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McGill University

ClinicalTrials.gov lists McGill University as lead sponsor of 246 trials. It has 22 active development programs and 20 approved assets.

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39 0 1992 2027

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: 10 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 12 in 2026 and about 17 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.

Logo patent of arms for James McGill (1744–1813) granted by England's Garter-King-at-Arms of 1922, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain. Shown to identify the organization; it may be a registered trademark.

This page covers McGill University: 246 lead-sponsored trials and 1 legal-entity registration.

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Disease areas (251)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Disease areas
Disease area Trials
Diabetes Mellitus 31
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 24
Stroke 23
Pain 22
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive 14

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
Trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator
Year Trials started
2026 (partial year) 10
2025 19
2024 27
2023 25
2022 39
2021 34
2020 32
2019 29
2018 23
2017 21

Prediction, not a registry value: median of 28 months from start to primary completion across 24 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 18 months across 155 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

Active development programs (22)

Shown in this order: max phase, then active trials.

Active development programs
Drug Disease area Max phase Trials
Enoxacin Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Phase 1/2 1
SGLT-2 inhibitor Diabetes Mellitus Phase 1 1
ketone Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Not reported 1
ketone Insulin Resistance Not reported 1
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Sham Parkinson Disease Not reported 1

Approved assets (20)

Shown in this order: max phase first.

Approved assets
Drug Trials
Calcium/Vitamin D 2
CONCERTA (OROS methylphenidate hydrochloride) 1
Hepatitis A Vaccine 1
HPV vaccine, Gardasil 9 1
Isoniazid 2

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.

Sponsor delivery record
Enrollment Timeline
49% hit target (n=79) 33% on time (n=79)

Journals published in (591)

Shown in this order: most published in first.

Journals published in
Journal Publications
PloS one 18
Appetite 17
Lancet (London, England) 17
The American journal of clinical nutrition 16
The New England journal of medicine 16

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 granted patents
US patents granted Granted in the last 5 years Most recent grant
282 2 2025-08-19

Financing and grant events (37)

Shown in this order: most recent first.

Financing and grant events
Date Round type Amount (USD) Source
2025-09-08 NIH grant 194,654 Reporter
2024-12-20 NIH grant 491,308 Reporter
2024-11-01 NIH grant 398,105 Reporter
2024-07-23 NIH grant 258,140 Reporter
2024-05-28 NIH grant 470,616 Reporter

Organization relationships (183)

Shown in this order: most evidence first.

Organization relationships
Related organization Relationship Evidence
McGill University Health Centre Co sponsors trial with 13
University of Calgary Co sponsors trial with 8
University of British Columbia Co sponsors trial with 7
Université de Montréal Co sponsors trial with 7
Government of the United States of America Co sponsors trial with 7

Latest dated events (761)

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Latest dated events
Date Event Source
2027-01-15 Trial started Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI))
2027-01-01 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))
2026-09-25 Trial started Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI))

Biomarker capability evidence (189)

Shown in this order: tier desc, then gene symbol.

Biomarker capability evidence
Gene Role Evidence
ACD Trial sponsor Named in trial inclusion criteria
AGA Trial sponsor Named in trial inclusion criteria
ALB Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria
ALB Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria
APOE Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria

Biomarkers this organization publishes on (1,751)

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Biomarkers this organization publishes on
Biomarker Publications
INS 103
CRP 74
TNF 55
CD4 49
IL6 47

Not on this page

Checked, with nothing recorded for this organization: companies grouped under this page, related companies not grouped here, sec-reported annual financials, fda warning letters, fda untitled letters, fda inspection record, fda recalls, fda import refusals, manufacturing and distribution sites, climate targets, as filed, workforce and board diversity, as filed, and clia clinical laboratory certificates.