Clinical trials
Overweight trials
Search ClinicalTrials.gov registrations by keyword, then narrow by condition, phase, status, country and start year.
3,511 trials match Source: ClinicalTrials.gov registrations
Trials started per year
By phase, 2000 to 2026.
| Category | Trials |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 |
| 2001 | 7 |
| 2002 | 11 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 23 |
| 2005 | 36 |
| 2006 | 51 |
| 2007 | 65 |
| 2008 | 84 |
| 2009 | 93 |
| 2010 | 85 |
| 2011 | 86 |
| 2012 | 120 |
| 2013 | 82 |
| 2014 | 125 |
| 2015 | 113 |
| 2016 | 127 |
| 2017 | 134 |
| 2018 | 157 |
| 2019 | 151 |
| 2020 | 138 |
| 2021 | 181 |
| 2022 | 174 |
| 2023 | 250 |
| 2024 | 292 |
| 2025 | 397 |
| 2026 | 490 |
Status
Trials by registry status. Select a bar to filter.
| Category | Trials |
|---|---|
| Completed | 2,072 |
| Recruiting | 482 |
| Unknown status | 293 |
| Not yet recruiting | 252 |
| Active, not recruiting | 225 |
| Terminated | 89 |
| Withdrawn | 49 |
| Enrolling by invitation | 44 |
| Suspended | 5 |
Top lead sponsors
A sponsor with a page on Pharma Observatory links to it.
| Category | Trials |
|---|---|
| Novo Nordisk A/S | 96 |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 88 |
| Maastricht University Medical Center | 41 |
| University of California, San Diego | 33 |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 32 |
| University of Colorado, Denver | 30 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | 27 |
| Pfizer | 27 |
| USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center | 26 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 25 |
Top conditions
MeSH conditions the trials were registered with, not their broader categories. A condition with a page on Pharma Observatory links to it.
| Category | Trials |
|---|---|
| Overweight | 3,511 |
| Obesity | 3,004 |
| Weight Loss | 404 |
| Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 | 282 |
| Metabolic Syndrome | 179 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 172 |
| Insulin Resistance | 167 |
| Hypertension | 149 |
| Body Weight | 146 |
| Prediabetic State | 138 |
Trials
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