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Diseases / Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary Artery Disease

Disease

Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease and results from atherosclerotic plaque buildup in coronary arteries, reducing blood flow to the heart. It can present with angina, myocardial infarction, heart failure, or sudden cardiac events.

Trials
4682
Recruiting
448
Completed
2481
With results
511

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownTemporarily not availableTotal
Early Phase 1 110122 16
Phase 1 1160748 81
Phase 1/2 2123326 37
Phase 2 1152139114131 204
Phase 2/3 336114 54
Phase 3 7818168287235 264
Phase 4 41101035852181155 645
Not applicable 172109118784797444317 1688
Unknown 211741875840643933672 1693

Trials started per year

2021
55
2022
231
2023
218
2024
220
2025
204
2026
199
2027
7

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Coronary Artery Disease 1681372045426464516881693 4682
Myocardial Ischemia 1322343231135146 377
Cardiovascular Diseases 1631921722108151 329
Coronary Disease 163213193291126 302
Myocardial Infarction 2831631826116108 300
Atherosclerosis 41227113170116 262
Acute Coronary Syndrome 127321366783 220
Heart Diseases 16318322145892 217
Diabetes Mellitus 11349356375 191
Angina Pectoris 1139114226178 190

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Abbott Medical Devices797
2Yonsei University600
3Seung-Jung Park591
4China National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases530
5National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)486
6Boston Scientific Corporation4617
7Seoul National University Hospital441
8Cordis US Corp.4114
9University of Florida390
10Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation385

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Clopidogrel165
2Percutaneous Coronary Intervention155
3Aspirin119
4Ticagrelor98
5Prasugrel Hydrochloride60
6Atorvastatin55
7Drug-Eluting Stents47
8Coronary Artery Bypass44
9Rosuvastatin Calcium43
10Exercise41

Evidence

Results reported
20.6%511 of 2481 completed
Published
16.1%400 of 2481 completed
Primary endpoint met
55%165 of 300 analyses
Median months to report
14

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
279
Statistical analysis plan
258
PubMed citations
1726

Trial profile

Median enrollment
175
Median duration
33.8months
Countries
99
Study sites
21001

Who is enrolled

Adults
4632
Children
312
Older adults
4592
Healthy volunteers
409

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
19
Phase 1
24
Phase 1/2
45
Phase 2
77
Phase 2/3
120
Phase 3
205
Phase 4
148
Not applicable
124
Unknown
312

Where trials run

United States
1082
China
506
Germany
351
South Korea
347
Italy
289
United Kingdom
274
Netherlands
273
Canada
265
France
213
Spain
201

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1SeoulSouth Korea278
2BeijingChina223
3New YorkUnited States221
4BostonUnited States159
5AtlantaUnited States125
6BarcelonaSpain117
7LondonUnited Kingdom115
8MadridSpain112
9BaltimoreUnited States109
10MinneapolisUnited States107

Terminations

Terminated
264
Withdrawn
120
Suspended
11
Stopped for recruitment
2.1%99 of 4682 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
189
Recruitment
99
Funding
50
Business decision
18
COVID-19
17
Regulatory
11
Lack of efficacy
6
Safety
5

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

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT02249520 Withdrawn Withdrawn Unable to enroll patients 2040-12-31
NCT06566183 Suspended Suspended Study temporarily paused. 2032-12-31
NCT02265146 Withdrawn Withdrawn 0 2030-12-31
NCT01757223 Withdrawn Withdrawn Closure due to lack of funding. 2030-10-31
NCT06257511 Withdrawn Withdrawn Researcher left university before the start of recruitment 2030-06-30
NCT07720661 Withdrawn Withdrawn Registered too early. Completing the vanguard first which is registered separately. 2029-04-30
NCT05393882 Withdrawn Withdrawn Insufficient funding 2027-12-31
NCT03184155 Withdrawn Withdrawn This study was planned, but recruitment and enrollment never began. 2026-12-31
NCT04300764 Withdrawn Withdrawn Trial was never launched due to COVID19 pandemic 2026-12-31
NCT04647448 Withdrawn Withdrawn Abandoned 2026-12-31

Trial records