From 2006 to 2014, the number of NIH-funded clinical trials decreased by 24 percent, while the number of industry-funded trials increased by 43 percent, based on data examined according to the first received date. Overall, the number of newly registered trials doubled to 18,400, according to a research letter published Dec. 15 in JAMA.
A random sample of 500 trials with funding from the “all others” category also found that 71 percent did not have funders based in the U.S.
Read the research letter in JAMA: Trends in National Institutes of Health Funding for Clinical Trials Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov
