator | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| ACE | Trial sponsor | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| ACTC1 | Testing lab / CRO (runs the assay) | Clinical-testing interpretation submitted (ClinVar) |
| ACTN2 | Testing lab / CRO (runs the assay) | Clinical-testing interpretation submitted (ClinVar) |
Showing 5 of 350 evidence rows.
Biomarkers this organization publishes on (902)
Shown in this order: most publications first.
Showing 5 of 902 biomarkers.
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) performs research in various biologic areas.
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