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Diseases / Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary Embolism

Disease

Pulmonary embolism is an acute obstruction of pulmonary arteries, usually by thrombus, that can cause dyspnea, chest pain, right heart strain, and sudden death if severe.

Trials
775
Recruiting
99
Completed
427
With results
98

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownTotal
Early Phase 1 21611 11
Phase 1 812 11
Phase 1/2 211 4
Phase 2 115321 22
Phase 2/3 612 9
Phase 3 122421042 72
Phase 4 51438767 68
Not applicable 3978120125229 222
Unknown 4112281901111279 356

Trials started per year

2021
3
2022
33
2023
38
2024
49
2025
32
2026
40
2027
1

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Pulmonary Embolism 111142297268222356 775
Venous Thrombosis 661106423069120 290
Venous Thromboembolism 7628332163273 179
Thrombosis 115761433 67
Atrial Fibrillation 11271521 47
Thromboembolism 11254316 32
Neoplasms 251714 29
Disease 1917 27
COVID-19 12419 26
Hypertension, Pulmonary 1111511 20

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Brigham and Women's Hospital260
2University Hospital, Brest191
3Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris173
4Bayer154
5Assiut University130
6Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne102
7McMaster University104
8University Hospital, Angers101
9Ottawa Hospital Research Institute90
10University of Utah90

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Enoxaparin43
2Rivaroxaban36
3apixaban26
4Warfarin24
5Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight23
6Dalteparin20
7Heparin20
8Tissue Plasminogen Activator17
9Fondaparinux14
10Tinzaparin11

Evidence

Results reported
23%98 of 427 completed
Published
14.8%63 of 427 completed
Primary endpoint met
59.6%31 of 52 analyses
Median months to report
14.5

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
68
Statistical analysis plan
66
PubMed citations
127

Trial profile

Median enrollment
253
Median duration
31months
Countries
95
Study sites
5714

Who is enrolled

Adults
770
Children
86
Older adults
757
Healthy volunteers
63

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
60
Phase 1
24
Phase 1/2
118
Phase 2
79
Phase 2/3
306
Phase 3
493
Phase 4
145
Not applicable
160
Unknown
355

Where trials run

United States
227
France
134
Canada
72
China
62
Spain
57
Italy
55
Germany
53
United Kingdom
50
Netherlands
49
Switzerland
42

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1BostonUnited States61
2ParisFrance60
3BrestFrance49
4New YorkUnited States42
5BeijingChina38
6OttawaCanada36
7PhiladelphiaUnited States36
8Saint-EtienneFrance35
9Clermont-FerrandFrance34
10AngersFrance33

Terminations

Terminated
47
Withdrawn
28
Suspended
4
Stopped for recruitment
2.1%16 of 775 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
40
Recruitment
16
Funding
11
COVID-19
5
Business decision
3
Regulatory
3
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
NCT06189313 Suspended Suspended Enrollment in the study administratively paused pending modifications to the study device design 2029-02-02
NCT06310018 Suspended Suspended Awaiting completion and reporting of related trial 2028-12-31
NCT04996667 Withdrawn Withdrawn no sponsor support 2028-06-30
NCT05946811 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study was cancelled by funding agency before starting enrollment. 2028-06-01
NCT05171075 Terminated Terminated Sponsor Decision 2026-04-10
NCT05171049 Terminated Terminated Sponsor decision 2026-02-04
NCT04855370 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study device no longer available 2025-12-31
NCT04059965 Withdrawn Withdrawn Lack of funding 2025-09-30
NCT06415968 Terminated Terminated difficulty of inclusion, PI decision 2025-02-11
NCT02983760 Terminated Terminated The enrollment process for patients is difficult. 2024-12-17

Trial records