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Cachexia: full-pipeline trial registry

3 of 17 indexed Cachexia trials are currently recruiting.

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17 US clinical trials · 3 currently recruiting · #1,004 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Cachexia: 17 US clinical trials tracked, 3 recruiting.

Cachexia is the subject of 17 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 3 of them currently open to new participants. 8 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 7 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Bristol-Myers Squibb, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition cachexia

OPEN 3 | RECR 18% | LATE 8 | EARLY 7 | RANK #1004 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Advanced Malignant Neoplasm (18% recruiting · 17 trials)

Acute Myeloid Leukemia, in R70.6%Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm52.9%Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia23.5%Cachexia (this)18%Actinic Keratosis11.8%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Cachexia

Cachexia lists 3 open slots (18% of 17 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 Cachexia 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. Cachexia is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    3 of 17 indexed trials (17.6%) 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 Cachexia research.

    Bristol-Myers Squibb accounts for 3 of 17 trials (17.6%). 12 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

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

    Median target enrolment is 67 among the 14 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 9 of those (64.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Cachexia research is mostly interventional.

    16 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (94.1% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 13Phase 24Phase 37Phase 41

Open and recent trials

17 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 2 982 participants

A Study to Learn About the Medicine Ponsegromab in Adults With Cancer of the Pancreas Which Has Spread and Caused Significant Body Weight Loss and Fatigue

Pfizer

NCT06989437

RECRUITING 100 participants

Assoc. of Genomic Polymorphisms With Cancer Cachexia in Subjects With Panc Adenocarcinoma

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT05376592

RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

A Dose Escalation Study of AV-380 in Cancer Patients With Cachexia

AVEO Pharmaceuticals

NCT05865535

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Early Phase 1 10 participants

Ruxolitinib for Cancer Cachexia

Tu Dan

NCT04906746

COMPLETED Phase 3 495 participants

Safety and Efficacy of Anamorelin HCl in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer-Cachexia (ROMANA 2)

Helsinn Therapeutics (U.S.)

NCT01387282

COMPLETED Phase 3 472 participants

Comparison of Nutritional Supplements in Preventing Weight Loss in Patients With Cancer

Radiation Therapy Oncology Group

NCT00053053

COMPLETED Phase 3 221 participants

Multimodal Intervention for Cachexia in Advanced Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

NCT02330926

COMPLETED Phase 2 97 participants

Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of 13 Weeks of the Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM) GSK2881078 in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

GlaxoSmithKline

NCT03359473

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 2 56 participants

Phase II Randomized Study of Physiologic Testosterone Replacement in Premenopausal, HIV-Positive Women

Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

NCT00004400

COMPLETED Phase 4 40 participants

The Safety and Effectiveness of Megace in HIV-Infected Women

Bristol-Myers Squibb

NCT00002345

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 3
Phase 2 4
Phase 3 7
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

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

Megestrol acetate Drug
3 trials
megestrol acetate Drug
1 trials
Placebo for PF-06946860 Drug
1 trials
PF-06946860 Drug
1 trials
Non-Juven Supplement Dietary supplement
1 trials
Juven Dietary supplement
1 trials
testosterone Drug
1 trials
home-based self-assisted exercise program Behavioral
1 trials

US sites by state

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

California 11 trials
Florida 6 trials
North Carolina 5 trials
Illinois 5 trials
Texas 4 trials
South Carolina 4 trials
Pennsylvania 4 trials
New York 4 trials

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

What to do with this Cachexia page

17 registered trials, 3 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 Cachexia condition card totals 17 registered trials; most-linked intervention Megestrol acetate; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.