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Condition (MeSH)

Malabsorption Syndromes

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 631 trials for Malabsorption Syndromes or a narrower condition beneath it. Takeda has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 16.

MeSH D008286 Digestive System Diseases C06 C18
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Phase 1 Phase 1 39 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 13 Phase 2 Phase 2 57 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 10 Phase 3 Phase 3 52 Phase 4 Phase 4 29 Not applicable Not applicable 234 Observational Observational 192 Phase 1 Phase 1 39 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 13 Phase 2 Phase 2 57 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 10 Phase 3 Phase 3 52 Phase 4 Phase 4 29 Not applicable Not applicable 234 Observational Observational 192

Trials per phase (log scale)

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53 of the 631 trials are tagged with Malabsorption Syndromes itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Malabsorption Syndromes 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. 1 trial is 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: 45

1991: 1 trials (Observational 1) 1994: 1 trials (Observational 1) 1995: 2 trials (Observational 2) 1996: 1 trials (Phase 2 1) 1997: 1 trials (Observational 1) 1998: 2 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1) 1999: 1 trials (Not applicable 1) 2000: 2 trials (Observational 2) 2001: 4 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 2) 2003: 5 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 2) 2004: 6 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 2, Phase 3 1) 2005: 5 trials (Observational 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 2) 2006: 11 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2007: 14 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 3, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 1) 2008: 21 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 3) 2009: 25 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 7, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 5) 2010: 19 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 6, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3) 2011: 21 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 5, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 1) 2012: 26 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 11, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 2) 2013: 25 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 2) 2014: 19 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 4, Phase 1 1) 2015: 37 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 17, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2016: 37 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 15, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 3) 2017: 37 trials (Observational 13, Not applicable 15, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3) 2018: 45 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 23, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 5, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 3) 2019: 26 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 9, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 4) 2020: 34 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 10, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 4) 2021: 35 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 3, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2022: 43 trials (Observational 11, Not applicable 20, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 6, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2023: 27 trials (Observational 14, Not applicable 10, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 1) 2024: 26 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 1) 2025: 33 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 15, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 5, 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) 29
2025 33
2024 26
2023 27
2022 43
2021 35
2020 34
2019 26
2018 45
2017 37

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 38 trials starting in 2026 and about 35 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 28 months from start to primary completion across 45 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 19 months across 410 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Malabsorption Syndromes trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 39
Phase 1/2 13
Phase 2 57
Phase 2/3 10
Phase 3 52
Phase 4 29
Not applicable 234
Observational 192
Expanded access 5

How many Malabsorption Syndromes 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 19
Recruiting 71
Enrolling by invitation 10
Active, not recruiting 15
Completed 378

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Malabsorption Syndromes trials? (5)

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
Takeda 16
Shire 15
9 Meters Biopharma, Inc. 10
Alvine Pharmaceuticals Inc. 7
Zealand Pharma 7

Which drugs are being tested for Malabsorption Syndromes? (8)

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
Larazotide 8
ALV003 7
Glepaglutide 7
INTRALIPID 4
Folic (or folinic) acid 4

Interventions as named in the registry (7)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
teduglutide 0.05 23
OMEGAVEN 10%® 8
Probiotic 4
Apraglutide 4
RP-G28 3

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 Malabsorption Syndromes 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
Device related infection 77 10
Pyrexia 76 12
Diarrhea 56 1
Device breakage 28 10
Catheter sepsis 21 5

Which publications cover Malabsorption Syndromes? (149)

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

Sub-conditions in MeSH (9)

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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