Phase I

Psychiatry

pain 26#61volume 691#35

Pain rank 61 of 76, volume rank 35 of 76 by industry trials. Trials here amend about 1.0x 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 40 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 691 industry trials here, the floor is $126M.

If amendments fell by10%$13M30%$38M50%$63M

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 A trial counts as concluded once it has finished, whether completed, terminated or withdrawn.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 sponsors26pain index
Eligibility amendments
40%vs map 40%proxyn = 42sampled
Enrollment failure
7%vs map 13%n = 644concluded
Startup lag
33 dvs map 45.5 dn = 292with dates
Median duration
6.0 mon = 639completed
All sponsors63pain index
Eligibility amendments
43%proxyn = 86sampled
Enrollment failure
12%n = 1,663concluded
Startup lag
90 dn = 1,006with dates
Median duration
16.3 mon = 1,951completed
Why these trials stoppedsponsor decision leads

The most common category here is sponsor decision (10 of 48 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 decision10 (21%)
Low accrual7 (15%)
Not reported6 (13%)
Safety or tolerability5 (10%)
External or regulatory4 (8%)
Other stated reason4 (8%)
No enrollment recorded (inferred)inferred4 (8%)
Business or funding3 (6%)
Completed or objective met3 (6%)
Logistics or operations1 (2%)
Superseded by another study1 (2%)
n = 48terminated or withdrawn
Evidence12 trials

A sample of terminated or withdrawn trials in this cell.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

TrialSponsorStatusStated reason
NCT07359222TM Nutrition LLCterminatedLogistics or operations
NCT06711640USWM, LLC (dba US WorldMeds)withdrawnLow accrual
NCT06618118AbbVieterminatedSponsor decision
NCT06406400AstraZenecaterminatedSponsor decision
NCT06395688Aelis FarmawithdrawnExternal or regulatory
NCT05776901Benten Technologies, Inc.terminatedBusiness or funding
NCT05451017Aelis FarmaterminatedExternal or regulatory
NCT05429788Receptor Life ScienceswithdrawnLow accrual
NCT05268497Janssen Research & Development, LLCwithdrawnBusiness or funding
NCT05252598Optimi Health CorporationwithdrawnSponsor decision
NCT05251376Lyndra Inc.withdrawnSponsor decision
NCT05212116Syndesi TherapeuticswithdrawnSponsor decision

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