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Condition (MeSH)

Deficiency Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1,302 trials for Deficiency Diseases or a narrower condition beneath it. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 13.

MeSH D003677 Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases C18
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Phase 1 Phase 1 67 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 18 Phase 2 Phase 2 91 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 28 Phase 3 Phase 3 88 Phase 4 Phase 4 133 Not applicable Not applicable 520 Observational Observational 355 Phase 1 Phase 1 67 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 18 Phase 2 Phase 2 91 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 28 Phase 3 Phase 3 88 Phase 4 Phase 4 133 Not applicable Not applicable 520 Observational Observational 355

Trials per phase (log scale)

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11 of the 1,302 trials are tagged with Deficiency Diseases itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Deficiency Diseases trials start? (33)

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: 83

1991: 1 trials (Observational 1) 1994: 1 trials (Observational 1) 1995: 4 trials (Observational 3, Phase 2 1) 1997: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 2 1) 1998: 1 trials (Not applicable 1) 1999: 2 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 2 1) 2000: 2 trials (Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2001: 8 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 3, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1) 2002: 3 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1) 2003: 4 trials (Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1) 2004: 15 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2005: 12 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 2) 2006: 23 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 9, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2007: 27 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 2) 2008: 43 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 17, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 4) 2009: 52 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 19, Phase 4 8, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 8, Phase 1 3) 2010: 63 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 24, Phase 4 8, Phase 3 6, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 6) 2011: 82 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 28, Phase 4 11, Phase 3 9, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 12, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 2) 2012: 73 trials (Observational 15, Not applicable 25, Phase 4 13, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 6, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 5) 2013: 50 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 19, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 2) 2014: 58 trials (Observational 14, Not applicable 23, Phase 4 8, Phase 3 5, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 5) 2015: 79 trials (Observational 23, Not applicable 34, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 3) 2016: 63 trials (Observational 11, Not applicable 32, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 6, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 7, Phase 1 3) 2017: 71 trials (Observational 18, Not applicable 23, Phase 4 12, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 6, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 4) 2018: 83 trials (Observational 24, Not applicable 32, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 6, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 8, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 4) 2019: 78 trials (Observational 26, Not applicable 29, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 7, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 7) 2020: 66 trials (Observational 27, Not applicable 22, Phase 4 5, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 6) 2021: 70 trials (Observational 24, Not applicable 28, Phase 4 8, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1) 2022: 70 trials (Observational 32, Not applicable 26, Phase 4 5, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2023: 57 trials (Observational 11, Not applicable 36, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 1) 2024: 53 trials (Observational 22, Not applicable 23, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2025: 53 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 28, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 2)

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) 26
2025 53
2024 53
2023 57
2022 70
2021 70
2020 66
2019 78
2018 83
2017 71

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 36 trials starting in 2026 and about 43 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 31 months from start to primary completion across 51 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 17 months across 945 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Deficiency Diseases trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 67
Phase 1/2 18
Phase 2 91
Phase 2/3 28
Phase 3 88
Phase 4 133
Not applicable 520
Observational 355
Expanded access 2

How many Deficiency Diseases 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 24
Recruiting 74
Enrolling by invitation 7
Active, not recruiting 28
Available 1

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Deficiency Diseases trials? (3)

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
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 13
Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. 11
USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center 10

Which drugs are being tested for Deficiency Diseases? (11)

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
Calcium/Vitamin D 157
Calcium-vitamin D3 108
Burosumab 21
Cyanocobalamin 17
Calcitriol 13

Interventions as named in the registry (4)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
CHOLECALCIFEROL 107
Vitamin D supplementation 13
Vitamin D and Calcium 8
Vitamin D Supplement 8

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 Deficiency Diseases 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 50 12
Death 27 5
Cardiac failure congestive 26 6
Pregnancy loss (miscarriage/fetal death) 26 1
Craniosynostosis 24 4

Which publications cover Deficiency Diseases? (151)

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

Sub-conditions in MeSH (4)

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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