DrugEvidence

Diseases / Liver Cirrhosis

Liver Cirrhosis

Disease

Liver cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease characterized by permanent scarring that replaces healthy tissue and progressively impairs liver function. As fibrosis advances, patients can develop portal hypertension, decompensation, and eventual liver failure.

Trials
1251
Recruiting
157
Completed
503
With results
85

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownNo longer availableTotal
Early Phase 1 35 8
Phase 1 5433319 55
Phase 1/2 2111522114 38
Phase 2 14425114215 102
Phase 2/3 221026 22
Phase 3 6413793114 75
Phase 4 8215326329 86
Not applicable 5022611126188111 352
Unknown 704543019613721451 513

Trials started per year

2021
25
2022
88
2023
99
2024
90
2025
78
2026
69
2027
1

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Liver Cirrhosis 85538102227586352513 1251
Fibrosis 17516614104558 162
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 5522443159 130
Hypertension, Portal 1866113354 119
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular 1171432852 97
Liver Diseases 346332445 88
Fatty Liver 154131939 72
Hepatic Encephalopathy 1261462115 56
Ascites 375931313 53
Hepatitis C 2281104518 50

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India511
2Assiut University300
3Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh174
4Air Force Military Medical University, China161
5Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris161
6Beijing Friendship Hospital150
7Seoul National University Hospital151
8AstraZeneca110
9Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran110
10Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital110

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Rifaximin21
2Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic19
3Albumins17
4Carvedilol14
5Standard of Care13
6Propranolol12
7entecavir11
8Terlipressin11
9Lactulose10
10Ribavirin10

Evidence

Results reported
16.9%85 of 503 completed
Published
22.7%114 of 503 completed
Primary endpoint met
25%15 of 60 analyses
Median months to report
12

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
78
Statistical analysis plan
65
PubMed citations
526

Trial profile

Median enrollment
100
Median duration
30months
Countries
75
Study sites
3979

Who is enrolled

Adults
1236
Children
127
Older adults
1157
Healthy volunteers
168

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
40
Phase 1
16
Phase 1/2
42
Phase 2
60
Phase 2/3
74
Phase 3
125
Phase 4
96
Not applicable
90
Unknown
153

Where trials run

United States
227
China
203
France
92
India
83
Germany
78
Italy
76
Spain
72
United Kingdom
68
South Korea
57
Egypt
51

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1New DelhiIndia57
2BarcelonaSpain55
3ShanghaiChina51
4New YorkUnited States45
5SeoulSouth Korea43
6San AntonioUnited States42
7BeijingChina41
8DallasUnited States40
9LondonUnited Kingdom40
10BostonUnited States39

Terminations

Terminated
67
Withdrawn
26
Suspended
4
Stopped for recruitment
1.9%24 of 1251 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
49
Recruitment
24
COVID-19
7
Funding
5
Regulatory
5
Business decision
4
Safety
2
Lack of efficacy
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
NCT04199910 Suspended Suspended COVID pandemia and organisational changes hinder recruitment 2027-12-31
NCT04104321 Suspended Suspended Interim analysis results from the open-label part of the study. The double blind portion of the study will be resumed once the study will continue. 2027-06-30
NCT07102979 Terminated Terminated Slow recruitment and exhaustion of available study funding. 2025-12-31
NCT05649202 Withdrawn Withdrawn No patient eligible 2025-07-31
NCT05516498 Terminated Terminated The study was ended earlier than planned due to a sponsor decision. 2025-07-17
NCT05583539 Withdrawn Withdrawn Never IRB approved 2025-06-30
NCT05342350 Terminated Terminated PI moving on from current institution 2025-06-07
NCT06630572 Terminated Terminated Because drug is expired 2024-08-01
NCT03969199 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study never started 2024-07-31
NCT06082843 Terminated Terminated Company decision 2024-05-30

Trial records