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Condition (MeSH)

Kidney Failure, Chronic

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1,993 trials for Kidney Failure, Chronic or a narrower condition beneath it. Vantive Health LLC has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 30.

MeSH D007676 Urogenital Diseases C12 C23
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Phase 1 Phase 1 134 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 58 Phase 2 Phase 2 184 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 31 Phase 3 Phase 3 164 Phase 4 Phase 4 233 Not applicable Not applicable 751 Observational Observational 435 Phase 1 Phase 1 134 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 58 Phase 2 Phase 2 184 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 31 Phase 3 Phase 3 164 Phase 4 Phase 4 233 Not applicable Not applicable 751 Observational Observational 435

Trials per phase (log scale)

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1,991 of the 1,993 trials are tagged with Kidney Failure, Chronic itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Kidney Failure, Chronic 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. 5 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 (Expanded access)

Top of scale: 109

1991: 1 trials (Observational 1) 1993: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 2 1) 1994: 1 trials (Observational 1) 1995: 3 trials (Not applicable 2, Phase 2 1) 1996: 3 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1) 1997: 4 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 2) 1998: 4 trials (Observational 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2) 1999: 6 trials (Not applicable 3, Phase 3 3) 2000: 10 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 2, Phase 3 2) 2001: 15 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 3) 2002: 24 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 4) 2003: 34 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 6) 2004: 43 trials (Observational 11, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 12, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2005: 65 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 15, Phase 4 15, Phase 3 10, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 12, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 2) 2006: 69 trials (Observational 15, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 16, Phase 3 7, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 15, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 5) 2007: 66 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 17, Phase 4 13, Phase 3 9, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 5, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 6) 2008: 71 trials (Observational 13, Not applicable 21, Phase 4 12, Phase 3 7, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 11, Phase 1 4) 2009: 65 trials (Observational 17, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 10, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 8, Phase 1 6) 2010: 94 trials (Observational 25, Not applicable 19, Phase 4 19, Phase 3 10, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 10, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 6) 2011: 72 trials (Observational 18, Not applicable 23, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 7, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 6, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 4) 2012: 77 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 24, Phase 4 11, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 8, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 3) 2013: 94 trials (Other 1, Observational 16, Not applicable 38, Phase 4 15, Phase 3 7, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 7, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 7) 2014: 103 trials (Observational 19, Not applicable 40, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 14, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 9) 2015: 99 trials (Observational 19, Not applicable 41, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 6, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 10, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 9) 2016: 88 trials (Observational 18, Not applicable 39, Phase 4 11, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 8, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 5) 2017: 84 trials (Observational 18, Not applicable 43, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 5, Phase 2 7, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 2) 2018: 83 trials (Observational 18, Not applicable 49, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 5, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 2) 2019: 109 trials (Observational 24, Not applicable 49, Phase 4 12, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 9, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 7) 2020: 73 trials (Observational 17, Not applicable 33, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 6, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 5) 2021: 93 trials (Observational 27, Not applicable 40, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 7, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 7) 2022: 87 trials (Observational 19, Not applicable 45, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 8, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 7) 2023: 81 trials (Observational 18, Not applicable 36, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 8, Phase 2 6, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 7) 2024: 87 trials (Observational 19, Not applicable 40, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 6, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 7) 2025: 74 trials (Observational 18, Not applicable 39, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 3)

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) 82
2025 74
2024 87
2023 81
2022 87
2021 93
2020 73
2019 109
2018 83
2017 84

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 99 trials starting in 2026 and about 84 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 36 months from start to primary completion across 121 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 22 months across 1,318 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Kidney Failure, Chronic trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 134
Phase 1/2 58
Phase 2 184
Phase 2/3 31
Phase 3 164
Phase 4 233
Not applicable 751
Observational 435
Expanded access 3

How many Kidney Failure, 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 66
Recruiting 136
Enrolling by invitation 12
Active, not recruiting 70
Completed 1,214

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Kidney Failure, Chronic 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
Vantive Health LLC 30
Amgen 20
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 16
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH 13
Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc. 13

Which drugs are being tested for Kidney Failure, Chronic? (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
EPOETIN ALFA 29
Peginesatide 15
Sirolimus 14
Cinacalcet 13
Triferic 13

Interventions as named in the registry (8)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
IR Tacrolimus 28
Mofetil Mycophenolate 16
Paricalitol 13
darbepoetin alfa SF 11
Lanthanum Carbonate (Fosrenol, BAY77-1931) Granule 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 Kidney Failure, 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 1,165 99
Cardiac failure congestive 561 51
Sepsis 537 66
Urinary tract infection 473 54
Acute myocardial infarction 467 51

Which publications cover Kidney Failure, Chronic? (3,848)

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

Sub-conditions in MeSH (1)

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: prevalence and rare-disease identity.

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