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Condition (MeSH)

Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 59 trials for Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease or a narrower condition beneath it. Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 6.

MeSH D020163 Nervous System Diseases C10 C16 C18 Listed by Orphanet as a rare disease
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Phase 1 Phase 1 8 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 5 Phase 2 Phase 2 7 Phase 3 Phase 3 4 Phase 4 Phase 4 1 Not applicable Not applicable 6 Observational Observational 28 Phase 1 Phase 1 8 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 5 Phase 2 Phase 2 7 Phase 3 Phase 3 4 Phase 4 Phase 4 1 Not applicable Not applicable 6 Observational Observational 28

Trials per phase (log scale)

59 of the 59 trials are tagged with Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease 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. 1 trial is registered to start in 2027 or later, and not listed here.

Trials over time, by phase

  • Phase 1
  • Phase 1/2
  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3
  • Phase 4
  • Not applicable
  • Observational

Top of scale: 7

1995: 1 trials (Phase 1 1) 1998: 1 trials (Phase 1 1) 2007: 3 trials (Observational 2, Phase 2 1) 2008: 2 trials (Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2009: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2010: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2011: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 1 1) 2012: 3 trials (Observational 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 1) 2013: 4 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2014: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2017: 3 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 1/2 2) 2018: 4 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 1) 2019: 5 trials (Observational 3, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2020: 5 trials (Observational 3, Phase 1 2) 2021: 3 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1) 2022: 7 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2023: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2024: 5 trials (Observational 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2025: 2 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 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) 3
2025 2
2024 5
2023 2
2022 7
2021 3
2020 5
2019 5
2018 4
2017 3

No forecast is made for this condition: it averages 4.2 trial starts a year over the five years to September, under the 5 a year the method needs.

Recruitment duration, a model prediction: 4 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot, fewer than the 5 needed for a median. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease trials in? (7)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 8
Phase 1/2 5
Phase 2 7
Phase 3 4
Phase 4 1
Not applicable 6
Observational 28

How many Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease 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 3
Recruiting 9
Active, not recruiting 7
Completed 25
Terminated 10

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease 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
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc 6
Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc. 4
Abbott Medical Devices 2
iECURE, Inc. 2
Amgen 1

Interventions as named in the registry (15)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
ARCT-810 4
Paracetamol formulation 4 1
Human Heterologous Liver Cells 1
Paracetamol formulation 3 1
Standard of Care Therapy 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 Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease 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
Hyperammonaemia 47 1
Chest Pain 24 1
Vomiting 15 1
Hyperammonaemic Crisis 14 2
Other 14 1

Which publications cover Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease? (25)

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

Prevalence (21)

Shown in this order: jurisdiction, then disease name. Orphanet observation for the mapped ORPHA concept; the mapping relation column says whether that concept is exactly this condition or broader or narrower.

Prevalence
Orphanet disease Type Class Geography Jurisdiction Mapping relation
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency Prevalence at birth 1-9 / 100 000 United States US Exact
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency Prevalence at birth 1-9 / 100 000 United States US Exact
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency Prevalence at birth 1-9 / 100 000 United States US Unspecified
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency Prevalence at birth 1-9 / 100 000 Worldwide Not stated Unspecified
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency Prevalence at birth 1-9 / 100 000 Australia Not stated Exact

Rare-disease identity (2)

Shown in this order: exact, broader, narrower, other.

Rare-disease identity
Orphanet disease ORPHA code Relation Source
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency 664 Exact Orphanet Rare Disease Ontology (ORDO)
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency 664 Exact Orphadata Science knowledge files, Product 1

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Not measured: delivery record.

Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: sub-conditions in mesh.

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