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Diseases / COVID-19

COVID-19

Disease

COVID-19 is a contagious infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Clinical manifestations range from asymptomatic infection to severe pneumonia, respiratory failure, and multi-organ complications.

Trials
7561
Recruiting
199
Completed
4188
With results
888

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownApproved for marketingAvailableNo longer availableTotal
Early Phase 1 1112065221 57
Phase 1 8613250412877 423
Phase 1/2 9231282524160 252
Phase 2 195217402166833174 871
Phase 2/3 2121054924579 267
Phase 3 1631929893587157 642
Phase 4 4181112213377 239
Not applicable 4612934104173713384 1673
Unknown 9496801833736359432227 3137

Trials started per year

2021
431
2022
988
2023
450
2024
184
2025
91
2026
47
2027
2

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
COVID-19 5742325287126764223916733137 7561
Coronavirus Infections 554371494410228112252 783
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 216114485263497 270
Pneumonia 111344123273456 209
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome 34216647979 202
Respiratory Distress Syndrome 18244552243160 200
Anxiety Disorders 11218472 161
Virus Diseases 111018102261743 137
Respiratory Insufficiency 232193923242 114
Depression 1112114660 113

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris11014
2Assiut University765
3Pfizer678
4National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)6117
5University Hospital, Strasbourg, France573
6University Hospital, Montpellier431
7AstraZeneca388
8Cairo University356
9Duke University350
10Ain Shams University348

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Standard of Care174
2Hydroxychloroquine162
3BNT162 Vaccine109
4Surveys and Questionnaires109
5Blood Specimen Collection105
6Sodium Chloride87
7COVID-19 Vaccines85
8remdesivir79
9Saline Solution73
102019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-127371

Evidence

Results reported
21.2%888 of 4188 completed
Published
12.8%535 of 4188 completed
Primary endpoint met
30.3%229 of 756 analyses
Median months to report
12

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
1079
Statistical analysis plan
1024
PubMed citations
2546

Trial profile

Median enrollment
146
Median duration
11.6months
Countries
156
Study sites
25210

Who is enrolled

Adults
7335
Children
1325
Older adults
6669
Healthy volunteers
2561

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
34
Phase 1
35
Phase 1/2
66
Phase 2
68
Phase 2/3
200
Phase 3
300
Phase 4
200
Not applicable
99
Unknown
260

Where trials run

United States
1786
France
744
China
419
Turkey (Türkiye)
415
Spain
384
Italy
369
United Kingdom
332
Brazil
306
Canada
278
Egypt
241

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1HoustonUnited States248
2New YorkUnited States227
3ParisFrance225
4MiamiUnited States209
5BostonUnited States183
6ChicagoUnited States178
7IstanbulTurkey (Türkiye)173
8MadridSpain164
9LondonUnited Kingdom161
10Los AngelesUnited States151

Terminations

Terminated
548
Withdrawn
369
Suspended
29
Stopped for recruitment
2.2%169 of 7561 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
372
COVID-19
177
Recruitment
169
Regulatory
70
Funding
58
Lack of efficacy
48
Business decision
40
Safety
12

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

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT04725110 Withdrawn Withdrawn Duplicate record to NCT04115514 2031-10-15
NCT04898985 Suspended Suspended Recruitment was completed for initial evaluation of T-cell response to early Covid-19 2031-05-20
NCT05682625 Withdrawn Withdrawn Difficulty with enrollment 2029-09-30
NCT04466371 Suspended Suspended Administrative problems 2027-12-01
NCT06505993 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study redesign 2027-09-30
NCT04452097 Withdrawn Withdrawn It is a strategic decision by the company, coupled with low incidence of ARDS cases following widespread vaccination efforts. 2027-09-28
NCT04872309 Suspended Suspended COVID arm of study completed, paused while funding sought 2027-08-31
NCT05121428 Suspended Suspended Study completed Phase 1 before funding ended. 2027-03-20
NCT04386070 Suspended Suspended Lack of IMP availability - may resume. 2027-03-01
NCT06247059 Withdrawn Withdrawn Loss of funding prior to study initiation. No participants were enrolled. 2027-01-31

Trial records

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

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