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Condition (MeSH)

Bacteremia

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 337 trials for Bacteremia or a narrower condition beneath it. Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA) has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 5.

MeSH D016470 Infections C01 C23
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Phase 1 Phase 1 11 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 3 Phase 2 Phase 2 23 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 4 Phase 3 Phase 3 24 Phase 4 Phase 4 41 Not applicable Not applicable 110 Observational Observational 118 Phase 1 Phase 1 11 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 3 Phase 2 Phase 2 23 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 4 Phase 3 Phase 3 24 Phase 4 Phase 4 41 Not applicable Not applicable 110 Observational Observational 118

Trials per phase (log scale)

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258 of the 337 trials are tagged with Bacteremia itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Bacteremia trials start? (29)

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: 21

1997: 1 trials (Phase 4 1) 1999: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2000: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 3 1) 2001: 2 trials (Phase 2 2) 2002: 5 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 3) 2003: 3 trials (Phase 4 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2004: 2 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1) 2005: 12 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 3) 2006: 14 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 1 2) 2007: 9 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2008: 15 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 6, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2009: 12 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2010: 16 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2011: 14 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 2) 2012: 15 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 5, Phase 3 1) 2013: 15 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 3, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1) 2014: 15 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 5, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 1) 2015: 13 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 3) 2016: 19 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 1) 2017: 16 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 4, Phase 1 1) 2018: 14 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 8, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2019: 21 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 10, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1) 2020: 8 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 3, Phase 3 1) 2021: 10 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 1) 2022: 17 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 4, Phase 4 3, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2023: 14 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1) 2024: 19 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2025: 10 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 5, 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) 14
2025 10
2024 19
2023 14
2022 17
2021 10
2020 8
2019 21
2018 14
2017 16

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 14 trials starting in 2026 and about 13 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 17 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 19 months across 235 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Bacteremia trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 11
Phase 1/2 3
Phase 2 23
Phase 2/3 4
Phase 3 24
Phase 4 41
Not applicable 110
Observational 118
Expanded access 3

How many Bacteremia 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 6
Recruiting 27
Enrolling by invitation 2
Active, not recruiting 10
Completed 209

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Bacteremia trials? (3)

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
Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC, a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA) 5
Pfizer 4
Spectral Diagnostics (US) Inc. 4

Which drugs are being tested for Bacteremia? (3)

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
Endotoxin 18
Dalbavancin 3
(LMW)heparin 3

Interventions as named in the registry (12)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Daptomycin 6mg/kg/day 15
Vancomycin 1.1% 12
Zyvox - linezolid 6
I.V. Meropenem 5
CEZ, cefazolin sodium 5

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 Bacteremia 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
Septic shock 78 10
Sepsis 77 12
Multi-organ failure 76 3
Cardiac arrest 70 7
Respiratory failure 62 11

Which publications cover Bacteremia? (972)

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

Publications
Publication Journal Year Major topic
Nanomotion-based technology for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing among adult patients admitted to a tertiary-care hospital with Gram-negative bacteraemia: a prospective, single arm, comparative diagnostic accuracy study. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2026 Yes
Developing a clinical prediction model to modify empirical antibiotics for non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infection in children under-five in the Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC infectious diseases 2025 Yes
Oral Versus Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia or Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2025 Yes
Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections. The New England journal of medicine 2025 Yes
Impact of reporting rapid susceptibility results in Gram negative bloodstream infections: a real world prospective study. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 2025 Yes

Sub-conditions in MeSH (1)

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 and rare-disease identity.

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