Phase II

Gastroenterology

pain 67#23volume 483#48

Pain rank 23 of 76, volume rank 48 of 76 by industry trials. Trials here amend about 1.1x and fail enrollment about 1.2x 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 46 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 $21M at stake per 100 trials. Across the roughly 483 industry trials here, the floor is $99M.

If amendments fell by10%$10M30%$30M50%$50M

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 A trial counts as concluded once it has finished, whether completed, terminated or withdrawn.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 sponsors67pain index
Eligibility amendments
46%vs map 40%proxyn = 46sampled
Enrollment failure
16%vs map 13%n = 404concluded
Startup lag
56 dvs map 45.5 dn = 232with dates
Median duration
15.0 mon = 456completed
All sponsors73pain index
Eligibility amendments
36%proxyn = 89sampled
Enrollment failure
20%n = 806concluded
Startup lag
75 dn = 563with dates
Median duration
19.2 mon = 1,082completed
Why these trials stoppedlow accrual leads

The most common category here is low accrual (20 of 65 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.

Low accrual20 (31%)
Sponsor decision20 (31%)
Not reported9 (14%)
Safety or tolerability4 (6%)
Efficacy or futility4 (6%)
No enrollment recorded (inferred)inferred2 (3%)
Other stated reason2 (3%)
External or regulatory2 (3%)
Business or funding1 (2%)
Superseded by another study1 (2%)
n = 65terminated or withdrawn
Evidence12 trials

A sample of terminated or withdrawn trials in this cell.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

TrialSponsorStatusStated reason
NCT06987968GenfitterminatedSponsor decision
NCT06709612AmacaThera Inc.withdrawnSponsor decision
NCT06153420CinPhloro Pharma, LLCterminatedEfficacy or futility
NCT05900050GenfitterminatedSponsor decision
NCT05606757AbbViewithdrawnSponsor decision
NCT05516498AstraZenecaterminatedSponsor decision
NCT05198700Lallemand Health SolutionswithdrawnLow accrual
NCT049889979 Meters Biopharma, Inc.terminatedSponsor decision
NCT04821310PfizerterminatedSafety or tolerability
NCT04816916Axcella Health, IncterminatedBusiness or funding
NCT04718961Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.terminatedLow accrual
NCT04355169ShionogiterminatedLow accrual

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