Phase III

Dermatology

pain 27#60volume 882#29

Pain rank 60 of 76, volume rank 29 of 76 by industry trials. Trials here amend about 0.9x and fail enrollment about 0.6x 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 37 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 $17M at stake per 100 trials. Across the roughly 882 industry trials here, the floor is $147M.

If amendments fell by10%$15M30%$44M50%$73M

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 A trial counts as concluded once it has finished, whether completed, terminated or withdrawn.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 sponsors27pain index
Eligibility amendments
37%vs map 40%proxyn = 46sampled
Enrollment failure
7%vs map 13%n = 688concluded
Startup lag
40 dvs map 45.5 dn = 506with dates
Median duration
15.3 mon = 853completed
All sponsors23pain index
Eligibility amendments
34%proxyn = 89sampled
Enrollment failure
11%n = 910concluded
Startup lag
44 dn = 655with dates
Median duration
15.9 mon = 1,166completed
Why these trials stoppedsponsor decision leads

The most common category here is sponsor decision (15 of 51 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 decision15 (29%)
Safety or tolerability8 (16%)
No enrollment recorded (inferred)inferred7 (14%)
Not reported6 (12%)
Efficacy or futility4 (8%)
Business or funding3 (6%)
Low accrual3 (6%)
External or regulatory2 (4%)
Other stated reason1 (2%)
Technical or device issue1 (2%)
Superseded by another study1 (2%)
n = 51terminated or withdrawn
Evidence12 trials

A sample of terminated or withdrawn trials in this cell.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

TrialSponsorStatusStated reason
NCT06484881Applied Biology, Inc.withdrawnTechnical or device issue
NCT06390722AbbViewithdrawnSponsor decision
NCT05964413InflaRx GmbHterminatedEfficacy or futility
NCT05905783ACELYRIN Inc.terminatedSafety or tolerability
NCT05882877AmgenterminatedSponsor decision
NCT05732454PfizerterminatedSafety or tolerability
NCT05614817Connect Biopharm LLCwithdrawnSponsor decision
NCT05387707Cara Therapeutics, Inc.terminatedEfficacy or futility
NCT05233410Incyte CorporationwithdrawnSafety or tolerability
NCT05219864Incyte CorporationwithdrawnSafety or tolerability
NCT05056779Galderma R&DwithdrawnSponsor decision
NCT05024058Novartis PharmaceuticalsterminatedSafety or tolerability

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