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Condition (MeSH)

Hypercholesterolemia

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1,130 trials for Hypercholesterolemia or a narrower condition beneath it. Organon and Co has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 87.

MeSH D006937 Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases C18
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Phase 1 Phase 1 102 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 10 Phase 2 Phase 2 125 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 9 Phase 3 Phase 3 265 Phase 4 Phase 4 147 Not applicable Not applicable 309 Observational Observational 162 Phase 1 Phase 1 102 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 10 Phase 2 Phase 2 125 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 9 Phase 3 Phase 3 265 Phase 4 Phase 4 147 Not applicable Not applicable 309 Observational Observational 162

Trials per phase (log scale)

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1,130 of the 1,130 trials are tagged with Hypercholesterolemia itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Hypercholesterolemia trials start? (35)

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
  • Other (Unknown)

Top of scale: 64

1990: 4 trials (Observational 3, Phase 2 1) 1991: 4 trials (Observational 3, Phase 3 1) 1992: 4 trials (Observational 3, Phase 3 1) 1993: 2 trials (Phase 3 1, Phase 1 1) 1996: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 3 1) 1997: 1 trials (Phase 1 1) 1998: 4 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1, Phase 2 1) 1999: 7 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 2) 2000: 10 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 6, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2001: 7 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 1) 2002: 32 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 14, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 1) 2003: 44 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 12, Phase 3 17, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 1) 2004: 34 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 6, Phase 3 15, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 1) 2005: 60 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 18, Phase 3 25, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 7) 2006: 41 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 8, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 2) 2007: 64 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 19, Phase 2 10, Phase 1 5) 2008: 56 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 13, Phase 3 11, Phase 2 9, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2009: 40 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 11, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 5, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 5) 2010: 40 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 8, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 6) 2011: 54 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 9, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 12, Phase 1 13) 2012: 57 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 16, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 7, Phase 1 8) 2013: 58 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 19, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 18, Phase 2 7, Phase 1 6) 2014: 36 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 8, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 5) 2015: 34 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 9, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 3) 2016: 51 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 19, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 13, Phase 2 4, Phase 1 2) 2017: 37 trials (Other 1, Observational 5, Not applicable 9, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 7, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2018: 32 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 6, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 4) 2019: 22 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 2) 2020: 33 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 6, Phase 2 2) 2021: 40 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 16, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 9, Phase 2 6, Phase 1 2) 2022: 41 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 15, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 6, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 8) 2023: 34 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 8, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 3) 2024: 55 trials (Observational 15, Not applicable 22, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 6, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 6) 2025: 31 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 17, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 4)

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) 36
2025 31
2024 55
2023 34
2022 41
2021 40
2020 33
2019 22
2018 32
2017 37

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 44 trials starting in 2026 and about 38 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 58 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 13 months across 830 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Hypercholesterolemia trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 102
Phase 1/2 10
Phase 2 125
Phase 2/3 9
Phase 3 265
Phase 4 147
Not applicable 309
Observational 162
Unknown 1

How many Hypercholesterolemia 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 23
Recruiting 48
Enrolling by invitation 8
Active, not recruiting 22
Completed 862

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Hypercholesterolemia trials? (14)

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
Organon and Co 87
AstraZeneca 59
Sanofi 37
Amgen 35
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) 30

Which drugs are being tested for Hypercholesterolemia? (7)

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
ATORVASTATIN 112
Ezetimibe 98
ROSUVASTATIN 70
SIMVASTATIN 53
Alirocumab 47

Interventions as named in the registry (8)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Inclisiran (Leqvio®) 300mg 24
pitavastatin Ca 2mg 19
Statin 16
Pravastatin Pill 14
Ezetimibe + Simvastatin 11

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 Hypercholesterolemia 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 1,329 59
Angina unstable 1,119 57
Angina pectoris 1,088 60
Osteoarthritis 983 45
Atrial fibrillation 728 51

Which publications cover Hypercholesterolemia? (1,340)

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

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Not measured: delivery record.

Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: prevalence, rare-disease identity, and sub-conditions in mesh.

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