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Condition (MeSH)

Emergence Delirium

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 723 trials for Emergence Delirium or a narrower condition beneath it.

MeSH D000071257 Nervous System Diseases C10 C23 F03
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Phase 1 Phase 1 16 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 6 Phase 2 Phase 2 16 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 11 Phase 3 Phase 3 28 Phase 4 Phase 4 93 Not applicable Not applicable 283 Observational Observational 270 Phase 1 Phase 1 16 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 6 Phase 2 Phase 2 16 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 11 Phase 3 Phase 3 28 Phase 4 Phase 4 93 Not applicable Not applicable 283 Observational Observational 270

Trials per phase (log scale)

723 of the 723 trials are tagged with Emergence Delirium itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Emergence Delirium trials start? (23)

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. 1 trial is registered to start in 2027 or later, and not listed here.

Trials over time, by phase

  • Phase 1
  • Phase 1/2
  • Phase 2
  • Phase 2/3
  • Phase 3
  • Phase 4
  • Not applicable
  • Observational

Top of scale: 93

2002: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2005: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 3 1) 2006: 2 trials (Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1) 2007: 3 trials (Observational 2, Phase 4 1) 2008: 3 trials (Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1) 2009: 8 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2) 2010: 4 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1) 2011: 7 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 2) 2012: 10 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2013: 15 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 6, Phase 3 1) 2014: 19 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 5, Phase 2/3 1) 2015: 23 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 11) 2016: 20 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 10, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1) 2017: 34 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 2) 2018: 32 trials (Observational 13, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 2) 2019: 35 trials (Observational 17, Not applicable 10, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 2) 2020: 40 trials (Observational 26, Not applicable 10, Phase 4 3, Phase 2 1) 2021: 55 trials (Observational 21, Not applicable 22, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 1 1) 2022: 51 trials (Observational 25, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 3) 2023: 73 trials (Observational 31, Not applicable 27, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2024: 93 trials (Observational 27, Not applicable 42, Phase 4 12, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 3) 2025: 80 trials (Observational 24, Not applicable 40, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 4, Phase 1 1)

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.

Trials started per year
Year Trials started
2026 (partial year) 112
2025 80
2024 93
2023 73
2022 51
2021 55
2020 40
2019 35
2018 32
2017 34

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 130 trials starting in 2026 and about 98 in 2027, the average of the 24 months through September, counted as registered and carried forward, with about 0.7 times the starts already registered for the rest of 2026 added. The rows of this table count trials registered so far with a start date in the year, planned starts included; the forecast looks ahead to the count for the whole year, so it is not the same measure. In backtests on conditions of this size, forecasts made part-way through the year were typically off by about 15 percent and ran about 1 percent high against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 26 percent and ran about 20 percent low against the count later registered. The part-way figures are from forecasts that used a multiple fitted only on earlier years. These figures rest on a few years of history (target years from 2018 to 2025, varying by figure), place each condition as it is mapped today rather than as it was then, and score against a count for the newest year that was still being revised. Only condition series were scored.

Prediction, not a registry value: median of 29 months from start to primary completion across 62 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 14 months across 357 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Emergence Delirium trials in? (8)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 16
Phase 1/2 6
Phase 2 16
Phase 2/3 11
Phase 3 28
Phase 4 93
Not applicable 283
Observational 270

How many Emergence Delirium trials are recruiting? (8)

Shown in this order: the order a trial moves through, from not yet recruiting to unknown.

Trials by recruitment status
Status Trials
Not yet recruiting 96
Recruiting 115
Enrolling by invitation 3
Active, not recruiting 15
Completed 330

Status as registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. Each trial is counted once.

Which drugs are being tested for Emergence Delirium? (8)

Shown in this order: most trials first. One row per drug, matched to a single molecule under all its names, ranked by number of trials.

Drugs tested
Drug Trials
DEXMEDETOMIDINE 85
PROPOFOL 43
PMI-150 (intranasal ketamine) 13
FENTANYL 12
Esketamine 8

Interventions as named in the registry (7)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
1% Sevoflurane 32
D. Midazolam 13
Remimazolam TIVA 11
NaCl 0.9% NS 6
L:Lidocaine 6

These are the names sponsors entered on ClinicalTrials.gov that we have not matched to a single molecule. Some are drugs under a brand or code name; others are procedures, doses or arm labels.

Which serious adverse events do Emergence Delirium trials report? (10)

Shown in this order: most subjects affected first. Subjects affected summed across trials, a cross-trial signal, not a rate.

Serious adverse events in this condition's trials
Adverse event Subjects affected Trials
NYHA 3/44 27 1
Rehospitalization 26 1
Valve dysfunction 19 1
All stroke 15 1
Acute Renal Failure 13 1

Which publications cover Emergence Delirium? (235)

Shown in this order: major-topic papers first, then newest, then most linked to trials.

Not on this page

Not measured: delivery record.

Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: lead sponsors, prevalence, rare-disease identity, and sub-conditions in mesh.

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