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Condition (MeSH)

Chemically-Induced Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 9,201 trials for Chemically-Induced Disorders or a narrower condition beneath it. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 331.

MeSH D064419 Chemically-Induced Disorders C25
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Phase 1 Phase 1 829 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 235 Phase 2 Phase 2 1,295 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 182 Phase 3 Phase 3 521 Phase 4 Phase 4 568 Not applicable Not applicable 4,019 Observational Observational 1,547 Phase 1 Phase 1 829 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 235 Phase 2 Phase 2 1,295 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 182 Phase 3 Phase 3 521 Phase 4 Phase 4 568 Not applicable Not applicable 4,019 Observational Observational 1,547

Trials per phase (log scale)

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20 of the 9,201 trials are tagged with Chemically-Induced Disorders itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Chemically-Induced Disorders 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. 51 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 (Expanded access, Unknown)

Top of scale: 536

1990: 6 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 3) 1991: 7 trials (Observational 1, Phase 2 3, Phase 1 3) 1992: 15 trials (Observational 2, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 9, Phase 1 2) 1993: 15 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 2 11, Phase 1 2) 1994: 26 trials (Not applicable 2, Phase 2 20, Phase 1 4) 1995: 24 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 4, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 14, Phase 1 1) 1996: 41 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 4, Phase 2 13, Phase 1 12) 1997: 54 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 6, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 23, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 5) 1998: 33 trials (Observational 7, Not applicable 2, Phase 4 3, Phase 3 5, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 12, Phase 1 3) 1999: 38 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 6, Phase 4 6, Phase 3 4, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 11, Phase 1 6) 2000: 46 trials (Observational 6, Not applicable 12, Phase 4 8, Phase 3 7, Phase 2 11, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2001: 88 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 15, Phase 4 6, Phase 3 18, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 23, Phase 1/2 9, Phase 1 7) 2002: 74 trials (Observational 12, Not applicable 10, Phase 4 9, Phase 3 9, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 21, Phase 1/2 4, Phase 1 8) 2003: 128 trials (Observational 14, Not applicable 30, Phase 4 16, Phase 3 22, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 25, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 10) 2004: 185 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 38, Phase 4 15, Phase 3 26, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 48, Phase 1/2 9, Phase 1 30) 2005: 204 trials (Observational 35, Not applicable 48, Phase 4 27, Phase 3 16, Phase 2/3 12, Phase 2 50, Phase 1/2 3, Phase 1 13) 2006: 209 trials (Observational 26, Not applicable 55, Phase 4 16, Phase 3 23, Phase 2/3 11, Phase 2 47, Phase 1/2 9, Phase 1 22) 2007: 232 trials (Observational 30, Not applicable 68, Phase 4 23, Phase 3 28, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 48, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 21) 2008: 273 trials (Observational 42, Not applicable 73, Phase 4 26, Phase 3 27, Phase 2/3 14, Phase 2 43, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 38) 2009: 278 trials (Observational 38, Not applicable 78, Phase 4 18, Phase 3 32, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 62, Phase 1/2 11, Phase 1 29) 2010: 297 trials (Observational 48, Not applicable 87, Phase 4 23, Phase 3 22, Phase 2/3 10, Phase 2 58, Phase 1/2 19, Phase 1 30) 2011: 289 trials (Observational 46, Not applicable 97, Phase 4 22, Phase 3 26, Phase 2/3 9, Phase 2 39, Phase 1/2 12, Phase 1 38) 2012: 301 trials (Observational 48, Not applicable 116, Phase 4 21, Phase 3 14, Phase 2/3 8, Phase 2 52, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 34) 2013: 297 trials (Observational 43, Not applicable 116, Phase 4 29, Phase 3 30, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 48, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 22) 2014: 326 trials (Other 1, Observational 60, Not applicable 137, Phase 4 23, Phase 3 11, Phase 2/3 5, Phase 2 39, Phase 1/2 17, Phase 1 33) 2015: 350 trials (Observational 72, Not applicable 180, Phase 4 17, Phase 3 23, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 27, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 22) 2016: 357 trials (Other 1, Observational 63, Not applicable 171, Phase 4 25, Phase 3 10, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 33, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 38) 2017: 417 trials (Observational 77, Not applicable 208, Phase 4 26, Phase 3 20, Phase 2/3 9, Phase 2 34, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 35) 2018: 411 trials (Observational 73, Not applicable 208, Phase 4 26, Phase 3 11, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 43, Phase 1/2 6, Phase 1 38) 2019: 467 trials (Observational 98, Not applicable 246, Phase 4 17, Phase 3 15, Phase 2/3 5, Phase 2 40, Phase 1/2 13, Phase 1 33) 2020: 469 trials (Observational 115, Not applicable 240, Phase 4 23, Phase 3 11, Phase 2/3 5, Phase 2 36, Phase 1/2 5, Phase 1 34) 2021: 536 trials (Observational 103, Not applicable 274, Phase 4 19, Phase 3 14, Phase 2/3 16, Phase 2 60, Phase 1/2 12, Phase 1 38) 2022: 524 trials (Observational 94, Not applicable 295, Phase 4 19, Phase 3 12, Phase 2/3 7, Phase 2 47, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 42) 2023: 533 trials (Observational 82, Not applicable 302, Phase 4 21, Phase 3 23, Phase 2/3 6, Phase 2 50, Phase 1/2 7, Phase 1 42) 2024: 519 trials (Observational 85, Not applicable 296, Phase 4 21, Phase 3 16, Phase 2/3 4, Phase 2 49, Phase 1/2 8, Phase 1 40) 2025: 502 trials (Observational 97, Not applicable 281, Phase 4 14, Phase 3 14, Phase 2/3 3, Phase 2 45, Phase 1/2 10, Phase 1 38)

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) 495
2025 502
2024 519
2023 533
2022 524
2021 536
2020 469
2019 467
2018 411
2017 417

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 600 trials starting in 2026 and about 510 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 899 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 27 months across 5,986 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Chemically-Induced Disorders trials in? (10)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 829
Phase 1/2 235
Phase 2 1,295
Phase 2/3 182
Phase 3 521
Phase 4 568
Not applicable 4,019
Observational 1,547
Expanded access 4
Unknown 1

How many Chemically-Induced Disorders 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 373
Recruiting 1,020
Enrolling by invitation 85
Active, not recruiting 301
Available 2

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Chemically-Induced Disorders 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
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 331
VA Office of Research and Development 146
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 79

Which drugs are being tested for Chemically-Induced Disorders? (6)

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
Buprenorphine 144
Nicotine Patch 140
Marijuana 61
Cannabidiol 57
Methadone 51

Interventions as named in the registry (9)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
IM naltrexone 136
Treatment As Usual 125
varenicline free base 111
BupropionXL 71
Buprenorphine and Naloxone 69

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 Chemically-Induced Disorders 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
Emergency Visits, post-index 5,380 1
Emergency Visits, pre-index 5,169 1
Hospitalizations, post-index 2,533 1
Hospitalizations, pre-index 2,419 1
All-Cause Emergency Department Visits 2,007 1

Sub-conditions in MeSH (3)

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: publications, prevalence, and rare-disease identity.

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