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Intestinal Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 17,206 trials for Intestinal Diseases or a narrower condition beneath it. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 222.

MeSH D007410 Digestive System Diseases C06
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Phase 1 Phase 1 1,590 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 769 Phase 2 Phase 2 2,718 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 256 Phase 3 Phase 3 1,380 Phase 4 Phase 4 722 Not applicable Not applicable 5,205 Observational Observational 4,533 Phase 1 Phase 1 1,590 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 769 Phase 2 Phase 2 2,718 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 256 Phase 3 Phase 3 1,380 Phase 4 Phase 4 722 Not applicable Not applicable 5,205 Observational Observational 4,533

Trials per phase (log scale)

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260 of the 17,206 trials are tagged with Intestinal Diseases itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Intestinal Diseases trials start? (37)

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. 23 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: 1,079

1990: 3 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1) 1991: 5 trials (Observational 2, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1) 1992: 2 trials (Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1) 1993: 14 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 9, Phase 2 1) 1994: 11 trials (Observational 2, Phase 3 6, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 1) 1995: 13 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 3) 1996: 21 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 6, Phase 2 7, Phase 1 4) 1997: 33 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 5, Phase 3 8, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 6) 1998: 49 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 10, Phase 2 10, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 11) 1999: 61 trials (Observational 11, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 16, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 9) 2000: 93 trials (Observational 17, Not applicable 9, Phase 3 22, Phase 2 22, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 13) 2001: 115 trials (Observational 13, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 27, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 39, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 18) 2002: 156 trials (Observational 33, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 8, Phase 3 26, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 53, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 13) 2003: 185 trials (Observational 33, Not applicable 20, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 43, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 49, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 19) 2004: 231 trials (Observational 34, Not applicable 30, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 46, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 65, Phase 1/2 16, Phase 1 16) 2005: 296 trials (Observational 44, Not applicable 47, Phase 4 33, Phase 3 50, Phase 2/3 5, Phase 2 74, Phase 1/2 12, Phase 1 31) 2006: 380 trials (Observational 73, Not applicable 61, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 64, Phase 2/3 11, Phase 2 100, Phase 1/2 18, Phase 1 39) 2007: 424 trials (Observational 95, Not applicable 84, Phase 4 29, Phase 3 66, Phase 2/3 8, Phase 2 88, Phase 1/2 18, Phase 1 36) 2008: 433 trials (Observational 100, Not applicable 101, Phase 4 24, Phase 3 62, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 87, Phase 1/2 21, Phase 1 32) 2009: 505 trials (Observational 129, Not applicable 122, Phase 4 24, Phase 3 46, Phase 2/3 8, Phase 2 99, Phase 1/2 26, Phase 1 51) 2010: 522 trials (Observational 127, Not applicable 127, Phase 4 26, Phase 3 40, Phase 2/3 11, Phase 2 102, Phase 1/2 34, Phase 1 55) 2011: 536 trials (Observational 146, Not applicable 114, Phase 4 34, Phase 3 57, Phase 2/3 12, Phase 2 99, Phase 1/2 19, Phase 1 55) 2012: 590 trials (Observational 176, Not applicable 151, Phase 4 35, Phase 3 47, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 103, Phase 1/2 27, Phase 1 44) 2013: 587 trials (Observational 144, Not applicable 204, Phase 4 32, Phase 3 44, Phase 2/3 9, Phase 2 84, Phase 1/2 21, Phase 1 49) 2014: 614 trials (Observational 163, Not applicable 174, Phase 4 30, Phase 3 63, Phase 2/3 8, Phase 2 89, Phase 1/2 27, Phase 1 60) 2015: 705 trials (Observational 189, Not applicable 246, Phase 4 37, Phase 3 51, Phase 2/3 12, Phase 2 92, Phase 1/2 24, Phase 1 54) 2016: 756 trials (Observational 194, Not applicable 254, Phase 4 43, Phase 3 57, Phase 2/3 13, Phase 2 89, Phase 1/2 29, Phase 1 77) 2017: 810 trials (Observational 224, Not applicable 303, Phase 4 28, Phase 3 43, Phase 2/3 11, Phase 2 89, Phase 1/2 39, Phase 1 73) 2018: 878 trials (Observational 242, Not applicable 289, Phase 4 33, Phase 3 60, Phase 2/3 15, Phase 2 127, Phase 1/2 40, Phase 1 72) 2019: 869 trials (Observational 259, Not applicable 289, Phase 4 30, Phase 3 37, Phase 2/3 14, Phase 2 126, Phase 1/2 42, Phase 1 72) 2020: 948 trials (Observational 320, Not applicable 292, Phase 4 27, Phase 3 56, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 105, Phase 1/2 47, Phase 1 91) 2021: 1,009 trials (Observational 318, Not applicable 352, Phase 4 31, Phase 3 62, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 109, Phase 1/2 38, Phase 1 89) 2022: 1,025 trials (Observational 316, Not applicable 357, Phase 4 33, Phase 3 41, Phase 2/3 15, Phase 2 140, Phase 1/2 41, Phase 1 82) 2023: 1,079 trials (Observational 288, Not applicable 406, Phase 4 34, Phase 3 46, Phase 2/3 15, Phase 2 147, Phase 1/2 42, Phase 1 101) 2024: 1,070 trials (Observational 291, Not applicable 385, Phase 4 32, Phase 3 57, Phase 2/3 9, Phase 2 139, Phase 1/2 45, Phase 1 112) 2025: 1,056 trials (Observational 270, Not applicable 370, Phase 4 32, Phase 3 55, Phase 2/3 11, Phase 2 177, Phase 1/2 40, Phase 1 101)

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) 970
2025 1,056
2024 1,070
2023 1,079
2022 1,025
2021 1,009
2020 948
2019 869
2018 878
2017 810

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 1,200 trials starting in 2026 and about 1,100 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 10 percent and ran about 4 percent high against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 25 percent and ran about 15 percent low against the count later registered, and had about 7 percent more error than repeating last year's count. The part-way figures are from forecasts that used a multiple fitted only on earlier years. A stricter check that trains only on older years did not support adding planned starts for conditions of this size: it ran about 6 percent high against the count later registered. 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 1,833 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 27 months across 9,651 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Intestinal Diseases trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 1,590
Phase 1/2 769
Phase 2 2,718
Phase 2/3 256
Phase 3 1,380
Phase 4 722
Not applicable 5,205
Observational 4,533
Expanded access 33

How many Intestinal Diseases trials are recruiting? (12)

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 890
Recruiting 2,350
Enrolling by invitation 137
Active, not recruiting 741
Available 9

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Intestinal Diseases trials? (6)

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
National Cancer Institute (NCI) 222
Takeda 140
Pfizer 111
Hoffmann-La Roche 100
AbbVie 94

Which drugs are being tested for Intestinal Diseases? (9)

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
OXALIPLATIN 463
"Capecitabine" 382
Irinotecan 366
Calcium Leucovorin 327
CETUXIMAB 312

Interventions as named in the registry (6)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Fluorouracile 482
Bevacizumab 1 425
Regorafenib Pill 104
Vedolizumab IV 90
Adalimumab-US 86

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 Intestinal 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
Crohn's disease 2,594 117
Diarrhoea 2,067 278
Abdominal pain 1,879 405
Vomiting 1,636 386
Pyrexia 1,589 306

Which publications cover Intestinal Diseases? (427)

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

Sub-conditions in MeSH (23)

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

+13 more sub-conditions

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Not measured: delivery record.

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

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