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Condition (MeSH)

Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 81 trials for Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury or a narrower condition beneath it. Bayer has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 1.

MeSH D056486 Digestive System Diseases C06 C25
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Phase 1 Phase 1 5 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 2 Phase 2 Phase 2 8 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 4 Phase 3 Phase 3 5 Phase 4 Phase 4 7 Not applicable Not applicable 10 Observational Observational 40 Phase 1 Phase 1 5 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 2 Phase 2 Phase 2 8 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 4 Phase 3 Phase 3 5 Phase 4 Phase 4 7 Not applicable Not applicable 10 Observational Observational 40

Trials per phase (log scale)

79 of the 81 trials are tagged with Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury trials start? (23)

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: 11

2000: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2001: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2004: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 3 1) 2005: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2006: 1 trials (Phase 4 1) 2007: 3 trials (Phase 4 2, Phase 2 1) 2009: 2 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1) 2010: 3 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 2) 2012: 5 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 1) 2013: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 1 1) 2014: 3 trials (Observational 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 1 1) 2015: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2016: 3 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1) 2017: 11 trials (Observational 7, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2018: 3 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1) 2019: 2 trials (Observational 2) 2020: 6 trials (Observational 4, Phase 4 2) 2021: 4 trials (Phase 3 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 2) 2022: 7 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1) 2023: 3 trials (Observational 2, Phase 2 1) 2024: 5 trials (Observational 3, Phase 1 2) 2025: 6 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 1 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) 5
2025 6
2024 5
2023 3
2022 7
2021 4
2020 6
2019 2
2018 3
2017 11

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 4 trials starting in 2026 and about 5 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. The 2026 forecast is below the 5 already registered with a 2026 start date: at the cutoff, 2 trials were already registered to start in October to December, more than the method's monthly average allows for, and the method does not use those planned starts.

Prediction, not a registry value: median of 36 months from start to primary completion across 5 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 24 months across 39 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury trials in? (8)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 5
Phase 1/2 2
Phase 2 8
Phase 2/3 4
Phase 3 5
Phase 4 7
Not applicable 10
Observational 40

How many Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury 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 7
Recruiting 8
Active, not recruiting 4
Completed 33
Terminated 5

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury trials? (1)

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
Bayer 1

Which drugs are being tested for Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury? (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
Ursodeoxycholic Acid 3
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 3

Interventions as named in the registry (13)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
N Acetylcysteine 4
Silymarin 3
N Acetyl Cysteine 2
Dexamethasone/Dexamethasone acetate 2
Polyene Phosphatidylcholine 2

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 Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury 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
Acute hepatic failure 4 1
Hypotension 3 2
Pneumonia 2 1
Acute kidney injury 1 1
Alcohol poisoning 1 1

Which publications cover Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury? (436)

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

Publications
Publication Journal Year Major topic
Drug-induced Liver Injury Due to Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder: Results From the DILIN Prospective Study. Journal of addiction medicine 2025 Yes
NAT2 Slow Acetylator Phenotype as a Significant Risk Factor for Hepatotoxicity Caused by Antituberculosis Drugs: Results From a Multiethnic Nested Case-Control Study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2025 Yes
Development and Validation of a Novel Model to Discriminate Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury and Autoimmune Hepatitis. Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2025 Yes
Drug-Induced Liver Injury Caused by Metamizole: Identification of a Characteristic Injury Pattern. Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2025 Yes
Transcriptomic and proteomic characterization of cell and protein biomarkers of checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury. Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII 2025 Yes

Sub-conditions in MeSH (2)

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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