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Anorexia: full-pipeline trial registry

1 of 12 indexed Anorexia trials are currently recruiting.

Corpus placement: #1,429 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

12 US clinical trials · 1 currently recruiting · #1,429 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Anorexia: 12 US clinical trials tracked, 1 recruiting.

Anorexia is the subject of 12 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 1 of them currently open to new participants. 6 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Bristol-Myers Squibb, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition anorexia

OPEN 1 | RECR 8% | LATE 6 | EARLY 4 | RANK #1429 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Allergic Rhinitis (8% recruiting · 24 trials)

Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Re41.7%Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum41.7%Adherence, Patient16.7%Anorexia (this)8%Accelerated Phase Chronic My0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Anorexia

Anorexia lists 1 open slots (8% of 12 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Anorexia on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Anorexia is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    1 of 12 indexed trials (8.3%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Anorexia research.

    Bristol-Myers Squibb accounts for 3 of 12 trials (25%). 7 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Anorexia trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 33 among the 9 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 8 of those (88.9%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Anorexia research is mostly interventional.

    12 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 23Phase 35Phase 41

Open and recent trials

12 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 3 360 participants

Olanzapine Versus Megestrol Acetate for the Treatment of Loss of Appetite Among Advanced Cancer Patients

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

NCT04939090

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 98 participants

Effects of Mirtazapine on Appetite in Advanced Cancer Patients

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT00488072

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 25 participants

Anamorelin Hydrochloride in Reducing Anorexia in Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03637816

COMPLETED Phase 3 67 participants

Docetaxel With or Without Infliximab in Treating Weight Loss, Loss of Appetite, and Fatigue in Patients With Unresectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Infliximab Treatment Discontinued Effective 10/05/05)

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology

NCT00040885

COMPLETED Phase 4 40 participants

The Safety and Effectiveness of Megace in HIV-Infected Women

Bristol-Myers Squibb

NCT00002345

COMPLETED NA 33 participants

Comparing Real-time fMRI Neurofeedback Versus Sham for Altering Limbic and Eating Disturbances in Anorexia Nervosa

University of Minnesota

NCT04220112

COMPLETED Phase 3 25 participants

Megestrol in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT00031785

COMPLETED Phase 1 18 participants

Study to Compare the Effects of Repeated Doses of an Investigational New Drug and a Placebo on Appetite in Advanced Cancer and Anorexia

Pfizer

NCT04803305

COMPLETED NA 14 participants

Bovine Lactoferrin Supplement in Improving Taste in Patients With Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT01941810

COMPLETED Phase 3

A Study Comparing Megestrol Acetate at 800 mg/Day, and Placebo in AIDS Patients With Anorexia and Cachexia

Bristol-Myers Squibb

NCT00002067

COMPLETED Phase 2

A Study of Different Doses of Megestrol Acetate in Patients With AIDS Who Have Anorexia and Malnutrition

Bristol-Myers Squibb

NCT00002300

COMPLETED Phase 3

Etanercept in Treating Cancer-Related Cachexia and Anorexia in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Mayo Clinic

NCT00046904

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 3
Phase 3 5
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Anorexia records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Megestrol acetate Drug
3 trials
Questionnaire Administration Other
2 trials
Real-Time Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (RT-fMRI) Procedure
1 trials
megestrol acetate Drug
1 trials
Placebo for PF-06946860 Drug
1 trials
PF-06946860 Drug
1 trials
etanercept Biological
1 trials
bovine lactoferrin supplement Dietary supplement
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Anorexia trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Colorado 5 trials
California 5 trials
Texas 4 trials
Illinois 4 trials
Florida 4 trials
Arizona 3 trials
Pennsylvania 2 trials
New York 2 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Anorexia page

12 registered trials, 1 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Anorexia condition card totals 12 registered trials; most-linked intervention Megestrol acetate; top US site state Colorado. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.