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Industry-funded clinical trials test new drugs and devices in patients. This list shows trials for which drug and device companies reported research payments to CMS, linked to their ClinicalTrials.gov records. For each trial, you can see the sponsor, phase and status, the U.S. physicians named as principal investigators, and how much the company paid for the research.

How to search industry-funded clinical trials

First, search by drug, condition or company. Then open a trial to see its investigators and study sites. You can also start from a doctor’s page, which lists the trials that doctor helps lead. In addition, drug and specialty pages link to the trials in their field.

What the payments mean

Research payments usually go to hospitals and universities to run the study. In other words, the money pays for the research, not the investigator personally. Companies report these payments under the federal Sunshine Act, and CMS publishes them in Open Payments (opens in a new tab). However, a payment record alone does not show how a study was run or what it found.

Joining a clinical trial

If you want to join a trial, start with the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov (opens in a new tab). It lists who can take part, where and how to contact the study team. Also talk to your doctor first, because a trial may not be right for you.

Related: Medicare drugs, drug company payments to doctors, specialties.

Questions about industry-funded clinical trials

Are industry-funded clinical trials safe? Every trial in the U.S. needs approval from an ethics board, and drug trials also follow FDA rules. However, every trial carries some risk. So read the consent form carefully and ask questions.

Who is a principal investigator? The principal investigator is the doctor who leads the study at a site. Their page here shows their other trials and the payments companies reported for that research.

Why are some trials missing? We list trials with industry research payments in Open Payments. As a result, trials funded only by the government or universities do not appear.