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Condition (MeSH)

Overnutrition

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 13,606 trials for Overnutrition or a narrower condition beneath it. Novo Nordisk A/S has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 202.

MeSH D044343 Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases C18
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Phase 1 Phase 1 745 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 153 Phase 2 Phase 2 685 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 126 Phase 3 Phase 3 539 Phase 4 Phase 4 580 Not applicable Not applicable 8,030 Observational Observational 2,742 Phase 1 Phase 1 745 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 153 Phase 2 Phase 2 685 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 126 Phase 3 Phase 3 539 Phase 4 Phase 4 580 Not applicable Not applicable 8,030 Observational Observational 2,742

Trials per phase (log scale)

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41 of the 13,606 trials are tagged with Overnutrition itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Overnutrition 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. 37 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: 900

1990: 3 trials (Observational 3) 1991: 4 trials (Observational 4) 1992: 4 trials (Observational 3, Phase 3 1) 1993: 5 trials (Observational 4, Phase 2 1) 1994: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 1/2 1) 1995: 8 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1) 1996: 7 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 2, Phase 3 1) 1997: 7 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 4, Phase 1/2 1) 1998: 18 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 4, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 4) 1999: 30 trials (Observational 14, Not applicable 9, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2) 2000: 41 trials (Observational 11, Not applicable 13, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 8, Phase 2 5, Phase 1 2) 2001: 48 trials (Observational 17, Not applicable 18, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 8, Phase 2 3) 2002: 59 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 37, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 4, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 2) 2003: 92 trials (Observational 20, Not applicable 33, Phase 4 10, Phase 3 9, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 8, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 4) 2004: 170 trials (Observational 29, Not applicable 80, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 14, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 20, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 6) 2005: 215 trials (Observational 47, Not applicable 95, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 21, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 14) 2006: 261 trials (Observational 42, Not applicable 130, Phase 4 17, Phase 3 26, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 22, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 16) 2007: 335 trials (Observational 74, Not applicable 174, Phase 4 15, Phase 3 25, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 25, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 15) 2008: 398 trials (Observational 94, Not applicable 193, Phase 4 16, Phase 3 19, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 38, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 25) 2009: 441 trials (Observational 112, Not applicable 227, Phase 4 25, Phase 3 11, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 25, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 28) 2010: 464 trials (Observational 98, Not applicable 271, Phase 4 27, Phase 3 8, Phase 2/3 13, Phase 2 16, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 26) 2011: 498 trials (Observational 108, Not applicable 293, Phase 4 26, Phase 3 22, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 19, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 23) 2012: 549 trials (Observational 106, Not applicable 350, Phase 4 30, Phase 3 17, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 20, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 22) 2013: 526 trials (Observational 99, Not applicable 321, Phase 4 28, Phase 3 14, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 23, Phase 1/2 12, Phase 1 26) 2014: 555 trials (Observational 103, Not applicable 356, Phase 4 29, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 17, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 21) 2015: 581 trials (Observational 98, Not applicable 406, Phase 4 23, Phase 3 8, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 23, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 15) 2016: 699 trials (Other 1, Observational 171, Not applicable 422, Phase 4 32, Phase 3 16, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 18, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 27) 2017: 664 trials (Other 1, Observational 123, Not applicable 440, Phase 4 30, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 29, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 18) 2018: 692 trials (Observational 134, Not applicable 460, Phase 4 20, Phase 3 19, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 21, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 27) 2019: 688 trials (Observational 150, Not applicable 456, Phase 4 30, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 10, Phase 1/2 2, Phase 1 21) 2020: 557 trials (Other 1, Observational 135, Not applicable 345, Phase 4 17, Phase 3 8, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 14, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 29) 2021: 680 trials (Observational 126, Not applicable 452, Phase 4 15, Phase 3 23, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 32, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 24) 2022: 745 trials (Observational 169, Not applicable 464, Phase 4 19, Phase 3 21, Phase 2/3 11, Phase 2 23, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 34) 2023: 838 trials (Observational 145, Not applicable 536, Phase 4 30, Phase 3 33, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 37, Phase 1/2 11, Phase 1 39) 2024: 837 trials (Observational 142, Not applicable 491, Phase 4 23, Phase 3 29, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 54, Phase 1/2 14, Phase 1 80) 2025: 900 trials (Observational 156, Not applicable 478, Phase 4 38, Phase 3 49, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 73, Phase 1/2 13, Phase 1 90)

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) 871
2025 900
2024 837
2023 838
2022 745
2021 680
2020 557
2019 688
2018 692
2017 664

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 1,100 trials starting in 2026 and about 920 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 1,239 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 20 months across 9,041 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Overnutrition trials in? (10)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 745
Phase 1/2 153
Phase 2 685
Phase 2/3 126
Phase 3 539
Phase 4 580
Not applicable 8,030
Observational 2,742
Expanded access 3
Unknown 3

How many Overnutrition trials are recruiting? (12)

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 580
Recruiting 1,372
Enrolling by invitation 121
Active, not recruiting 620
Available 1

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Overnutrition 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
Novo Nordisk A/S 202
Eli Lilly and Company 112
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) 104

Which drugs are being tested for Overnutrition? (4)

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
Semaglutide 178
TIRZEPATIDE 131
LIRAGLUTIDE 102
Exenatide 34

Interventions as named in the registry (11)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Exercise 152
1% Metformin 104
Diet 82
Control (placebo) group 73
Weight loss 49

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 Overnutrition 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
Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events 6,762 1
Major Adverse Kidney Events 5,557 1
Any SAE Report 2,676 1
Acute myocardial infarction 986 33
Atrial fibrillation 929 47

Which publications cover Overnutrition? (43)

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

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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