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Diseases / Pancreatitis

Pancreatitis

Disease

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas that may be acute or chronic and can cause severe abdominal pain, digestive dysfunction, and systemic complications.

Trials
486
Recruiting
84
Completed
202
With results
37

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownTotal
Early Phase 1 412 7
Phase 1 14215 13
Phase 1/2 31143 12
Phase 2 939931 34
Phase 2/3 1523 11
Phase 3 3112411 22
Phase 4 632212219 46
Not applicable 2316216473241 159
Unknown 3610268222141 182

Trials started per year

2021
5
2022
32
2023
28
2024
37
2025
38
2026
33
2027
2

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Pancreatitis 7131234112246159182 486
Pancreatitis, Chronic 2236131417 48
Pancreatic Neoplasms 2111018 32
Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing 111121311 30
Pancreatic Diseases 11259 18
Diabetes Mellitus 1239 15
Cholangitis 1171 10
Gallstones 11125 10
Hypertriglyceridemia 111412 10
Sepsis 136 10

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Changhai Hospital130
2Assiut University120
3University of Pittsburgh111
4Ruijin Hospital90
5Peking Union Medical College Hospital80
6University of Southern California80
7Mayo Clinic71
8The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University70
9Air Force Military Medical University, China60
10Cedars-Sinai Medical Center60

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Indomethacin15
2Ringer's Lactate13
3Saline Solution12
4Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde11
5Conservative Treatment6
6Blood Specimen Collection5
7Enteral Nutrition5
8Ketorolac5
9Sodium Chloride5
10Diclofenac4

Evidence

Results reported
18.3%37 of 202 completed
Published
19.3%39 of 202 completed
Primary endpoint met
5.3%2 of 38 analyses
Median months to report
15

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
35
Statistical analysis plan
31
PubMed citations
256

Trial profile

Median enrollment
100
Median duration
30months
Countries
57
Study sites
920

Who is enrolled

Adults
482
Children
70
Older adults
458
Healthy volunteers
49

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
80
Phase 1
60
Phase 1/2
39
Phase 2
48
Phase 2/3
105
Phase 3
221
Phase 4
100
Not applicable
100
Unknown
175

Where trials run

United States
124
China
88
Spain
20
Italy
17
Germany
16
France
14
India
13
South Korea
12
Denmark
11
Russia
11

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1ShanghaiChina32
2PittsburghUnited States25
3Los AngelesUnited States23
4BaltimoreUnited States16
5ColumbusUnited States16
6HangzhouChina15
7IndianapolisUnited States15
8BeijingChina13
9MinneapolisUnited States13
10BostonUnited States12

Terminations

Terminated
28
Withdrawn
11
Suspended
5
Stopped for recruitment
2.5%12 of 486 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
20
Recruitment
12
Funding
5
Lack of efficacy
2
Regulatory
2
Business decision
1
COVID-19
1
Safety
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
NCT06691919 Withdrawn Withdrawn Lack of funding. No participants enrolled. Study was withdrawn 2027-10-31
NCT04306939 Suspended Suspended Suspended for analysis and to consider further enrollment. 2026-12-31
NCT02290769 Suspended Suspended Hospital administrative problems 2026-12-14
NCT02465138 Withdrawn Withdrawn Lack of Funding 2026-07-31
NCT07171112 Withdrawn Withdrawn Unable to recruit eligible participants. 2026-07-02
NCT05847517 Terminated Terminated Persistently low recruitment of subjects 2025-10-06
NCT04291599 Terminated Terminated Inadequate patients recruited. Completion of funding 2025-07-24
NCT04021498 Terminated Terminated Slow recruitment 2025-03-01
NCT05251233 Terminated Terminated Investigator and study team chose to end study early. 2024-06-29
NCT04816877 Terminated Terminated inadequate recruitment despite efforts 2023-12-07

Trial records