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Diseases / Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Disease

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs but also capable of extrapulmonary involvement. It remains a major global health burden.

Trials
1137
Recruiting
87
Completed
724
With results
153

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownApproved for marketingTotal
Early Phase 1 5 5
Phase 1 2431267318 154
Phase 1/2 12215121 24
Phase 2 124310382113 146
Phase 2/3 3111215 23
Phase 3 964562219 89
Phase 4 411388215 69
Not applicable 221721218653255 304
Unknown 35163618475661 323

Trials started per year

2021
24
2022
56
2023
50
2024
55
2025
42
2026
50
2027
1

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Tuberculosis 515424146238969304323 1137
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary 1643441522624 125
HIV Infections 9517414172019 105
Latent Tuberculosis 1122792543 90
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome 51245123716 82
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant 5133131516 56
Disease 2111413 31
Mycobacterium Infections 44258 23
Lung Neoplasms 198 18
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis 14156 17

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)778
2University of Oxford360
3Global Alliance for TB Drug Development264
4Johns Hopkins University252
5University of Cape Town225
6Centers for Disease Control and Prevention214
7Aeras200
8GlaxoSmithKline190
9National Taiwan University Hospital162
10Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris150

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Isoniazid113
2Rifampin83
3Pyrazinamide61
4Ethambutol45
5bedaquiline36
6Moxifloxacin33
7rifapentine30
8MVA 85A25
9pretomanid24
10efavirenz21

Evidence

Results reported
21.1%153 of 724 completed
Published
11.9%86 of 724 completed
Primary endpoint met
47.5%47 of 99 analyses
Median months to report
16

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
126
Statistical analysis plan
115
PubMed citations
276

Trial profile

Median enrollment
180
Median duration
28.9months
Countries
102
Study sites
2643

Who is enrolled

Adults
1044
Children
387
Older adults
817
Healthy volunteers
390

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
24
Phase 1
32
Phase 1/2
71
Phase 2
106
Phase 2/3
220
Phase 3
566
Phase 4
200
Not applicable
350
Unknown
250

Where trials run

South Africa
208
United States
126
Uganda
87
India
65
United Kingdom
65
China
57
Tanzania
49
Brazil
43
South Korea
43
Zambia
38

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1Cape TownSouth Africa113
2KampalaUganda65
3JohannesburgSouth Africa52
4DurbanSouth Africa44
5LusakaZambia37
6Rio de JaneiroBrazil33
7SeoulSouth Korea31
8New YorkUnited States30
9LondonUnited Kingdom27
10OxfordUnited Kingdom27

Terminations

Terminated
40
Withdrawn
20
Suspended
5
Stopped for recruitment
1.1%13 of 1137 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
27
Recruitment
13
Funding
7
Regulatory
6
COVID-19
4
Lack of efficacy
4
Business decision
2
Safety
2

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT05091580 Suspended Suspended Interruption in funding; Planned restart: October 2026 2028-07-31
NCT05330884 Suspended Suspended changes in protocol 2027-12-31
NCT05539989 Withdrawn Withdrawn The study is no longer moving forward due to the changing TB vaccine landscape. 2026-12-31
NCT06845358 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study not implemented due to funding. 2026-09-01
NCT03159364 Terminated Terminated 2026-07-31
NCT02605538 Withdrawn Withdrawn Time and resource deficiency at the Stockholm CF Center. 2025-12-31
NCT06191692 Withdrawn Withdrawn Lack of Rifapentine 2025-12-30
NCT04518228 Terminated Terminated The study was closed to accrual early based on Study Monitoring Committee review indicating that the study objectives had either been achieved or could not be met within a reasonable timeframe for the then-open arms. 2025-07-10
NCT04311502 Terminated Terminated Accrual was permanently closed due to futility in the experimental arm on June 22, 2023. Follow-up in the experimental arm was extended to 117 weeks. 2025-06-24
NCT05284812 Suspended Suspended It is planned to restart the clinical study after the completion of the clinical trial protocol modification. 2024-12-31

Trial records