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Condition (MeSH)

Stroke

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 9,725 trials for Stroke or a narrower condition beneath it. VA Office of Research and Development has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 91.

MeSH D020521 Nervous System Diseases C10 C14
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Phase 1 Phase 1 298 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 146 Phase 2 Phase 2 534 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 122 Phase 3 Phase 3 517 Phase 4 Phase 4 379 Not applicable Not applicable 5,164 Observational Observational 2,559 Phase 1 Phase 1 298 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 146 Phase 2 Phase 2 534 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 122 Phase 3 Phase 3 517 Phase 4 Phase 4 379 Not applicable Not applicable 5,164 Observational Observational 2,559

Trials per phase (log scale)

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7,775 of the 9,725 trials are tagged with Stroke itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Stroke 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. 25 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 (Unknown)

Top of scale: 819

1990: 3 trials (Observational 2, Phase 2 1) 1991: 5 trials (Observational 5) 1992: 4 trials (Observational 3, Phase 3 1) 1993: 10 trials (Observational 6, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 1 1) 1994: 4 trials (Observational 3, Phase 4 1) 1995: 6 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1) 1996: 7 trials (Observational 4, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1) 1997: 7 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1) 1998: 16 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 2) 1999: 17 trials (Observational 11, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 3) 2000: 29 trials (Observational 15, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 3, Phase 2 9) 2001: 34 trials (Observational 13, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 8, Phase 1/2 1) 2002: 53 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 17, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 8, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 3) 2003: 84 trials (Observational 24, Not applicable 9, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 14, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 6) 2004: 68 trials (Observational 17, Not applicable 10, Phase 4 11, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 14, Phase 1 3) 2005: 115 trials (Observational 28, Not applicable 30, Phase 4 12, Phase 3 15, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 13, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 9) 2006: 109 trials (Observational 32, Not applicable 28, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 13, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 14, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 10) 2007: 122 trials (Observational 30, Not applicable 32, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 11, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 13, Phase 1/2 9, Phase 1 14) 2008: 164 trials (Observational 40, Not applicable 53, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 14, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 23, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 11) 2009: 174 trials (Observational 36, Not applicable 56, Phase 4 19, Phase 3 16, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 21, Phase 1/2 9, Phase 1 10) 2010: 188 trials (Observational 51, Not applicable 70, Phase 4 13, Phase 3 14, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 15, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 15) 2011: 219 trials (Observational 63, Not applicable 78, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 6, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 31, Phase 1/2 15, Phase 1 14) 2012: 259 trials (Observational 69, Not applicable 96, Phase 4 13, Phase 3 27, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 24, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 21) 2013: 320 trials (Observational 76, Not applicable 162, Phase 4 13, Phase 3 23, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 22, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 15) 2014: 379 trials (Observational 100, Not applicable 197, Phase 4 18, Phase 3 20, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 17, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 11) 2015: 394 trials (Observational 110, Not applicable 213, Phase 4 20, Phase 3 17, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 16, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 9) 2016: 406 trials (Observational 112, Not applicable 216, Phase 4 19, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 27, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 10) 2017: 443 trials (Observational 124, Not applicable 255, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 5, Phase 2 18, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 13) 2018: 528 trials (Observational 154, Not applicable 303, Phase 4 20, Phase 3 19, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 13, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 9) 2019: 542 trials (Observational 150, Not applicable 321, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 15, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 21, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 14) 2020: 508 trials (Observational 152, Not applicable 295, Phase 4 11, Phase 3 13, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 11, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 15) 2021: 685 trials (Other 1, Observational 223, Not applicable 373, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 24, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 26, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 9) 2022: 666 trials (Observational 181, Not applicable 394, Phase 4 19, Phase 3 26, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 28, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 10) 2023: 772 trials (Observational 197, Not applicable 461, Phase 4 20, Phase 3 33, Phase 2/3 11, Phase 2 31, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 16) 2024: 787 trials (Observational 173, Not applicable 507, Phase 4 18, Phase 3 35, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 23, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 18) 2025: 819 trials (Observational 160, Not applicable 516, Phase 4 25, Phase 3 49, Phase 2/3 8, Phase 2 37, Phase 1/2 9, Phase 1 15)

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) 698
2025 819
2024 787
2023 772
2022 666
2021 685
2020 508
2019 542
2018 528
2017 443

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 890 trials starting in 2026 and about 820 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 1,108 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 23 months across 5,259 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Stroke trials in? (10)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 298
Phase 1/2 146
Phase 2 534
Phase 2/3 122
Phase 3 517
Phase 4 379
Not applicable 5,164
Observational 2,559
Expanded access 5
Unknown 1

How many Stroke trials are recruiting? (11)

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 601
Recruiting 1,509
Enrolling by invitation 93
Active, not recruiting 282
Available 2

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Stroke trials? (2)

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
VA Office of Research and Development 91
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) 74

Which drugs are being tested for Stroke? (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
Tenecteplase 69
Rivaroxaban 52
Cilostazol 31

Interventions as named in the registry (12)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
EC Aspirin 115
Alteplase t-PA 65
Clopidogrel 75 59
Conventional Therapy 53
tDCS 52

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 Stroke 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 16,139 12
MVE 6,060 1
Surgical and medical procedures 5,459 3
Cardiac disorders 3,931 5
Pneumonia 3,707 121

Which publications cover Stroke? (12,136)

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.

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