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Condition (MeSH)

Appendicitis

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 397 trials for Appendicitis or a narrower condition beneath it. Turku University Hospital has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 7.

MeSH D001064 Infections C01 C06
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Phase 1 Phase 1 6 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 2 Phase 2 Phase 2 13 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 1 Phase 3 Phase 3 15 Phase 4 Phase 4 31 Not applicable Not applicable 175 Observational Observational 154 Phase 1 Phase 1 6 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 2 Phase 2 Phase 2 13 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 1 Phase 3 Phase 3 15 Phase 4 Phase 4 31 Not applicable Not applicable 175 Observational Observational 154

Trials per phase (log scale)

397 of the 397 trials are tagged with Appendicitis itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Appendicitis trials start? (28)

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. 2 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: 30

1994: 1 trials (Phase 3 1) 2000: 2 trials (Observational 2) 2001: 3 trials (Observational 3) 2002: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2003: 3 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1) 2004: 5 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 2) 2005: 5 trials (Observational 3, Phase 4 2) 2006: 7 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 3, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2007: 8 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 4) 2008: 12 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1) 2009: 19 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 3, Phase 1 1) 2010: 9 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1) 2011: 10 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 1) 2012: 15 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 1) 2013: 13 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 6, Phase 3 2) 2014: 11 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 8) 2015: 24 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 1 1) 2016: 23 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 10, Phase 4 3, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1) 2017: 30 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2018: 19 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 9, Phase 4 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1) 2019: 23 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 11, Phase 4 3, Phase 2 2) 2020: 30 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 1, Phase 1 1) 2021: 23 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 10, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2022: 12 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1) 2023: 28 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2024: 17 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2025: 23 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 1, 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) 15
2025 23
2024 17
2023 28
2022 12
2021 23
2020 30
2019 23
2018 19
2017 30

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 19 trials starting in 2026 and about 20 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 36 months from start to primary completion across 19 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 20 months across 262 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Appendicitis trials in? (8)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 6
Phase 1/2 2
Phase 2 13
Phase 2/3 1
Phase 3 15
Phase 4 31
Not applicable 175
Observational 154

How many Appendicitis 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 15
Recruiting 28
Enrolling by invitation 1
Active, not recruiting 9
Completed 239

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Appendicitis 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
Turku University Hospital 7
Zagazig University 4

Which drugs are being tested for Appendicitis? (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
Doripenem 3
+/- Bupivacaine HCl 3

Interventions as named in the registry (13)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Ertapeneme 6
Ropivacaine 2 % 4
PO Morphine 4
Ceftriaxone 4g/ 24h 3
Irrigation 3

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 Appendicitis 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
Appendiceal perforation 130 1
Negative appendicitis 47 1
Unplanned hospitalization not for appendectomy 38 1
Abscess 37 2
Abdominal pain 34 4

Which publications cover Appendicitis? (609)

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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