Organization (Academic)
Sun Yat-sen University
ClinicalTrials.gov lists Sun Yat-sen University as lead sponsor of 1,828 trials, counting the companies grouped under it. Sun Yat-sen University itself has 1,487 active development programs and 226 approved assets.
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Trials started per year with this organization as sponsor or collaborator, 1990 onward. Companies grouped under this one are not included. The series also counts trials where the organization is a collaborator; the lead-sponsor trial count does not.
2026 is partial: 131 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 160 in 2026 and about 150 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 (100 to 500), forecasts made part-way through the year were typically off by about 13 percent and ran about 12 percent low against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 19 percent and ran about 17 percent low against the count later registered, and had about the same error as repeating last year's count. 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. 1 trial is registered to start in 2027 or later.
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This page covers Sun Yat-sen University and 1 company grouped under it: 1,828 lead-sponsored trials (1,667 its own, 161 in the grouped companies) and 2 legal-entity registrations (1 its own, 1 in the grouped companies).
Companies grouped under this page (1)
| Company | Lead trials | Legal entities |
|---|---|---|
| Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University | 161 | 1 |
Disease areas (394)
Shown in this order: most trials first.
| Disease area | Trials |
|---|---|
| Head and Neck Neoplasms | 304 |
| Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms | 214 |
| Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | 190 |
| Liver Neoplasms | 182 |
| Carcinoma, Hepatocellular | 178 |
Showing 5 of 394 disease areas.
Trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator (27)
Shown in this order: most recent first. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year. 1 trial is 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) | 131 |
| 2025 | 131 |
| 2024 | 142 |
| 2023 | 137 |
| 2022 | 134 |
| 2021 | 138 |
| 2020 | 139 |
| 2019 | 136 |
| 2018 | 116 |
| 2017 | 99 |
Showing 10 of 27 years.
Prediction, not a registry value: median of 36 months from start to primary completion across 305 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 29 months across 489 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.
Active development programs (1,487)
Shown in this order: max phase, then active trials.
| Drug | Disease area | Max phase | Trials |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISPLATIN | Head and Neck Neoplasms | Phase 3 | 45 |
| CISPLATIN | Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms | Phase 3 | 40 |
| CISPLATIN | Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | Phase 3 | 34 |
| GEMCITABINE | Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms | Phase 3 | 17 |
| GEMCITABINE | Head and Neck Neoplasms | Phase 3 | 17 |
Showing 5 of 1,487 active programs.
Approved assets (226)
Shown in this order: max phase first.
| Drug | Trials |
|---|---|
| TACE | 17 |
| Apatinib | 16 |
| Sorafenib | 15 |
| Dapagliflozin | 4 |
| Thymosin Alpha 1 | 4 |
Showing 5 of 226 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 |
|---|---|
| 60% hit target (n=259) | 34% on time (n=267) |
Journals published in (858)
Shown in this order: most published in first.
| Journal | Publications |
|---|---|
| Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology | 200 |
| International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics | 121 |
| The New England journal of medicine | 81 |
| The Lancet. Oncology | 79 |
| Ophthalmology | 64 |
Showing 5 of 858 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 108 | 69 | 2025-12-30 |
Organization relationships (389)
Shown in this order: most evidence first.
| Related organization | Relationship | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| First People's Hospital of Foshan | Co sponsors trial with | 32 |
| Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital | Co sponsors trial with | 26 |
| The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University | Co sponsors trial with | 25 |
| Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University | Co sponsors trial with | 25 |
| Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University | Co sponsors trial with | 20 |
Showing 5 of 389 relationships.
Latest dated events (2,186)
Shown in this order: newest first.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2027-01-01 | 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)) |
| 2026-12-01 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
| 2026-11-30 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
| 2026-11-04 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
Showing 5 of 2,186 events.
Biomarker capability evidence (3,511)
Shown in this order: tier desc, then gene symbol.
| Gene | Role | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| ABL1 | Trial sponsor | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| ACE | Trial sponsor | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| AFF1 | Trial sponsor | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| AFP | Trial sponsor | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| AFP | Trial collaborator | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
Showing 5 of 3,511 evidence rows.
Biomarkers this organization publishes on (1,235)
Shown in this order: most publications first.
Showing 5 of 1,235 biomarkers.
Not on this page
Checked, with nothing recorded for this organization: related companies not grouped here, sec-reported annual financials, financing and grant events, 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.