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Condition (MeSH)

Urinary Retention

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 202 trials for Urinary Retention or a narrower condition beneath it. Coloplast A/S has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 7.

MeSH D016055 Urogenital Diseases C12
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Phase 1 Phase 1 5 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 4 Phase 2 Phase 2 4 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 3 Phase 3 Phase 3 8 Phase 4 Phase 4 11 Not applicable Not applicable 125 Observational Observational 42 Phase 1 Phase 1 5 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 4 Phase 2 Phase 2 4 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 3 Phase 3 Phase 3 8 Phase 4 Phase 4 11 Not applicable Not applicable 125 Observational Observational 42

Trials per phase (log scale)

202 of the 202 trials are tagged with Urinary Retention itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Urinary Retention 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: 15

2001: 1 trials (Phase 3 1) 2002: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2004: 6 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 2, Phase 3 1) 2005: 4 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 2) 2006: 1 trials (Not applicable 1) 2007: 3 trials (Not applicable 2, Phase 3 1) 2008: 2 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1) 2009: 4 trials (Not applicable 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1) 2010: 5 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 2) 2011: 7 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 3, Phase 1/2 1) 2012: 6 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 5) 2013: 7 trials (Not applicable 4, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1) 2014: 7 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 6) 2015: 8 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 4, Phase 3 2) 2016: 11 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 7, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2017: 14 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 3, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2018: 14 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 9, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2019: 12 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 1, Phase 1 1) 2020: 15 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2021: 12 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 2, Phase 1/2 1) 2022: 14 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 9, Phase 1 1) 2023: 13 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 9, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 1 1) 2024: 7 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 5, Phase 2 1) 2025: 15 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 11, Phase 4 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) 13
2025 15
2024 7
2023 13
2022 14
2021 12
2020 15
2019 12
2018 14
2017 14

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 16 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 19 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 19 months across 134 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Urinary Retention trials in? (8)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 5
Phase 1/2 4
Phase 2 4
Phase 2/3 3
Phase 3 8
Phase 4 11
Not applicable 125
Observational 42

How many Urinary Retention trials are recruiting? (7)

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 8
Recruiting 17
Active, not recruiting 6
Completed 104
Terminated 31

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Urinary Retention 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
Coloplast A/S 7
Spinal Singularity 5
MedtronicNeuro 4
Hollister Incorporated 3
GlaxoSmithKline 2

Which drugs are being tested for Urinary Retention? (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
Tamsulosin 18
ALFUZOSIN 2

Interventions as named in the registry (13)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Acupuncture 1
Epidural 1
Bupivacain 0.125% 1
Pudendal Nerve Block 1
General Anesthesia 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 Urinary Retention 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
Urinary tract infection 4 2
Abdominal pain 3 3
Haematuria 3 1
Atrial fibrillation 2 1
Gastrointestinal bleeding 2 1

Which publications cover Urinary Retention? (359)

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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