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Diseases / Hypertriglyceridemia

Hypertriglyceridemia

Disease

Hypertriglyceridemia is an elevation of blood triglyceride levels that can increase risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and, at very high levels, acute pancreatitis.

Trials
313
Recruiting
20
Completed
212
With results
70

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownApproved for marketingNo longer availableTotal
Early Phase 1 211 4
Phase 1 21121211 29
Phase 1/2 117 9
Phase 2 43448111 62
Phase 2/3 71 8
Phase 3 32536133 53
Phase 4 220219 34
Not applicable 4215594112 88
Unknown 41171111 26

Trials started per year

2021
1
2022
12
2023
9
2024
19
2025
13
2026
16

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Hypertriglyceridemia 429962853348826 313
Dyslipidemias 59312383 43
Hypercholesterolemia 226154112 33
Hyperlipidemias 3531127 31
Insulin Resistance 2128123 28
Obesity 11121183 27
Cardiovascular Diseases 223377 24
Diabetes Mellitus 1632102 24
Metabolic Syndrome 2112133 22
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 1312642 19

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1AstraZeneca125
2Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.105
3Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals85
4GlaxoSmithKline73
5Essentialis, Inc.61
6Abbott51
7National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)50
8National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)51
9Novartis Pharmaceuticals50
10Regeneron Pharmaceuticals51

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Omacor28
2Fenofibrate26
3eicosapentaenoic acid ethyl ester15
4Fish Oils8
5Atorvastatin6
6Corn Oil6
7Diet6
8metreleptin6
9Fatty Acids, Omega-35
10Niacin5

Evidence

Results reported
33%70 of 212 completed
Published
9.4%20 of 212 completed
Primary endpoint met
66.2%49 of 74 analyses
Median months to report
17.5

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
31
Statistical analysis plan
29
PubMed citations
74

Trial profile

Median enrollment
62
Median duration
22months
Countries
60
Study sites
4330

Who is enrolled

Adults
307
Children
35
Older adults
265
Healthy volunteers
84

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
15
Phase 1
48
Phase 1/2
48
Phase 2
56
Phase 2/3
83
Phase 3
311
Phase 4
70
Not applicable
43
Unknown
150

Where trials run

United States
149
Canada
51
China
23
France
18
Germany
17
Hungary
17
Australia
15
Netherlands
15
Poland
15
United Kingdom
15

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1HoustonUnited States36
2CincinnatiUnited States31
3LouisvilleUnited States29
4MiamiUnited States28
5San AntonioUnited States26
6ChicoutimiCanada25
7QuébecCanada25
8PhiladelphiaUnited States24
9St LouisUnited States23
10BaltimoreUnited States22

Terminations

Terminated
16
Withdrawn
8
Suspended
2
Stopped for recruitment
1.6%5 of 313 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
18
Recruitment
5
Business decision
1
Lack of efficacy
1
Funding
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
NCT01527747 Suspended Suspended Funding 2024-12-31
NCT03097107 Suspended Suspended Management decision to suspend the study due to recruitment issues 2024-01-31
NCT05609825 Terminated Terminated The study was terminated due to a change in risk/benefit ratio, which no longer favoured continued development. 2024-01-10
NCT04863014 Terminated Terminated Sponsor Decision 2023-02-15
NCT04419688 Terminated Terminated recruitment failure 2022-12-23
NCT04662528 Withdrawn Withdrawn suspended 2022-10-31
NCT04365400 Terminated Terminated Trial prematurely terminated on 03 May 2022 due to the results from an interim analysis indicating a lack of efficacy in the study population. 2022-05-03
NCT05787457 Terminated Terminated Insufficient recruitment 2021-09-30
NCT04088240 Terminated Terminated Supplements Expired 2021-01-31
NCT03729934 Withdrawn Withdrawn Dissertation for student changed. 2021-01-01

Trial records