Condition (MeSH)
Prescription Drug Overuse
ClinicalTrials.gov lists 9 trials for Prescription Drug Overuse or a narrower condition beneath it. Andalusian Health Service has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 1.
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Trials per phase
9 of the 9 trials are tagged with Prescription Drug Overuse itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.
When did Prescription Drug Overuse trials start? (7)
Shown in this order: most recent first, 1990 onwards. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year.
Trials over time, by phase
- Phase 4
- Not applicable
- Observational
Top of scale: 2
Trials registered with a start date in each year, 1990 onward, stacked by phase (complete years only; the current partial year is in the table's notes). The table below lists the same counts, most recent years first.
| Year | Trials started |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
No forecast is made for this condition: it averages 0.6 trial starts a year over the five years to September, under the 5 a year the method needs.
Recruitment duration, a model prediction: none of the 9 trials evaluated at the 2026-10-09 snapshot is predicted and still running. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.
What phase are Prescription Drug Overuse trials in? (3)
Shown in this order: phase order.
Show the trials by phase as a table
| Phase | Trials |
|---|---|
| Phase 4 | 1 |
| Not applicable | 4 |
| Observational | 4 |
How many Prescription Drug Overuse trials are recruiting? (3)
Shown in this order: the order a trial moves through, from not yet recruiting to unknown.
| Status | Trials |
|---|---|
| Active, not recruiting | 1 |
| Completed | 7 |
| Unknown status | 1 |
Status as registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. Each trial is counted once.
Which lead sponsors run the most Prescription Drug Overuse trials? (1)
Shown in this order: most trials first. Lead sponsors the registry classes as industry, NIH, US federal, other government or network. A hospital or university the registry files as government can appear here. Sponsors it classes as academic or other are shown on the full page, because that class cannot separate an institution from a named investigator.
| Sponsor | Trials |
|---|---|
| Andalusian Health Service | 1 |
Which publications cover Prescription Drug Overuse? (37)
Shown in this order: major-topic papers first, then newest, then most linked to trials.
| Publication | Journal | Year | Major topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medication-overuse headache: a narrative review. | The journal of headache and pain | 2024 | Yes |
| Medication overuse in a subgroup analysis of phase 3 placebo-controlled studies of galcanezumab in the prevention of episodic and chronic migraine. | Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache | 2021 | Yes |
| The impact of fremanezumab on medication overuse in patients with chronic migraine: subgroup analysis of the HALO CM study. | The journal of headache and pain | 2020 | Yes |
| Parent-Reported Symptoms and Medications Used Among Children With Severe Neurological Impairment. | JAMA network open | 2020 | Yes |
| Rates of New Persistent Opioid Use After Vaginal or Cesarean Birth Among US Women. | JAMA network open | 2019 | Yes |
Showing 5 of 37 publications.
Not on this page
Not measured: delivery record.
Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: serious adverse events in this condition's trials, prevalence, rare-disease identity, and sub-conditions in mesh.
Not computed for conditions with fewer than 10 trials: drugs tested.