Phase II

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pain 8#73volume 172#71

Pain rank 73 of 76, volume rank 71 of 76 by industry trials. Trials here amend about 0.6x and fail enrollment about 0.4x 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 24 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 $11M at stake per 100 trials. Across the roughly 172 industry trials here, the floor is $19M.

If amendments fell by10%$2M30%$6M50%$9M

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 A trial counts as concluded once it has finished, whether completed, terminated or withdrawn.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 sponsors8pain index
Eligibility amendments
24%vs map 40%proxyn = 41sampled
Enrollment failure
6%vs map 13%n = 153concluded
Startup lag
29 dvs map 45.5 dn = 72with dates
Median duration
8.8 mon = 165completed
All sponsors23pain index
Eligibility amendments
31%proxyn = 86sampled
Enrollment failure
7%n = 325concluded
Startup lag
54 dn = 183with dates
Median duration
12.0 mon = 379completed
Why these trials stoppedsponsor decision leads

The most common category here is sponsor decision (4 of 9 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 decision4 (44%)
Efficacy or futility1 (11%)
Not reported1 (11%)
Technical or device issue1 (11%)
Low accrual1 (11%)
Safety or tolerability1 (11%)
n = 9terminated or withdrawn
Evidence12 trials

A sample of terminated or withdrawn trials in this cell.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

TrialSponsorStatusStated reason
NCT07085468Eli Lilly and CompanyterminatedSponsor decision
NCT05469802TakedawithdrawnSponsor decision
NCT04909723Novome Biotechnologies IncterminatedSponsor decision
NCT04593784AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.terminatedSafety or tolerability
NCT04480736Janssen Research & Development, LLCwithdrawnSponsor decision
NCT02297490Allergopharma GmbH & Co. KGterminatedEfficacy or futility
NCT01507935Danone Asia Pacific Holdings Pte, Ltd.withdrawnTechnical or device issue
NCT00508651MedImmune LLCterminatedLow accrual
NCT02653443Cerus CorporationterminatedNot reported
NCT05303909Singapore General HospitalterminatedLow accrual
NCT04468360Boston UniversityterminatedInvestigator decision or departure
NCT04180969Wayne State UniversitywithdrawnBusiness or funding

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