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Condition (MeSH)

Neuromuscular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 9,868 trials for Neuromuscular Diseases or a narrower condition beneath it. GlaxoSmithKline has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 71.

MeSH D009468 Nervous System Diseases C10 Listed by Orphanet as a rare disease
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Phase 1 Phase 1 677 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 343 Phase 2 Phase 2 1,164 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 199 Phase 3 Phase 3 771 Phase 4 Phase 4 434 Not applicable Not applicable 3,731 Observational Observational 2,498 Phase 1 Phase 1 677 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 343 Phase 2 Phase 2 1,164 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 199 Phase 3 Phase 3 771 Phase 4 Phase 4 434 Not applicable Not applicable 3,731 Observational Observational 2,498

Trials per phase

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350 of the 9,868 trials are tagged with Neuromuscular Diseases itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Neuromuscular Diseases trials start? (37)

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. 21 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: 773

1990: 2 trials (Phase 2 2) 1991: 1 trials (Observational 1) 1992: 6 trials (Observational 3, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1) 1993: 6 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1) 1994: 4 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 2) 1995: 11 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 3, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1) 1996: 12 trials (Observational 6, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 1) 1997: 5 trials (Other 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2) 1998: 15 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 3, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1 1) 1999: 13 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 5) 2000: 29 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 6, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 5, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 5) 2001: 37 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 9, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2002: 65 trials (Observational 14, Not applicable 10, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 16, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 2) 2003: 82 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 14, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 20, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 12, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 6) 2004: 95 trials (Observational 15, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 15, Phase 3 19, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 22, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 2) 2005: 133 trials (Other 1, Observational 21, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 13, Phase 3 31, Phase 2/3 5, Phase 2 33, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 9) 2006: 197 trials (Observational 32, Not applicable 35, Phase 4 17, Phase 3 55, Phase 2/3 8, Phase 2 39, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 7) 2007: 178 trials (Observational 39, Not applicable 25, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 31, Phase 2/3 8, Phase 2 38, Phase 1/2 13, Phase 1 10) 2008: 218 trials (Observational 44, Not applicable 39, Phase 4 21, Phase 3 20, Phase 2/3 9, Phase 2 56, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 19) 2009: 244 trials (Observational 37, Not applicable 66, Phase 4 19, Phase 3 34, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 49, Phase 1/2 11, Phase 1 22) 2010: 252 trials (Observational 56, Not applicable 66, Phase 4 26, Phase 3 29, Phase 2/3 5, Phase 2 39, Phase 1/2 11, Phase 1 20) 2011: 263 trials (Observational 58, Not applicable 62, Phase 4 20, Phase 3 41, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 43, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 25) 2012: 287 trials (Observational 80, Not applicable 80, Phase 4 18, Phase 3 27, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 52, Phase 1/2 9, Phase 1 17) 2013: 302 trials (Observational 63, Not applicable 101, Phase 4 26, Phase 3 26, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 46, Phase 1/2 16, Phase 1 14) 2014: 325 trials (Observational 84, Not applicable 109, Phase 4 8, Phase 3 29, Phase 2/3 8, Phase 2 46, Phase 1/2 14, Phase 1 27) 2015: 366 trials (Observational 82, Not applicable 141, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 28, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 48, Phase 1/2 19, Phase 1 28) 2016: 392 trials (Observational 97, Not applicable 154, Phase 4 16, Phase 3 24, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 50, Phase 1/2 15, Phase 1 32) 2017: 385 trials (Observational 87, Not applicable 159, Phase 4 18, Phase 3 25, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 49, Phase 1/2 9, Phase 1 28) 2018: 497 trials (Observational 132, Not applicable 216, Phase 4 25, Phase 3 30, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 44, Phase 1/2 15, Phase 1 28) 2019: 517 trials (Observational 141, Not applicable 224, Phase 4 11, Phase 3 33, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 62, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 30) 2020: 478 trials (Observational 134, Not applicable 184, Phase 4 17, Phase 3 24, Phase 2/3 17, Phase 2 59, Phase 1/2 12, Phase 1 31) 2021: 660 trials (Observational 195, Not applicable 304, Phase 4 13, Phase 3 38, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 54, Phase 1/2 14, Phase 1 32) 2022: 697 trials (Observational 194, Not applicable 339, Phase 4 22, Phase 3 32, Phase 2/3 9, Phase 2 43, Phase 1/2 16, Phase 1 42) 2023: 699 trials (Observational 217, Not applicable 312, Phase 4 22, Phase 3 39, Phase 2/3 8, Phase 2 42, Phase 1/2 19, Phase 1 40) 2024: 773 trials (Observational 213, Not applicable 349, Phase 4 22, Phase 3 24, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 60, Phase 1/2 36, Phase 1 59) 2025: 770 trials (Observational 213, Not applicable 329, Phase 4 16, Phase 3 28, Phase 2/3 12, Phase 2 67, Phase 1/2 21, Phase 1 84)

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) 737
2025 770
2024 773
2023 699
2022 697
2021 660
2020 478
2019 517
2018 497
2017 385

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 920 trials starting in 2026 and about 820 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 1,023 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 19 months across 5,665 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Neuromuscular Diseases trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 677
Phase 1/2 343
Phase 2 1,164
Phase 2/3 199
Phase 3 771
Phase 4 434
Not applicable 3,731
Observational 2,498
Expanded access 51

How many Neuromuscular Diseases trials are recruiting? (13)

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 538
Recruiting 1,418
Enrolling by invitation 162
Active, not recruiting 385
Available 10

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Neuromuscular Diseases trials? (7)

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
GlaxoSmithKline 71
Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc. 58
Pfizer 56
Novartis Pharmaceuticals 55
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) 52

Which drugs are being tested for Neuromuscular Diseases? (6)

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
Pregabalin 146
Duloxetine 53
RITUXIMAB 29
Riluzole 26
Nusinersen 25

Interventions as named in the registry (9)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
L:Lidocaine 62
Exercise 54
Acupuncture 51
Gabapentin 6% 40
Control (placebo) group 29

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 Neuromuscular 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
Pneumonia 1,194 242
Respiratory failure 586 114
Cardiac failure 535 40
Bronchiolitis 360 40
Gastroenteritis 291 103

Which publications cover Neuromuscular Diseases? (385)

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

Rare-disease identity (2)

Shown in this order: exact, broader, narrower, other.

Rare-disease identity
Orphanet disease ORPHA code Relation Source
Neuromuscular disease 68381 Exact Orphadata Science knowledge files, Product 1
Neuromuscular disease 68381 Exact Orphanet Rare Disease Ontology (ORDO)

Sub-conditions in MeSH (8)

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.

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