Medical Information Only. Consult your healthcare provider before considering clinical trial enrollment.
Ascites: full-pipeline trial registry
1 of 7 indexed Ascites trials are currently recruiting.
Corpus placement: #2,497 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
7 US clinical trials · 1 currently recruiting · #2,497 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Ascites: 7 US clinical trials tracked, 1 recruiting.
Ascites is the subject of 7 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 1 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 3 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Sanofi, running 2 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition ascites
OPEN 1 | RECR 14% | LATE 2 | EARLY 3 | RANK #2497 | SPON 2
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Adverse Drug Events (14% recruiting · 7 trials)
Ascites lists 1 open slots (14% of 7 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 Ascites 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.
-
Ascites is recruiting below its size-band peers.
1 of 7 indexed trials (14.3%) 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.
-
One sponsor concentrates Ascites research.
Sanofi accounts for 2 of 7 trials (28.6%). 6 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
-
Typical Ascites enrolment sits around 68 participants.
Median target enrolment is 68 among the 7 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 4 of those (57.1%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
-
Ascites research is mostly interventional.
7 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
7 total, page 1 of 1
High Dose Albumin in Refractory Ascites
Baylor College of Medicine
NCT05867602
Comparing Ascites Relief In Two Standard Treatments: Large Volume Paracentesis Vs. Early Tips Using Viatorr Controlled Expansion Stents
University of California, Los Angeles
NCT04315571
Cirrhotic Ascites Treatment With Satavaptan in Patients With Ascites Due to Cirrhosis of the Liver (CATS)
Sanofi
NCT00358878
Satavaptan Dose-Ranging Study in Hyponatraemic Patients With Cirrhotic Ascites
Sanofi
NCT00501722
A Study of OCE-205 in Participants With Cirrhosis With Ascites Who Developed Hepatorenal Syndrome-Acute Kidney Injury
Ocelot Bio
NCT05309200
A (M)Ulti-center, Prospective, (O)Pen Label, Uncontrolled Feasibility (S)Tudy to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of an Automatic Low Flow (A)Scites (Alfa) Pump (I)n Patients With (C)Irrhosis and Refractory or Recurrent Ascites
Sequana Medical N.V.
NCT02400164
Vasoconstrictors as Alternatives to Albumin After Large-Volume Paracentesis (LVP) in Cirrhosis
US Department of Veterans Affairs
NCT00108355
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 2 | 3 |
| Phase 3 | 1 |
| Phase 4 | 1 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Ascites records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Ascites trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.
Related
What to do with this Ascites page
7 registered trials, 1 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 1 Ascites trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Sanofi sponsors the most Ascites trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Sanofi's trials
- Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide
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 Ascites condition card totals 7 registered trials; most-linked intervention Albumin; top US site state Texas. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.