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Condition (MeSH)

Multiple Organ Failure

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 190 trials for Multiple Organ Failure or a narrower condition beneath it. Efferon JSC has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 2.

MeSH D009102 Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms C23
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Phase 1 Phase 1 1 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 4 Phase 2 Phase 2 10 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 1 Phase 3 Phase 3 10 Phase 4 Phase 4 14 Not applicable Not applicable 56 Observational Observational 94 Phase 1 Phase 1 1 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 4 Phase 2 Phase 2 10 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 1 Phase 3 Phase 3 10 Phase 4 Phase 4 14 Not applicable Not applicable 56 Observational Observational 94

Trials per phase (log scale)

190 of the 190 trials are tagged with Multiple Organ Failure itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Multiple Organ Failure trials start? (25)

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.

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: 14

1997: 1 trials (Phase 4 1) 2003: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2004: 3 trials (Observational 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2005: 5 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 1) 2006: 4 trials (Not applicable 2, Phase 3 2) 2007: 3 trials (Observational 2, Phase 4 1) 2008: 5 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 1) 2009: 2 trials (Observational 2) 2010: 3 trials (Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2011: 4 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1) 2012: 7 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 4, Phase 3 1) 2013: 8 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 4) 2014: 8 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2015: 8 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 1) 2016: 9 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 4, Phase 3 1) 2017: 11 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 3, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1) 2018: 13 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2019: 13 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 4, Phase 2 2) 2020: 14 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2021: 8 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 5, Phase 2 1) 2022: 7 trials (Observational 7) 2023: 11 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 2) 2024: 13 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 1) 2025: 11 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1)

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) 16
2025 11
2024 13
2023 11
2022 7
2021 8
2020 14
2019 13
2018 13
2017 11

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 17 trials starting in 2026 and about 14 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 28 percent and ran about 20 percent low against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 39 percent and ran about 37 percent low 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 12 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 25 months across 90 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Multiple Organ Failure trials in? (8)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 1
Phase 1/2 4
Phase 2 10
Phase 2/3 1
Phase 3 10
Phase 4 14
Not applicable 56
Observational 94

How many Multiple Organ Failure trials are recruiting? (9)

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 18
Recruiting 15
Enrolling by invitation 1
Active, not recruiting 7
Completed 75

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Multiple Organ Failure trials? (1)

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
Efferon JSC 2

Which drugs are being tested for Multiple Organ Failure? (2)

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
Maltodextrin 2
Ulinastatin 2

Interventions as named in the registry (13)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Standard Care 3
Conventional Treatment 2
Therapeutic plasma exchange 2
Double distilled water 1
Administering propofol 1

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 Multiple Organ Failure 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
Respiratory failure 20 3
Cardiac Disorders 19 1
Hypotension 17 2
GI Disease 15 1
Multi-organ failure 15 1

Which publications cover Multiple Organ Failure? (754)

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

Not on this page

Not measured: delivery record.

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

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