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Diseases / Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile Dysfunction

Disease

Erectile dysfunction is the persistent inability to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance. It is a multifactorial condition with organic, psychogenic, and mixed etiologies, and is strongly associated with cardiometabolic comorbidities and age. It can substantially affect quality of life and mental health.

Trials
660
Recruiting
54
Completed
374
With results
69

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownTotal
Early Phase 1 111 3
Phase 1 254825 62
Phase 1/2 2526 15
Phase 2 45236418 60
Phase 2/3 343 10
Phase 3 123744114 99
Phase 4 32801314 103
Not applicable 2811257181256 193
Unknown 116455671124 115

Trials started per year

2021
8
2022
33
2023
34
2024
36
2025
34
2026
39

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Erectile Dysfunction 36215601099103193115 660
Prostatic Neoplasms 1281622110 51
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological 123292814 41
Urinary Incontinence 111144 21
Prostatic Hyperplasia 425144 20
Premature Ejaculation 6246 18
Diabetes Mellitus 14244 15
Hypogonadism 142222 13
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological 2326 13
Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms 111143 11

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Bayer5122
2Eli Lilly and Company2813
3Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.270
4Cairo University161
5VIVUS LLC154
6Rambam Health Care Campus149
7Vigonvita Life Sciences102
8Institute for the Study of Urological Diseases, Greece71
9Pfizer71
10Mayo Clinic60

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Tadalafil80
2Sildenafil Citrate76
3Vardenafil Dihydrochloride58
4avanafil17
5udenafil12
6Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy10
7dapoxetine7
82-(5-(4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazin-1-ylsulfonyl)-2-n-propoxyphenyl)-5-ethyl-7-n-propyl-3,5-dihydro-4H-pyrrolo(3,2-d)pyrimidin-4-one dihydrochloride6
9Exercise6
10Surveys and Questionnaires6

Evidence

Results reported
18.4%69 of 374 completed
Published
9.1%34 of 374 completed
Primary endpoint met
82.1%55 of 67 analyses
Median months to report
12

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
33
Statistical analysis plan
29
PubMed citations
91

Trial profile

Median enrollment
76
Median duration
15months
Countries
68
Study sites
2031

Who is enrolled

Adults
657
Children
27
Older adults
532
Healthy volunteers
141

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
74
Phase 1
24
Phase 1/2
30
Phase 2
72
Phase 2/3
83
Phase 3
280
Phase 4
160
Not applicable
50
Unknown
130

Where trials run

United States
173
Egypt
51
China
36
Italy
33
France
30
Germany
29
South Korea
29
Canada
28
Spain
27
Turkey (Türkiye)
26

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1New YorkUnited States37
2San DiegoUnited States30
3San AntonioUnited States24
4HoustonUnited States20
5HuntsvilleUnited States19
6HaifaIsrael18
7SeoulSouth Korea18
8AventuraUnited States17
9CairoEgypt17
10PhoenixUnited States17

Terminations

Terminated
25
Withdrawn
22
Suspended
1
Stopped for recruitment
1.8%12 of 660 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
28
Recruitment
12
Funding
3
Business decision
2
Regulatory
2
COVID-19
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
NCT06469775 Withdrawn Withdrawn Institution unable to purchase machine to start study. 2031-09-01
NCT06098755 Withdrawn Withdrawn No Participants Enrolled 2028-12-31
NCT06152146 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study submission was discarded with the IRB and no longer moving forward 2026-06-01
NCT04002661 Terminated Terminated The study's inclusion and exclusion criteria are tight and could not enroll any patients 2026-01-23
NCT06347575 Withdrawn Withdrawn The company that supplies the Medical Device has withdrawn. 2025-11-30
NCT05366842 Terminated Terminated The sponsor was unable to produce and provide the study material (stravix) 2025-04-25
NCT05484167 Withdrawn Withdrawn They study lost funding and decided to close the study down. 2025-04-01
NCT05646602 Withdrawn Withdrawn No participants enrolled 2024-12-31
NCT05929300 Withdrawn Withdrawn Lack of recruitment 2024-09-04
NCT05081232 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study will not be conducted 2024-08-31

Trial records