Phase I

Dermatology

pain 14#66volume 444#52

Pain rank 66 of 76, volume rank 52 of 76 by industry trials. Trials here amend about 0.6x and fail enrollment about 0.7x the map median.

What this is worth

The amendment proxy, priced. Order of magnitude, anchor cited, assumptions on the table.

Per 100 industry trials in this cell, about 23 rewrite their eligibility criteria at least once. At the industry average of $450k direct cost per amendment, with the 6+ weeks of delay each not even counted, that is at least $10M at stake per 100 trials. Across the roughly 444 industry trials here, the floor is $47M.

If amendments fell by10%$5M30%$14M50%$23M

Assumes $450k direct cost per amendment (industry average; Phase II median runs lower, Phase III higher, and delay cost is excluded), applied to the proxy rate. The proxy counts only trials with at least one eligibility change, so this understates the true exposure. How this is derived.

The signals

Industry sponsors first, since that is the commercial buyer, each figure shown against the map median. All-sponsor figures follow. A trial counts as concluded once it has finished, whether completed, terminated or withdrawn.

Industry sponsors14pain index
Eligibility amendments
23%vs map 40%proxyn = 47sampled
Enrollment failure
9%vs map 13%n = 356concluded
Startup lag
30 dvs map 45.5 dn = 238with dates
Median duration
8.2 mon = 435completed
All sponsors11pain index
Eligibility amendments
20%proxyn = 91sampled
Enrollment failure
13%n = 577concluded
Startup lag
40 dn = 396with dates
Median duration
10.8 mon = 771completed
Why these trials stoppedsponsor decision leads

The most common category here is sponsor decision (11 of 33 stopped). A keyword pass runs first; free text it could not place was sorted once by a frozen AI classification into these same categories, auditable rather than a live model. "No enrollment recorded (inferred)" is not a stated reason: it is read from a zero enrollment count, meaning the trial never enrolled anyone. "Not reported" means the sponsor left the field blank, shown rather than hidden.

Sponsor decision11 (33%)
Low accrual8 (24%)
Safety or tolerability5 (15%)
Logistics or operations2 (6%)
Not reported2 (6%)
Superseded by another study1 (3%)
No enrollment recorded (inferred)inferred1 (3%)
External or regulatory1 (3%)
Efficacy or futility1 (3%)
Technical or device issue1 (3%)
n = 33terminated or withdrawn
Evidence12 trials

A sample of terminated or withdrawn trials in this cell. Each links to its ClinicalTrials.gov record.

TrialSponsorStatusStated reason
NCT07146971Good Molecules, LLCterminatedLow accrual
NCT06932393Guangzhou Bio-gene Technology Co., LtdterminatedLogistics or operations
NCT06469385Concerto BiosciencesterminatedSafety or tolerability
NCT06119529Eli Lilly and CompanyterminatedSafety or tolerability
NCT06055374Brexogen Inc.withdrawnSuperseded by another study
NCT06045624Ornovi, Inc.withdrawnTechnical or device issue
NCT05859724Yellow Jersey Therapeutics AGterminatedSafety or tolerability
NCT05510843Third Harmonic Bio, Inc.terminatedLow accrual
NCT05486208Eli Lilly and CompanyterminatedLow accrual
NCT05382819Fresh Tracks Therapeutics, Inc.terminatedSponsor decision
NCT05288543Nanjing Immunophage Biotech Co., LtdterminatedSponsor decision
NCT04541550IntegoGen, LLCwithdrawnExternal or regulatory

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