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Condition (MeSH)

Specific Language Disorder

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 16 trials for Specific Language Disorder or a narrower condition beneath it. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 1.

MeSH D000080888 Nervous System Diseases C10 C23 F03 Listed by Orphanet as a rare disease
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Phase 3 Phase 3 1 Not applicable Not applicable 13 Observational Observational 2 Phase 3 Phase 3 1 Not applicable Not applicable 13 Observational Observational 2

Trials per phase

16 of the 16 trials are tagged with Specific Language Disorder itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Specific Language Disorder trials start? (10)

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 3
  • Not applicable
  • Observational

Top of scale: 3

2002: 1 trials (Phase 3 1) 2013: 1 trials (Not applicable 1) 2017: 1 trials (Not applicable 1) 2018: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2020: 2 trials (Not applicable 2) 2021: 3 trials (Not applicable 3) 2022: 3 trials (Not applicable 3) 2023: 1 trials (Not applicable 1) 2024: 1 trials (Not applicable 1) 2025: 2 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 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
2025 2
2024 1
2023 1
2022 3
2021 3
2020 2
2018 1
2017 1
2013 1
2002 1

No forecast is made for this condition: it averages 1.6 trial starts a year over the five years to September, under the 5 a year the method needs.

Recruitment duration, a model prediction: 1 trial still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot, fewer than the 5 needed for a median. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Specific Language Disorder trials in? (3)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 3 1
Not applicable 13
Observational 2

How many Specific Language Disorder trials are recruiting? (4)

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

Trials by recruitment status
Status Trials
Recruiting 2
Active, not recruiting 1
Completed 11
Terminated 2

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Specific Language Disorder 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.

Lead sponsors
Sponsor Trials
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) 1

Interventions as named in the registry (1)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
TREATMENT 1

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.

Rare-disease identity (2)

Shown in this order: exact, broader, narrower, other.

Rare-disease identity
Orphanet disease ORPHA code Relation Source
Specific language disorder 211053 Exact Orphanet Rare Disease Ontology (ORDO)
Specific language disorder 211053 Exact Orphadata Science knowledge files, Product 1

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Not measured: delivery record.

Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: serious adverse events in this condition's trials, publications, prevalence, and sub-conditions in mesh.

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