Phase II

Endocrine & Metabolic

pain 45#42volume 1,627#15

Pain rank 42 of 76, volume rank 15 of 76 by industry trials. Trials here sit close to the map median on both amendments and enrollment failure.

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 39 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 $18M at stake per 100 trials. Across the roughly 1,627 industry trials here, the floor is $287M.

If amendments fell by10%$29M30%$86M50%$143M

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 A trial counts as concluded once it has finished, whether completed, terminated or withdrawn.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 sponsors45pain index
Eligibility amendments
39%vs map 40%proxyn = 46sampled
Enrollment failure
14%vs map 13%n = 1,336concluded
Startup lag
41 dvs map 45.5 dn = 859with dates
Median duration
13.0 mon = 1,561completed
All sponsors58pain index
Eligibility amendments
42%proxyn = 90sampled
Enrollment failure
16%n = 2,488concluded
Startup lag
63 dn = 1,676with dates
Median duration
17.8 mon = 3,132completed
Why these trials stoppedsponsor decision leads

The most common category here is sponsor decision (45 of 192 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 decision45 (23%)
Low accrual42 (22%)
Safety or tolerability27 (14%)
Not reported23 (12%)
Efficacy or futility23 (12%)
No enrollment recorded (inferred)inferred7 (4%)
External or regulatory5 (3%)
Business or funding5 (3%)
Other stated reason5 (3%)
Logistics or operations4 (2%)
Superseded by another study2 (1%)
Never initiated2 (1%)
Completed or objective met1 (1%)
Technical or device issue1 (1%)
n = 192terminated or withdrawn
Evidence12 trials

A sample of terminated or withdrawn trials in this cell.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

TrialSponsorStatusStated reason
NCT07357740Novo Nordisk A/SwithdrawnSponsor decision
NCT07259564Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.terminatedSponsor decision
NCT07172867Halia Therapeutics, Inc.withdrawnLow accrual
NCT07030868Eli Lilly and CompanyterminatedSponsor decision
NCT06901349Eli Lilly and CompanywithdrawnSponsor decision
NCT06651515SeraxiswithdrawnSponsor decision
NCT06611930Cytoki PharmaterminatedLow accrual
NCT06515418BioAge Labs, Inc.terminatedLow accrual
NCT06489340ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc.withdrawnLow accrual
NCT06181227Aviceda Therapeutics, Inc.terminatedLogistics or operations
NCT06152042Biomea Fusion Inc.terminatedSponsor decision
NCT06104358Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.withdrawnExternal or regulatory

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