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Condition (MeSH)

Cerebral Palsy

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1,822 trials for Cerebral Palsy or a narrower condition beneath it.

MeSH D002547 Nervous System Diseases C10
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Phase 1 Phase 1 45 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 18 Phase 2 Phase 2 50 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 10 Phase 3 Phase 3 41 Phase 4 Phase 4 26 Not applicable Not applicable 1,172 Observational Observational 457 Phase 1 Phase 1 45 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 18 Phase 2 Phase 2 50 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 10 Phase 3 Phase 3 41 Phase 4 Phase 4 26 Not applicable Not applicable 1,172 Observational Observational 457

Trials per phase (log scale)

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1,822 of the 1,822 trials are tagged with Cerebral Palsy itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Cerebral Palsy 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. 6 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: 204

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: 7 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 4, Phase 2 2) 2004: 14 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 2) 2005: 11 trials (Observational 2, 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: 27 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 3) 2008: 18 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 6, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2009: 27 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2010: 33 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 4) 2011: 26 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 8, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 4) 2012: 34 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 19, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2013: 46 trials (Observational 15, Not applicable 22, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 4, Phase 1 1) 2014: 55 trials (Observational 15, Not applicable 31, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 1) 2015: 47 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 29, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2016: 71 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 53, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 2) 2017: 78 trials (Observational 22, Not applicable 48, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 3) 2018: 106 trials (Observational 33, Not applicable 69, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2019: 92 trials (Observational 24, Not applicable 62, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2020: 109 trials (Observational 31, Not applicable 72, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2021: 155 trials (Observational 44, Not applicable 104, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2022: 145 trials (Observational 39, Not applicable 99, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 3) 2023: 204 trials (Observational 56, Not applicable 133, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 6) 2024: 190 trials (Observational 47, Not applicable 136, Phase 4 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 3) 2025: 150 trials (Observational 27, Not applicable 118, 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) 129
2025 150
2024 190
2023 204
2022 145
2021 155
2020 109
2019 92
2018 106
2017 78

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 160 trials starting in 2026 and about 160 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 34 months from start to primary completion across 155 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 12 months across 1,116 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Cerebral Palsy trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 45
Phase 1/2 18
Phase 2 50
Phase 2/3 10
Phase 3 41
Phase 4 26
Not applicable 1,172
Observational 457
Expanded access 3

How many Cerebral Palsy 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 112
Recruiting 207
Enrolling by invitation 24
Active, not recruiting 63
Available 1

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

Which drugs are being tested for Cerebral Palsy? (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 14
Conventional Therapy 12
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 Cerebral Palsy 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 Cerebral Palsy? (2,038)

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

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