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Which EU sites anchor Phase III dermatology trials?

7 June 2026

Across 114 CTIS dermatology Phase III trials authorized in 2024–2026, EU site activity is highly concentrated in a repeat Spanish dermatology network. Hospital Universitario La Paz was the leading site by participation records with 18 appearances, followed by Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe with 14 and Hospital Clínic de Barcelona with 12. The top 10 recurring sites accounted for 86 of 502 identified site participation records, equal to 17.1% of all listed site records.

Trials included
114
Site records
502
Top site
18

Top recurring EU dermatology Phase III sites

The leading 10 sites generated 86 of 502 identified site participation records, or 17.1% of all listed site records. Spanish sites dominate the ranking: 9 of the top 10 sites are in Spain, with one Polish site, Provita Sp. z o.o., entering the top group.

Top 10 EU sites by participation records
Hospital Universitario La Paz18
Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe14
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona12
Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves8
Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron7
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía7
Hospital del Mar7
Hospital Universitario Quirónsalud Madrid5
Hospital General de Granollers4
Provita Sp. z o.o.4
Site participation records, 2024–2026
Interpretation

Dermatology Phase III execution appears to rely heavily on repeat high-volume Spanish sites, especially Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Granada, and Córdoba. This suggests that sponsors returning to Europe for late-stage dermatology studies may repeatedly select the same experienced investigator networks.

How concentrated is the top-site network?

The top 3 sites contributed 44 of the 86 top-10 site participation records, or 51.2% of the top-10 total. Hospital Universitario La Paz alone contributed 18 of 86 top-10 records, equal to 20.9% of the top-ranked network.

Top-site concentration
Top 3 share of top 10
51.2%
44 / 86 records
La Paz share of top 10
20.9%
18 / 86 records
Share calculated within the top-10 recurring sites
Interpretation

The top-site network is not only Spanish-heavy but also concentrated around a small number of repeatedly selected centers. Operationally, this creates advantages for speed and investigator familiarity, but it may also increase competition for the same patient pools across parallel dermatology programs.

Which 2026 country allocations were largest?

In the largest 2026 Phase III dermatology allocation record, Poland carried 458 participants across 30 sites, Germany carried 227 participants across 29 sites, and Czechia carried 165 participants across 13 sites. Together, these three countries accounted for 850 of 1,289 allocated participants, or 65.9%.

Largest 2026 country participant allocations
Country Participants Sites Participant share
Poland4583035.5%
Germany2272917.6%
Czechia1651312.8%
Spain93107.2%
Hungary8996.9%
Romania81116.3%
Shares calculated against 1,289 participants in the 2026 country allocation record
Interpretation

Poland and Germany appear as major country-level capacity engines for large Phase III dermatology allocations, while Spain contributes a smaller allocation share in this 2026 record but dominates the recurring top-site list.

Which dermatology diseases shape the late-stage site network?

The 2026 data show a large moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis allocation with 1,289 total participants across 128 sites. In 2025, indolent systemic mastocytosis with skin involvement appears as a smaller late-stage dermatology-immunology signal, including a 66-participant Polish allocation across 3 sites.

Disease-driven allocation examples
Moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis
1,289 participants · 128 sites · 13 listed countries in a 2026 allocation record
Indolent systemic mastocytosis with skin involvement
66 participants · 3 Polish sites in a 2025 allocation record
Disease examples selected from CTIS trial disease fields
Interpretation

Plaque psoriasis remains a major late-stage capacity driver because it supports broad country allocation and large site footprints. Smaller immune-dermatology indications appear more concentrated and may depend on specialist centers rather than broad national site networks.

Definitions

A site participation record means one appearance of a named site in a trial geography file. It is a frequency measure of how often a site appears across trials, not a direct measure of the number of patients enrolled at that site. Country participant allocations are reported from CTIS country-level participant fields.