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Diseases / Abdominal Pain

Abdominal Pain

Disease

Abdominal pain (stomach ache) is a symptom that can be associated with both minor and serious medical conditions. Because many vital organs lie in the abdomen, abdominal pain has a broad differential diagnosis and requires careful evaluation.

Trials
360
Recruiting
26
Completed
228
With results
42

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownTotal
Early Phase 1 1 1
Phase 1 1412 8
Phase 1/2 241 7
Phase 2 122313 30
Phase 2/3 811 10
Phase 3 1222313 32
Phase 4 1942 25
Not applicable 151321066522 169
Unknown 632427315 78

Trials started per year

2021
1
2022
14
2023
18
2024
18
2025
21
2026
20

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Abdominal Pain 1873010322516978 360
Irritable Bowel Syndrome 1293544112 77
Diarrhea 1118182249 55
Constipation 11231176 31
Nausea 1314487 28
Vomiting 1342105 25
Gastrointestinal Diseases 1131133 22
Dyspepsia 122184 18
Emergencies 367 16
Appendicitis 518 14

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Baylor College of Medicine90
2Maastricht University Medical Center71
3Karolinska Institutet50
4Mayo Clinic52
5Stanford University50
6Abbott42
7Bausch Health Americas, Inc.42
8Radboud University Medical Center40
9Seattle Children's Hospital40
10Assiut University30

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Cognitive Behavioral Therapy6
2Morphine6
3Acupuncture Therapy5
4Probiotics5
5Control Groups4
6Lidocaine4
7Diet Therapy3
8Dronabinol3
9Ketorolac Tromethamine3
10Ondansetron3

Evidence

Results reported
18.4%42 of 228 completed
Published
13.6%31 of 228 completed
Primary endpoint met
28%14 of 50 analyses
Median months to report
15.5

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
24
Statistical analysis plan
21
PubMed citations
102

Trial profile

Median enrollment
80
Median duration
19.7months
Countries
53
Study sites
1114

Who is enrolled

Adults
308
Children
110
Older adults
237
Healthy volunteers
72

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
20
Phase 1
18
Phase 1/2
39
Phase 2
115
Phase 2/3
81
Phase 3
181
Phase 4
76
Not applicable
66
Unknown
123

Where trials run

United States
151
Turkey (Türkiye)
26
Italy
21
Canada
16
China
14
Netherlands
12
United Kingdom
10
Sweden
9
France
7
Germany
7

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1HoustonUnited States22
2BostonUnited States14
3Los AngelesUnited States14
4San DiegoUnited States14
5ClevelandUnited States10
6ColumbusUnited States10
7Ann ArborUnited States9
8CincinnatiUnited States9
9Kansas CityUnited States9
10MilwaukeeUnited States9

Terminations

Terminated
24
Withdrawn
12
Suspended
1
Stopped for recruitment
3.1%11 of 360 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
19
Recruitment
11
Business decision
3
COVID-19
2
Funding
1
Regulatory
1

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT05408910 Withdrawn Withdrawn new drug formulation by the manufacturer 2025-09-30
NCT05696301 Terminated Terminated Our low recruitment is related to the fact that few women are in pain in our department 6 to 8 weeks postpartum. It was therefore decided not to extend this study. 2025-09-19
NCT04057664 Terminated Terminated The group therapy program is no longer offered at the site, because other group therapies appear to be better integrated into patients' daily lives. 2024-12-04
NCT05635214 Withdrawn Withdrawn Poor community engagement 2023-11-01
NCT04497870 Withdrawn Withdrawn This study was superseded by NCT03295747 2023-09-14
NCT04231279 Terminated Terminated Data collection discontinuity and sponsor reallocation of study resources to manufacturing 2023-06-15
NCT03336034 Terminated Terminated Slow inclusion rate. 2022-05-01
NCT04398316 Terminated Terminated Administrative 2021-06-30
NCT04408872 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study was not approved by the institution's scientific committee. 2021-06-30
NCT04043455 Terminated Terminated Business Decision 2021-04-29

Trial records