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Condition (MeSH)

Mouth Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 7,312 trials for Mouth Diseases or a narrower condition beneath it. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 77.

MeSH D009059 Stomatognathic Diseases C07
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Phase 1 Phase 1 375 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 166 Phase 2 Phase 2 670 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 120 Phase 3 Phase 3 383 Phase 4 Phase 4 416 Not applicable Not applicable 3,548 Observational Observational 1,629 Phase 1 Phase 1 375 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 166 Phase 2 Phase 2 670 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 120 Phase 3 Phase 3 383 Phase 4 Phase 4 416 Not applicable Not applicable 3,548 Observational Observational 1,629

Trials per phase (log scale)

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97 of the 7,312 trials are tagged with Mouth Diseases itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Mouth Diseases 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. 15 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, Unknown)

Top of scale: 611

1992: 3 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1) 1993: 1 trials (Observational 1) 1995: 6 trials (Observational 3, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 1) 1996: 11 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 4) 1997: 15 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 2 10, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 1998: 17 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 3, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 2) 1999: 29 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 9, Phase 1 7) 2000: 32 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 8, Phase 2 8, Phase 1 6) 2001: 28 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 5, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 8) 2002: 37 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 11, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 4) 2003: 46 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 11, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 15, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2004: 59 trials (Observational 14, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 10, Phase 2 11, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 7) 2005: 83 trials (Observational 18, Not applicable 15, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 11, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 22, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 7) 2006: 103 trials (Observational 19, Not applicable 19, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 22, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 21, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 5) 2007: 123 trials (Observational 32, Not applicable 28, Phase 4 12, Phase 3 19, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 20, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 7) 2008: 135 trials (Observational 24, Not applicable 35, Phase 4 13, Phase 3 22, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 21, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 12) 2009: 114 trials (Observational 23, Not applicable 29, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 24, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 8) 2010: 162 trials (Other 1, Observational 29, Not applicable 60, Phase 4 16, Phase 3 7, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 28, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 9) 2011: 153 trials (Observational 34, Not applicable 60, Phase 4 16, Phase 3 7, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 15, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 10) 2012: 194 trials (Other 1, Observational 42, Not applicable 70, Phase 4 22, Phase 3 16, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 25, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 11) 2013: 215 trials (Observational 46, Not applicable 82, Phase 4 30, Phase 3 9, Phase 2/3 8, Phase 2 29, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 6) 2014: 276 trials (Other 1, Observational 48, Not applicable 119, Phase 4 20, Phase 3 22, Phase 2/3 17, Phase 2 30, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 12) 2015: 287 trials (Observational 66, Not applicable 120, Phase 4 24, Phase 3 16, Phase 2/3 12, Phase 2 28, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 11) 2016: 344 trials (Observational 68, Not applicable 177, Phase 4 27, Phase 3 8, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 31, Phase 1/2 9, Phase 1 18) 2017: 329 trials (Observational 62, Not applicable 186, Phase 4 21, Phase 3 10, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 30, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 10) 2018: 395 trials (Observational 102, Not applicable 204, Phase 4 22, Phase 3 14, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 26, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 10) 2019: 419 trials (Observational 89, Not applicable 236, Phase 4 21, Phase 3 11, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 36, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 19) 2020: 374 trials (Observational 90, Not applicable 203, Phase 4 17, Phase 3 6, Phase 2/3 5, Phase 2 27, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 18) 2021: 478 trials (Other 1, Observational 127, Not applicable 244, Phase 4 26, Phase 3 17, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 29, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 23) 2022: 487 trials (Observational 122, Not applicable 271, Phase 4 15, Phase 3 7, Phase 2/3 5, Phase 2 29, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 31) 2023: 607 trials (Observational 124, Not applicable 372, Phase 4 16, Phase 3 32, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 24, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 25) 2024: 611 trials (Observational 143, Not applicable 346, Phase 4 18, Phase 3 27, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 34, Phase 1/2 15, Phase 1 26) 2025: 579 trials (Observational 133, Not applicable 325, Phase 4 26, Phase 3 18, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 31, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 30)

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) 504
2025 579
2024 611
2023 607
2022 487
2021 478
2020 374
2019 419
2018 395
2017 329

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 630 trials starting in 2026 and about 580 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 579 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 15 months across 4,454 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Mouth Diseases trials in? (10)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 375
Phase 1/2 166
Phase 2 670
Phase 2/3 120
Phase 3 383
Phase 4 416
Not applicable 3,548
Observational 1,629
Expanded access 2
Unknown 3

How many Mouth Diseases trials are recruiting? (10)

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 434
Recruiting 725
Enrolling by invitation 89
Active, not recruiting 262
Available 2

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Mouth Diseases 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
National Cancer Institute (NCI) 77
Colgate Palmolive 56
GlaxoSmithKline 43

Which drugs are being tested for Mouth Diseases? (4)

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
Platelet Rich Fibrin 36
CETUXIMAB 29
PEMBROLIZUMAB 25
Amoxicillin 24

Interventions as named in the registry (11)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Cisplatin 1 61
2% chlorhexidine 50
open flap debridement 40
Radiation Therapy 36
Low Level Laser Therapy 33

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 Mouth 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
Dehydration 281 55
Nausea 187 34
Pneumonia 184 50
Dysphagia 178 32
Vomiting 170 36

Which publications cover Mouth Diseases? (237)

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

Publications
Publication Journal Year Major topic
A Propolis-Based Protocol for Oral Health in Palliative Care: Results from a Phase II Trial. Journal of palliative medicine 2025 Yes
Concordance of the World Health Organization, Oral Assessment Guide, and Tardieu Scales for Assessment of Oral Mucositis and Oral Disorders in Palliative Care Patients. Journal of palliative medicine 2025 Yes
Oral Health Characteristics 2 Years following Allogeneic Cell Transplant. Journal of dental research 2025 Yes
Oncogenic Oral Human Papillomavirus Clearance Patterns over 10 Years. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 2024 Yes
Prevalence and risk factors of chronic oral complications in head and neck cancer therapies: A retrospective study. Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal 2024 Yes

Sub-conditions in MeSH (26)

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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