Clinical Trial Intelligence

Which EU sites and countries are most active in Phase II–III psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis trials?

06 June 2026

Across 53 CTIS-indexed Phase II–III psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis trials, Phase III accounts for 40 trials, or 75.5% of the cohort. The operational footprint is strongly weighted toward Poland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Czechia, Hungary, and Romania, with Poland showing the highest summed country-level participant allocation and the densest recurrent site network.

53
Phase II–III trials
40
Phase III trials
13
Phase II trials
10
leading EU countries

Phase III dominates the psoriasis / psoriatic arthritis development footprint

The cohort includes 53 trials: 40 Phase III trials and 13 Phase II trials. Phase III therefore represents 75.5% of the analyzed trial set, while Phase II represents 24.5%.

Trial share by phase
Phase III40 / 53 · 75.5%
Phase II13 / 53 · 24.5%
Trial count by CTIS year and phase
Interpretation

This is a late-stage-heavy market. Site capacity is therefore less about exploratory proof-of-concept access and more about repeatable, multi-country enrollment networks able to support confirmatory dermatology and rheumatology programs.

Top EU sites are concentrated in repeat dermatology and rheumatology networks

The top 10 recurring sites appear across 3–6 trial-country records each. Poland contributes the largest number of recurrent private clinical research networks, while Germany, Spain, Hungary, and Czechia contribute both university hospitals and specialized outpatient research centers.

Top 10 recurring EU sites
Rank Site Country Trial records
1Medicover Integrated Clinical Services Sp. z o.o.Poland6
2Hospital Germans Trias I PujolSpain4
3Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöRGermany4
4L.K.N. Arthrocentrum s.r.o.Czechia4
5Futuremeds networkPoland / Spain4
6University Of DebrecenHungary4
7Centrum Kliniczno-Badawcze J. Brzezicki B. Gornikiewicz-BrzezickaPoland4
8Dermed Centrum Medyczne Sp. z o.o.Poland3
9Hospital De La Santa Creu I Sant PauSpain3
10Semmelweis UniversityHungary3
Site ranking based on repeated appearance across Phase II–III trial geography records
Interpretation

The leading site list is not dominated only by major academic hospitals. Specialized private research centers and outpatient rheumatology/dermatology networks appear repeatedly, which suggests that operationally scalable community-based sites are central to psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis enrollment.

Poland has the largest summed country-level participant allocation

Across summed country-level allocations, Poland ranks first with 1,793 participants, followed by Germany with 1,245 and Spain with 895. The top 5 countries account for 5,273 participants across the analyzed country records.

Top countries by summed participant allocation
Poland1,793
Germany1,245
Spain895
Italy780
Czechia560
Hungary485
Romania430
France310
Bulgaria270
Belgium210
Country-level participant allocation summed across trial-country records
Interpretation

The country pattern points to a Central and Eastern European enrollment engine, especially Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria, combined with Western European academic access in Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Belgium.

Plaque psoriasis dominates Phase III, while psoriatic arthritis is more visible in Phase II

Psoriasis-focused records account for 31 of 53 trials, or 58.5%. Psoriatic arthritis or mixed psoriatic arthritis/rheumatology records account for 22 of 53 trials, or 41.5%. Phase II is more arthritis-weighted, while Phase III is more plaque psoriasis-weighted.

Disease focus by trial count
31
Psoriasis / plaque psoriasis
31 / 53 · 58.5%
22
Psoriatic arthritis / mixed PsA
22 / 53 · 41.5%
Disease grouping based on CTIS disease labels
Interpretation

The operational site network has two overlapping but distinct layers: dermatology-heavy plaque psoriasis programs and rheumatology-heavy psoriatic arthritis programs. Countries with both dermatology and rheumatology site depth are therefore more strategically useful for portfolio-level planning.

Country site density mirrors participant allocation, but with different operation