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Condition (MeSH)

Liver Cirrhosis

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1,500 trials for Liver Cirrhosis or a narrower condition beneath it. Gilead Sciences has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 15.

MeSH D008103 Digestive System Diseases C06 C23
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Phase 1 Phase 1 87 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 45 Phase 2 Phase 2 157 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 29 Phase 3 Phase 3 115 Phase 4 Phase 4 103 Not applicable Not applicable 380 Observational Observational 582 Phase 1 Phase 1 87 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 45 Phase 2 Phase 2 157 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 29 Phase 3 Phase 3 115 Phase 4 Phase 4 103 Not applicable Not applicable 380 Observational Observational 582

Trials per phase (log scale)

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1,258 of the 1,500 trials are tagged with Liver Cirrhosis itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Liver Cirrhosis trials start? (34)

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

Top of scale: 119

1990: 1 trials (Phase 1 1) 1993: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 3 1) 1994: 2 trials (Phase 3 2) 1995: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 1) 1996: 1 trials (Phase 3 1) 1997: 2 trials (Phase 3 1, Phase 1 1) 1998: 2 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1) 2000: 3 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 3 2) 2001: 4 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2002: 8 trials (Observational 2, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1) 2003: 14 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1) 2004: 7 trials (Observational 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 1) 2005: 16 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 5, Phase 1/2 2) 2006: 29 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 9, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 4) 2007: 24 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 3) 2008: 18 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 2) 2009: 33 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 7) 2010: 45 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 9, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 2) 2011: 51 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 8, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 3) 2012: 54 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 15, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 9, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 2) 2013: 49 trials (Observational 22, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 8, Phase 3 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 5, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 2) 2014: 39 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 8, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2015: 62 trials (Observational 23, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 9, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2016: 58 trials (Observational 23, Not applicable 15, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 8, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 2) 2017: 84 trials (Observational 33, Not applicable 25, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 13, Phase 1 2) 2018: 83 trials (Observational 45, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 6, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 8, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 3) 2019: 87 trials (Observational 36, Not applicable 27, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 11, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 5) 2020: 87 trials (Observational 38, Not applicable 29, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 7, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2021: 119 trials (Observational 44, Not applicable 32, Phase 4 11, Phase 3 8, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 7, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 12) 2022: 98 trials (Observational 38, Not applicable 30, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 10, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 7) 2023: 111 trials (Observational 46, Not applicable 36, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 8, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 7, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 4) 2024: 109 trials (Observational 45, Not applicable 24, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 7, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 13, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 7) 2025: 91 trials (Observational 44, Not applicable 27, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 11)

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) 93
2025 91
2024 109
2023 111
2022 98
2021 119
2020 87
2019 87
2018 83
2017 84

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 100 trials starting in 2026 and about 100 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 36 months from start to primary completion across 124 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 24 months across 718 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Liver Cirrhosis trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 87
Phase 1/2 45
Phase 2 157
Phase 2/3 29
Phase 3 115
Phase 4 103
Not applicable 380
Observational 582
Expanded access 2

How many Liver Cirrhosis 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 99
Recruiting 203
Enrolling by invitation 14
Active, not recruiting 65
Available 1

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Liver Cirrhosis 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
Gilead Sciences 15
AstraZeneca 11
Intercept Pharmaceuticals 11

Which drugs are being tested for Liver Cirrhosis? (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
Ursodeoxycholic Acid 34
Obeticholic Acid 14
Entecavir 12
Linerixibat 8
Seladelpar 8

Interventions as named in the registry (8)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Rifaximine 16
Standard Medical Treatment 14
Liver biopsy 13
Carvedilol CR 13
Fenofibrate IDD-P (Insoluble Drug Delivery-Micro Particle) 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 Liver Cirrhosis 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
Hepatitis C 142 1
Hepatic encephalopathy 51 11
All-cause mortality 47 1
Musculoskelatal surgery 46 1
Pneumonia 43 17

Which publications cover Liver Cirrhosis? (3,121)

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

Sub-conditions in MeSH (3)

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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