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Condition (MeSH)

Essential Hypertension

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 496 trials for Essential Hypertension or a narrower condition beneath it. Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 43.

MeSH D000075222 Cardiovascular Diseases C14 Listed by Orphanet as a rare disease
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Phase 1 Phase 1 56 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 4 Phase 2 Phase 2 45 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 5 Phase 3 Phase 3 122 Phase 4 Phase 4 67 Not applicable Not applicable 124 Observational Observational 73 Phase 1 Phase 1 56 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 4 Phase 2 Phase 2 45 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 5 Phase 3 Phase 3 122 Phase 4 Phase 4 67 Not applicable Not applicable 124 Observational Observational 73

Trials per phase (log scale)

464 of the 496 trials are tagged with Essential Hypertension itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Essential Hypertension trials start? (30)

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

Top of scale: 37

1990: 1 trials (Phase 2 1) 1995: 1 trials (Observational 1) 1997: 1 trials (Phase 3 1) 2000: 1 trials (Phase 1 1) 2001: 2 trials (Phase 3 2) 2002: 3 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 3 2) 2003: 8 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 3, Phase 1 1) 2004: 11 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2005: 10 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 2) 2006: 18 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 2) 2007: 25 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 8, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 2) 2008: 20 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 7, Phase 2 3) 2009: 19 trials (Phase 4 5, Phase 3 6, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 7) 2010: 25 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 7, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 4) 2011: 26 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 12, Phase 2 4, Phase 1 3) 2012: 20 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 8, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 6) 2013: 25 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 5) 2014: 21 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 5, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 1) 2015: 22 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 6, Phase 3 5, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 1) 2016: 10 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 2, Phase 3 4, Phase 1/2 2) 2017: 10 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 5, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1) 2018: 23 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 10, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 3) 2019: 20 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 12, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2) 2020: 14 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 3) 2021: 19 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 3, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2022: 28 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 11, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 1) 2023: 29 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 16, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 2) 2024: 37 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 11, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 6) 2025: 22 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 8, Phase 3 3, Phase 1 8)

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) 24
2025 22
2024 37
2023 29
2022 28
2021 19
2020 14
2019 20
2018 23
2017 10

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 29 trials starting in 2026 and about 25 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 27 months from start to primary completion across 26 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 14 months across 331 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Essential Hypertension trials in? (8)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 56
Phase 1/2 4
Phase 2 45
Phase 2/3 5
Phase 3 122
Phase 4 67
Not applicable 124
Observational 73

How many Essential Hypertension 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 22
Recruiting 32
Enrolling by invitation 3
Active, not recruiting 8
Completed 333

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Essential Hypertension trials? (12)

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
Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd 43
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical 18
Novartis Pharmaceuticals 17
Takeda 14
Novartis 13

Which drugs are being tested for Essential Hypertension? (3)

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
Fimasartan 17
VALSARTAN 16
Olmesartan Medoxomil 15

Interventions as named in the registry (12)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Amlodipine 26
HCTZ-hydrochlorothiazide 15
Low dose losartan 12
Aliskiren 150 12
LCZ696A 10

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 Essential Hypertension 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
Atrial fibrillation 26 13
Pneumonia 23 15
Syncope 20 11
Myocardial infarction 18 11
Pulmonary embolism 16 11

Which publications cover Essential Hypertension? (97)

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

Sub-conditions in MeSH (1)

MeSH descendants one level down with at least one trial, most trials first.

Not on this page

Not measured: delivery record.

Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: prevalence and rare-disease identity.

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