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Condition (MeSH)

Pneumonia, Viral

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 8,014 trials for Pneumonia, Viral or a narrower condition beneath it. Pfizer has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 67.

MeSH D011024 Infections C01 C08
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Phase 1 Phase 1 492 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 256 Phase 2 Phase 2 931 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 274 Phase 3 Phase 3 664 Phase 4 Phase 4 250 Not applicable Not applicable 1,884 Observational Observational 3,231 Phase 1 Phase 1 492 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 256 Phase 2 Phase 2 931 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 274 Phase 3 Phase 3 664 Phase 4 Phase 4 250 Not applicable Not applicable 1,884 Observational Observational 3,231

Trials per phase

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156 of the 8,014 trials are tagged with Pneumonia, Viral itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Pneumonia, Viral trials start? (20)

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: 3,596

1998: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2008: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2009: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2010: 4 trials (Observational 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1) 2011: 3 trials (Observational 3) 2012: 3 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1) 2013: 3 trials (Observational 2, Phase 4 1) 2014: 7 trials (Observational 6, Phase 4 1) 2015: 4 trials (Observational 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2016: 9 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 1 1) 2017: 11 trials (Observational 9, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2018: 12 trials (Observational 7, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 3) 2019: 46 trials (Observational 33, Not applicable 9, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1) 2020: 3,596 trials (Observational 1,684, Not applicable 641, Phase 4 90, Phase 3 320, Phase 2/3 128, Phase 2 449, Phase 1/2 116, Phase 1 168) 2021: 2,154 trials (Observational 820, Not applicable 540, Phase 4 98, Phase 3 179, Phase 2/3 84, Phase 2 235, Phase 1/2 79, Phase 1 119) 2022: 1,068 trials (Observational 382, Not applicable 314, Phase 4 23, Phase 3 79, Phase 2/3 38, Phase 2 102, Phase 1/2 31, Phase 1 99) 2023: 573 trials (Observational 160, Not applicable 196, Phase 4 18, Phase 3 41, Phase 2/3 17, Phase 2 79, Phase 1/2 12, Phase 1 50) 2024: 246 trials (Observational 57, Not applicable 102, Phase 4 6, Phase 3 19, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 28, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 23) 2025: 152 trials (Observational 35, Not applicable 52, Phase 4 7, Phase 3 9, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 22, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 18)

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) 86
2025 152
2024 246
2023 573
2022 1,068
2021 2,154
2020 3,596
2019 46
2018 12
2017 11

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 120 trials starting in 2026 and about 150 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 21 months from start to primary completion across 483 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 8 months across 5,305 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Pneumonia, Viral trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 492
Phase 1/2 256
Phase 2 931
Phase 2/3 274
Phase 3 664
Phase 4 250
Not applicable 1,884
Observational 3,231
Expanded access 32

How many Pneumonia, Viral trials are recruiting? (12)

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 66
Recruiting 281
Enrolling by invitation 26
Active, not recruiting 202
Available 3

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Pneumonia, Viral 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
Pfizer 67
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 61
AstraZeneca 38
ModernaTX, Inc. 34
BioNTech SE 29

Which drugs are being tested for Pneumonia, Viral? (5)

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
Remdesivir 72
BNT162B2 72
Ivermectin 55
AVIGAN 38
MRNA-1273 32

Interventions as named in the registry (10)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Hydroxychloroquin 131
Convalesscent Plasma 83
tocilizumab SC 41
1% Azithromycin 34
COVID-19 Vaccine 34

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 Pneumonia, Viral 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 insufficiency 4,507 2
Respiratory failure 1,987 129
Death 1,378 51
Pneumonia 1,126 144
Acute respiratory failure 1,029 88

Which publications cover Pneumonia, Viral? (2,825)

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

Sub-conditions in MeSH (1)

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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