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Condition (MeSH)

Frailty

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1,230 trials for Frailty or a narrower condition beneath it. VA Office of Research and Development has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 12.

MeSH D000073496 Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms C23
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Phase 1 Phase 1 19 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 12 Phase 2 Phase 2 31 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 3 Phase 3 Phase 3 12 Phase 4 Phase 4 14 Not applicable Not applicable 662 Observational Observational 477 Phase 1 Phase 1 19 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 12 Phase 2 Phase 2 31 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 3 Phase 3 Phase 3 12 Phase 4 Phase 4 14 Not applicable Not applicable 662 Observational Observational 477

Trials per phase (log scale)

1,230 of the 1,230 trials are tagged with Frailty itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Frailty trials start? (26)

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. 3 trials are 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: 145

2001: 1 trials (Phase 4 1) 2002: 1 trials (Phase 2 1) 2003: 4 trials (Observational 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1) 2004: 4 trials (Phase 4 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2005: 4 trials (Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1) 2006: 2 trials (Not applicable 2) 2007: 4 trials (Observational 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2008: 8 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 6) 2009: 3 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1) 2010: 7 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 3, Phase 2 1) 2011: 8 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 6) 2012: 9 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 3) 2013: 15 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 2) 2014: 26 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 16, Phase 1/2 1) 2015: 29 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 10, Phase 3 2, Phase 1 1) 2016: 29 trials (Observational 11, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 1) 2017: 36 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 23, Phase 2/3 1) 2018: 69 trials (Observational 21, Not applicable 41, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 5, Phase 1/2 1) 2019: 89 trials (Observational 40, Not applicable 46, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 1 1) 2020: 101 trials (Observational 47, Not applicable 50, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2021: 124 trials (Observational 45, Not applicable 70, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2022: 122 trials (Observational 51, Not applicable 61, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2023: 135 trials (Observational 52, Not applicable 74, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 4) 2024: 124 trials (Observational 43, Not applicable 74, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2025: 145 trials (Observational 56, Not applicable 82, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 5, Phase 1/2 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) 126
2025 145
2024 124
2023 135
2022 122
2021 124
2020 101
2019 89
2018 69
2017 36

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 150 trials starting in 2026 and about 140 in 2027, the average of the 24 months through September, counted as registered and carried forward. 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 13 percent and ran about 12 percent low against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 19 percent and ran about 17 percent low against the count later registered, and had about the same error as repeating last year's count. 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 36 months from start to primary completion across 140 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 17 months across 610 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Frailty trials in? (8)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 19
Phase 1/2 12
Phase 2 31
Phase 2/3 3
Phase 3 12
Phase 4 14
Not applicable 662
Observational 477

How many Frailty trials are recruiting? (9)

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 106
Recruiting 227
Enrolling by invitation 15
Active, not recruiting 51
Completed 539

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Frailty trials? (2)

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.

Lead sponsors
Sponsor Trials
VA Office of Research and Development 12
National Institute on Aging (NIA) 7

Which drugs are being tested for Frailty? (2)

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
Fisetin 4
Nicotinamide Riboside 3

Interventions as named in the registry (13)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Exercise 15
Control (placebo) group 6
1% Metformin 5
data collection 4
Standard Care 4

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 Frailty 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
Pneumonia 207 3
Cardiac failure 146 1
Myocardial infarction 132 2
Atrial fibrillation 112 1
Cerebrovascular accident 91 1

Which publications cover Frailty? (922)

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: prevalence, rare-disease identity, and sub-conditions in mesh.

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