Skip to content
Pharma Observatory a Scientist.com platform

Condition (MeSH)

Rickets

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 172 trials for Rickets or a narrower condition beneath it. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 13.

MeSH D012279 Musculoskeletal Diseases C05 C18
Email me this page as a PDF

Search trials, drugs, companies and investigators, and follow each one to the others. Individual plan, $249/seat/mo. Card required.

Phase 1 Phase 1 10 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 9 Phase 2 Phase 2 22 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 3 Phase 3 Phase 3 13 Phase 4 Phase 4 17 Not applicable Not applicable 22 Observational Observational 74 Phase 1 Phase 1 10 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 9 Phase 2 Phase 2 22 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 3 Phase 3 Phase 3 13 Phase 4 Phase 4 17 Not applicable Not applicable 22 Observational Observational 74

Trials per phase (log scale)

1 more section with rows

36 of the 172 trials are tagged with Rickets itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

Get the Rickets report as a PDF

The PDF carries up to 50 rows of each section, where the page shows the first few, with the sources listed. Enter a work email and confirm it from the message we send, and the report follows by email.

When did Rickets trials start? (28)

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: 12

1995: 1 trials (Phase 2 1) 1997: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2000: 1 trials (Phase 2 1) 2001: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 2 1) 2002: 1 trials (Phase 4 1) 2004: 4 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2005: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 1 1) 2006: 9 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 2, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 1) 2007: 2 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1) 2008: 5 trials (Observational 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 2) 2009: 7 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 3) 2010: 7 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 2) 2011: 8 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2012: 9 trials (Observational 3, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 2, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2013: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2014: 6 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2015: 10 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1) 2016: 6 trials (Observational 3, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2) 2017: 5 trials (Observational 2, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1) 2018: 11 trials (Observational 7, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2019: 12 trials (Observational 6, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2020: 11 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2021: 12 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 3) 2022: 11 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1) 2023: 5 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1) 2024: 4 trials (Observational 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2025: 8 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 4, Phase 2 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) 7
2025 8
2024 4
2023 5
2022 11
2021 12
2020 11
2019 12
2018 11
2017 5

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 8 trials starting in 2026 and about 8 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 8 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 24 months across 102 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Rickets trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

Show the trials by phase as a table
Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 10
Phase 1/2 9
Phase 2 22
Phase 2/3 3
Phase 3 13
Phase 4 17
Not applicable 22
Observational 74
Expanded access 2

How many Rickets 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 3
Recruiting 20
Enrolling by invitation 1
Active, not recruiting 8
Available 1

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Rickets trials? (6)

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
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 13
Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. 11
Kyowa Kirin, Inc. 6
Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceutical Development Ltd 5
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) 4

Which drugs are being tested for Rickets? (9)

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
Burosumab 21
Asfotase Alfa 10
Calcium/Vitamin D 6
Calcitriol 5
Cinacalcet 4

Interventions as named in the registry (6)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Paricalitol 3
CHOLECALCIFEROL 3
Lanthanum Carbonate (Fosrenol, BAY77-1931) Granule 2
somatropin AQ 2
Transdermal Teriparatide 2

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 Rickets 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
Craniosynostosis 24 4
Pneumonia 19 6
In patient 9 1
Pyrexia 8 3
Convulsion 7 3

Which publications cover Rickets? (77)

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

Sub-conditions in MeSH (3)

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.

Browse all condition evidence pages