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Condition (MeSH)

Vascular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 45,874 trials for Vascular Diseases or a narrower condition beneath it. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 474.

MeSH D014652 Cardiovascular Diseases C14
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Phase 1 Phase 1 2,634 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 1,161 Phase 2 Phase 2 3,925 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 605 Phase 3 Phase 3 3,502 Phase 4 Phase 4 3,661 Not applicable Not applicable 16,766 Observational Observational 13,530 Phase 1 Phase 1 2,634 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 1,161 Phase 2 Phase 2 3,925 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 605 Phase 3 Phase 3 3,502 Phase 4 Phase 4 3,661 Not applicable Not applicable 16,766 Observational Observational 13,530

Trials per phase (log scale)

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691 of the 45,874 trials are tagged with Vascular Diseases itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Vascular 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. 110 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: 2,731

1990: 29 trials (Observational 21, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 4) 1991: 45 trials (Observational 33, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 7, Phase 2 2) 1992: 53 trials (Observational 32, Not applicable 2, Phase 3 13, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 1993: 52 trials (Observational 32, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 9, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 1) 1994: 48 trials (Observational 24, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 6, Phase 1 1) 1995: 71 trials (Observational 39, Not applicable 4, Phase 3 16, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 7, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 2) 1996: 65 trials (Observational 29, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 8, Phase 1 3) 1997: 84 trials (Observational 23, Not applicable 11, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 19, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 6) 1998: 152 trials (Observational 41, Not applicable 9, Phase 4 6, Phase 3 33, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 46, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 12) 1999: 167 trials (Observational 47, Not applicable 15, Phase 4 13, Phase 3 30, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 39, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 14) 2000: 245 trials (Observational 70, Not applicable 29, Phase 4 20, Phase 3 45, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 49, Phase 1/2 12, Phase 1 14) 2001: 273 trials (Observational 82, Not applicable 35, Phase 4 29, Phase 3 46, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 52, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 13) 2002: 386 trials (Observational 67, Not applicable 72, Phase 4 54, Phase 3 66, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 78, Phase 1/2 13, Phase 1 26) 2003: 575 trials (Other 1, Observational 129, Not applicable 87, Phase 4 89, Phase 3 111, Phase 2/3 15, Phase 2 70, Phase 1/2 30, Phase 1 43) 2004: 671 trials (Observational 121, Not applicable 105, Phase 4 127, Phase 3 117, Phase 2/3 18, Phase 2 115, Phase 1/2 21, Phase 1 47) 2005: 861 trials (Observational 153, Not applicable 168, Phase 4 133, Phase 3 152, Phase 2/3 24, Phase 2 139, Phase 1/2 33, Phase 1 59) 2006: 1,114 trials (Observational 240, Not applicable 216, Phase 4 169, Phase 3 196, Phase 2/3 23, Phase 2 153, Phase 1/2 30, Phase 1 87) 2007: 1,184 trials (Other 1, Observational 272, Not applicable 229, Phase 4 161, Phase 3 165, Phase 2/3 28, Phase 2 175, Phase 1/2 48, Phase 1 105) 2008: 1,334 trials (Observational 309, Not applicable 305, Phase 4 168, Phase 3 175, Phase 2/3 39, Phase 2 180, Phase 1/2 46, Phase 1 112) 2009: 1,360 trials (Other 2, Observational 343, Not applicable 334, Phase 4 193, Phase 3 144, Phase 2/3 36, Phase 2 154, Phase 1/2 54, Phase 1 100) 2010: 1,483 trials (Observational 440, Not applicable 383, Phase 4 207, Phase 3 129, Phase 2/3 16, Phase 2 154, Phase 1/2 59, Phase 1 95) 2011: 1,528 trials (Observational 423, Not applicable 430, Phase 4 180, Phase 3 136, Phase 2/3 26, Phase 2 169, Phase 1/2 66, Phase 1 98) 2012: 1,607 trials (Other 2, Observational 449, Not applicable 475, Phase 4 175, Phase 3 139, Phase 2/3 15, Phase 2 187, Phase 1/2 53, Phase 1 112) 2013: 1,645 trials (Observational 434, Not applicable 602, Phase 4 142, Phase 3 132, Phase 2/3 28, Phase 2 158, Phase 1/2 50, Phase 1 99) 2014: 1,882 trials (Observational 544, Not applicable 688, Phase 4 187, Phase 3 114, Phase 2/3 26, Phase 2 145, Phase 1/2 52, Phase 1 126) 2015: 1,939 trials (Other 3, Observational 576, Not applicable 719, Phase 4 186, Phase 3 116, Phase 2/3 21, Phase 2 160, Phase 1/2 48, Phase 1 110) 2016: 1,974 trials (Other 1, Observational 610, Not applicable 783, Phase 4 151, Phase 3 99, Phase 2/3 23, Phase 2 149, Phase 1/2 50, Phase 1 108) 2017: 2,062 trials (Observational 699, Not applicable 819, Phase 4 151, Phase 3 93, Phase 2/3 22, Phase 2 146, Phase 1/2 36, Phase 1 96) 2018: 2,219 trials (Observational 720, Not applicable 926, Phase 4 130, Phase 3 117, Phase 2/3 29, Phase 2 150, Phase 1/2 39, Phase 1 108) 2019: 2,259 trials (Observational 733, Not applicable 961, Phase 4 118, Phase 3 104, Phase 2/3 15, Phase 2 148, Phase 1/2 57, Phase 1 123) 2020: 2,190 trials (Observational 822, Not applicable 857, Phase 4 112, Phase 3 106, Phase 2/3 19, Phase 2 124, Phase 1/2 37, Phase 1 113) 2021: 2,605 trials (Other 1, Observational 863, Not applicable 1,097, Phase 4 131, Phase 3 124, Phase 2/3 25, Phase 2 170, Phase 1/2 57, Phase 1 137) 2022: 2,602 trials (Observational 844, Not applicable 1,178, Phase 4 119, Phase 3 126, Phase 2/3 14, Phase 2 149, Phase 1/2 43, Phase 1 129) 2023: 2,698 trials (Observational 877, Not applicable 1,285, Phase 4 120, Phase 3 107, Phase 2/3 25, Phase 2 129, Phase 1/2 49, Phase 1 106) 2024: 2,731 trials (Observational 813, Not applicable 1,336, Phase 4 111, Phase 3 128, Phase 2/3 29, Phase 2 129, Phase 1/2 39, Phase 1 146) 2025: 2,696 trials (Observational 768, Not applicable 1,308, Phase 4 126, Phase 3 141, Phase 2/3 21, Phase 2 160, Phase 1/2 42, Phase 1 130)

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) 2,456
2025 2,696
2024 2,731
2023 2,698
2022 2,602
2021 2,605
2020 2,190
2019 2,259
2018 2,219
2017 2,062

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 3,100 trials starting in 2026 and about 2,800 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 4,006 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 24 months across 26,578 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Vascular Diseases trials in? (10)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 2,634
Phase 1/2 1,161
Phase 2 3,925
Phase 2/3 605
Phase 3 3,502
Phase 4 3,661
Not applicable 16,766
Observational 13,530
Expanded access 85
Unknown 5

How many Vascular 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 2,193
Recruiting 5,550
Enrolling by invitation 357
Active, not recruiting 1,656
Available 23

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Vascular 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
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) 474
Bayer 217
Boehringer Ingelheim 208
Novartis Pharmaceuticals 206
National Cancer Institute (NCI) 193

Which drugs are being tested for Vascular 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
Cytoxan 360
Rivaroxaban 249
Melphalan 229
ATORVASTATIN 202
POMALIDOMIDE 185

Interventions as named in the registry (9)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Dexamethasone/Dexamethasone acetate 751
Bortezomib SC 412
X: Lenalidomide 394
EC Aspirin 385
Clopidogrel 75 354

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 Vascular 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
Other 19,434 59
Pneumonia 16,599 1,064
Surgical and medical procedures 12,534 19
Angina pectoris 10,008 385
Cardiac disorders 9,922 24

Which publications cover Vascular Diseases? (878)

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

Sub-conditions in MeSH (45)

MeSH descendants one level down with at least one trial, most trials first.

+35 more sub-conditions

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Not measured: delivery record.

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

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