Most current clinical trials in the US are tracked through clinicaltrials.gov website. If we look at the top 10,000 titles and do an analysis of the most commonly used words that are utilized in the titles then you get an interesting perspective on what are the studies that are being done currently.
Note that many trials seem to target cancer and most of them look for safety and efficacy
Interesting!
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