Seven findings from the mRNA vaccines research record

Computed from 16 clinical trials, 30 papers and 7 NIH grants as the records stand on 2 Nov 2026. Hover a figure for its values, click a trial or paper to open the record, or ask a follow-up question.

Six of the 16 mRNA vaccines trials in the record start in 2024, more than in the six earlier years combined.

Phase 1Phase 2Phase not stated

12 of 16 mRNA vaccines trials are individualized neoantigen mRNA.

Eight of 16 trials are recruiting patients now; one has posted results.

RecruitingNot yet recruitingActive, not recruitingStopped earlyOther status

One trial accounts for 67% of the 130 places where patients can enroll; 12 of 16 run at one site or have none listed yet.

RecruitingNot yet recruitingActive, not recruitingStopped early

51 of the 149 research places in the record are in the United States; Peking Union Medical College Hospital hosts the most trials, three.

56 places on this map

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center3
Washington University in St. Louis2
Barnes-Jewish Hospital2
Johns Hopkins University2
University of California, Los Angeles2
University of California, San Francisco2
Think Therapeutics, Inc.1
Ampedrna Biosciences Llc1
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center1

Outside this map: 21 in China, 13 in Germany, 10 in Spain, 9 in South Korea, 8 in United Kingdom, 5 in BE, 5 in France, 4 in Australia, 3 in Netherlands, 3 in TW, 3 in SG, 2 in HK, 2 in NZ, 2 in SE, 1 in PL, 1 in PK, 1 in GR.

mRNA vaccines saw papers or trials in nine years and NIH money in four; they coincide in four.

Papers or trials, no NIH dollarsNIH dollars, no papers or trialsBoth

Each square is one topic in one year. Blue years produced work with no new NIH money behind it; amber years were funded but produced no paper or trial that year.

Grants pay out over several years and results lag funding, so a gap here is a question to ask, not a verdict. Switch the view to see dollars or output alone.

Source: NIH RePORTER (National Institutes of Health, NIAAA, NIA, NIAID, NIAMS, NCCIH, NCI (intramural), NIH BX, NCI, NIH Clinical Center, NIH CP, NIH CX, NIDCR, NIDDK, NIBIB, NIEHS, NEI, NIH FD, NIGMS, NICHD, NHGRI, NHLBI, NIH HX, NLM, NIMHD, NIMH, NINDS, NIH OD, NIH RD, NCRR, NCI (intramural), NCATS, FIC, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - Pancreatic Cancer Research Program, Lustgarten Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network) against Europe PMC papers and ClinicalTrials.gov starts.

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