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Condition (MeSH)

Brain Damage, Chronic

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1,957 trials for Brain Damage, Chronic or a narrower condition beneath it.

MeSH D001925 Nervous System Diseases C10 C23
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Phase 1 Phase 1 50 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 22 Phase 2 Phase 2 61 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 12 Phase 3 Phase 3 43 Phase 4 Phase 4 28 Not applicable Not applicable 1,230 Observational Observational 508 Phase 1 Phase 1 50 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 22 Phase 2 Phase 2 61 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 12 Phase 3 Phase 3 43 Phase 4 Phase 4 28 Not applicable Not applicable 1,230 Observational Observational 508

Trials per phase (log scale)

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8 of the 1,957 trials are tagged with Brain Damage, Chronic itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Brain Damage, Chronic trials start? (32)

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. 7 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: 211

1991: 1 trials (Phase 2 1) 1996: 2 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1) 1997: 2 trials (Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 1998: 1 trials (Phase 2 1) 1999: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2000: 3 trials (Observational 2, Phase 2 1) 2001: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 1) 2002: 8 trials (Observational 3, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 2) 2003: 8 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 4, Phase 2 2) 2004: 16 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 2) 2005: 12 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 2) 2006: 17 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 10, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2) 2007: 28 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 3) 2008: 20 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 7, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2009: 29 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2) 2010: 35 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 6, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 4) 2011: 33 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 11, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 4) 2012: 39 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 21, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 4) 2013: 52 trials (Observational 18, Not applicable 25, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 4, Phase 1 1) 2014: 64 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 35, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 7, Phase 1 3) 2015: 54 trials (Observational 11, Not applicable 31, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2016: 84 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 59, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 2) 2017: 89 trials (Observational 26, Not applicable 51, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 4, Phase 1 3) 2018: 115 trials (Observational 36, Not applicable 72, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2019: 98 trials (Observational 25, Not applicable 67, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2020: 112 trials (Observational 33, Not applicable 73, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2021: 169 trials (Observational 50, Not applicable 111, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2022: 150 trials (Observational 41, Not applicable 102, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 3) 2023: 211 trials (Observational 57, Not applicable 137, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 7) 2024: 194 trials (Observational 49, Not applicable 138, Phase 4 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 3) 2025: 158 trials (Observational 28, Not applicable 124, Phase 3 1, Phase 1 5)

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) 138
2025 158
2024 194
2023 211
2022 150
2021 169
2020 112
2019 98
2018 115
2017 89

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 170 trials starting in 2026 and about 170 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 35 months from start to primary completion across 166 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 13 months across 1,197 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Brain Damage, Chronic trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 50
Phase 1/2 22
Phase 2 61
Phase 2/3 12
Phase 3 43
Phase 4 28
Not applicable 1,230
Observational 508
Expanded access 3

How many Brain Damage, Chronic trials are recruiting? (11)

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 118
Recruiting 227
Enrolling by invitation 27
Active, not recruiting 63
Available 1

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

Which drugs are being tested for Brain Damage, Chronic? (1)

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
hUCB 6

Interventions as named in the registry (14)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
type A botulinum toxin 38
Control (placebo) group 21
Exercise 15
Conventional Therapy 13
Physiotherapy 7

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 Brain Damage, Chronic 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 27 11
Seizure 19 8
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8 1
Drug withdrawal syndrom 6 1
Epilepsy 6 4

Which publications cover Brain Damage, Chronic? (286)

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

Publications
Publication Journal Year Major topic
Dynamic balance recovery in chronic acquired brain injury participants following a perturbation training. International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation 2021 Yes
Increased Functional Connectivity Within Intrinsic Neural Networks in Chronic Stroke Following Treatment with Red/Near-Infrared Transcranial Photobiomodulation: Case Series with Improved Naming in Aphasia. Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery 2020 Yes
Limitations of periodical health examinations in detecting occupational chronic solvent encephalopathy. Occupational and environmental medicine 2019 Yes
[Brain injury knowledge in family members of neurosurgical patients]. Neurocirugia 2018 Yes
Cerebral plasticity: Windows of opportunity in the developing brain. European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society 2017 Yes

Sub-conditions in MeSH (3)

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

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Not measured: delivery record.

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

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