 advanced phase clinical trials advanced phase clinical trials 76 admin mon 10142019 1836 number of advanced phase clinical pragmatic trials and or public health research project where patient have been engaged the clinical trial in human beings is a significant indicator for research assessment research projects can be assessed on the basis of whether they have progressed to clinical trials core quantitative clinical trials phases  phase i pharmacology studies phase ii therapeutic exploratory investigations phase iii assessments of the effectiveness of the new intervention and phase iv investigations into uncommon adverse effects of the new intervention information compiled internally by the organization with the input of other stakeholders as patients if needed provide the total number of advanced phase clinical pragmatic trials and or public health research project where patient have been engaged when possible classify them based on their phase table with absolute numbers disaggregated per categories process number of clinical trials annually annually this indicator can give insufficient credit to basic science this indicator could be invalid for research projects not involving clinical trials rehabilitation ehealth ict development etc yes list of projects that are in phase iii clinical trials in novartis extract from novartis annual report 2018 p 65 available at  https wwwnovartiscom sites wwwnovartiscom files novartisannualreport2018enpdf clinical trials 