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Diseases / Anemia

Anemia

Disease

Anemia is a condition in which the blood has a reduced number of red blood cells or hemoglobin, leading to decreased oxygen-carrying capacity and symptoms such as fatigue and weakness.

Trials
1661
Recruiting
103
Completed
1065
With results
341

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownAvailableNo longer availableTotal
Early Phase 1 161 8
Phase 1 764842 85
Phase 1/2 61214104 37
Phase 2 1465156431219 255
Phase 2/3 1313113 22
Phase 3 156152483210122 349
Phase 4 1211211626227 196
Not applicable 2015392431818144 371
Unknown 2714692051355414 338

Trials started per year

2021
12
2022
54
2023
59
2024
56
2025
74
2026
56
2027
1
2028
1

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Anemia 8853725522349196371338 1661
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic 2124869281117 187
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency 2536224244527 138
Iron Deficiencies 2323219194422 116
Kidney Failure, Chronic 4225181858 80
Neoplasms 22211199514 73
Myelodysplastic Syndromes 7427217129 69
Malaria 11011319 62
Hematologic Diseases 721292511 48
Anemia, Sickle Cell 36133187 41

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Hoffmann-La Roche9643
2Amgen6227
3Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.5821
4GlaxoSmithKline349
5London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine277
6Akebia Therapeutics219
7American Regent, Inc.1815
8Kyntra Bio189
9Affymax134
10Bayer135

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Epoetin Alfa162
2Darbepoetin alfa117
3continuous erythropoietin receptor activator68
4Iron63
5ferric carboxymaltose61
6ferrous sulfate53
7epoetin beta41
8Ferric Oxide, Saccharated38
9roxadustat34
10Iron-Dextran Complex33

Evidence

Results reported
32%341 of 1065 completed
Published
17%181 of 1065 completed
Primary endpoint met
42.9%93 of 217 analyses
Median months to report
27

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
159
Statistical analysis plan
151
PubMed citations
461

Trial profile

Median enrollment
128
Median duration
24months
Countries
118
Study sites
12798

Who is enrolled

Adults
1420
Children
457
Older adults
1215
Healthy volunteers
358

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
56
Phase 1
30
Phase 1/2
35
Phase 2
60
Phase 2/3
138
Phase 3
211
Phase 4
129
Not applicable
180
Unknown
266

Where trials run

United States
444
Germany
144
France
140
United Kingdom
123
Italy
115
Spain
106
Canada
98
China
89
Poland
70
Australia
62

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1HoustonUnited States107
2Los AngelesUnited States95
3LondonUnited Kingdom89
4New YorkUnited States82
5BarcelonaSpain75
6ParisFrance71
7PhiladelphiaUnited States68
8San AntonioUnited States66
9MadridSpain65
10DetroitUnited States60

Terminations

Terminated
151
Withdrawn
53
Suspended
2
Stopped for recruitment
4.3%72 of 1661 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
77
Recruitment
72
Funding
12
Safety
12
Business decision
9
Regulatory
9
Lack of efficacy
8
COVID-19
7

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

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT06098755 Withdrawn Withdrawn No Participants Enrolled 2028-12-31
NCT07255846 Withdrawn Withdrawn This decision is based solely on internal company prioritization and resource allocation considerations. No patients have been enrolled or dosed in this study and no clinical data have been generated. 2028-03-31
NCT04921696 Withdrawn Withdrawn no patients were included 2026-12-31
NCT05082571 Withdrawn Withdrawn Sponsor decision 2026-10-31
NCT05082584 Withdrawn Withdrawn Sponsor decision 2026-10-31
NCT05457790 Suspended Suspended Study on hold pending consideration for amendment. 2026-10-31
NCT06508827 Withdrawn Withdrawn Difficulty recruiting participants 2026-06-30
NCT07025512 Withdrawn Withdrawn PI requested 2026-05-04
NCT03810911 Terminated Terminated The trial was stopped because of inability to reach target sample size. 2025-07-31
NCT04020224 Withdrawn Withdrawn Sponsor's decision 2025-03-31

Trial records

Individual study records live on ClinicalTrials.gov. A sample of the trials counted above:

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