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Gulf War Illness: early-phase trial registry
8 of 15 indexed Gulf War Illness trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #1,140 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
15 US clinical trials · 8 currently recruiting · #1,140 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Gulf War Illness: 15 US clinical trials tracked, 8 recruiting.
Gulf War Illness is the subject of 15 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 8 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is VA Office of Research and Development, running 5 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition gulf-war-illness
OPEN 8 | RECR 53% | LATE 2 | EARLY 4 | RANK #1140 | SPON 5
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Beta-Thalassemia (53% recruiting · 15 trials)
Gulf War Illness lists 8 open slots (53% of 15 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 Gulf War Illness 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.
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Gulf War Illness is recruiting above its size-band peers.
8 of 15 indexed trials (53.3%) 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.
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One sponsor concentrates Gulf War Illness research.
VA Office of Research and Development accounts for 5 of 15 trials (33.3%). 8 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Gulf War Illness enrolment sits around 85 participants.
Median target enrolment is 85 among the 15 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 8 of those (53.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Gulf War Illness research is mostly interventional.
11 interventional and 4 observational studies make up this index (73.3% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
15 total, page 1 of 1
Study of Bacopa in Gulf War Illness Patients
Nova Southeastern University
NCT04927338
Confirmation of Diet as a Treatment for Gulf War Illness
American University
NCT05675878
Ca-Mg Butyrate in GWI
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT05367245
Validating Gulf War Illness Blood Biomarkers
Roskamp Institute
NCT05736146
NIH Investigative Deep Phenotyping Study of Gulf War Veteran Health (Project NIH IN-DEPTH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
NCT05375812
Mechanisms of Gulf War Illness
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT05972291
Nicotinamide Riboside Clinical Trial for GWI
Roskamp Institute
NCT05243290
Resistant Potato Starch to Alleviate GWI
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT05820893
Curcumin, Resveratrol, and Stinging Nettle as Treatments for GWI
University of Alabama at Birmingham
NCT05377242
Collaborative Specialty Care for Gulf War Illness
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT04403295
Pilot Test of Apnea and Insomnia Relief for Veterans With Gulf War Illness
University of California, San Francisco
NCT05137743
TNF and Glucocorticoid Antagonist for GWI Associated Multi-symptom Disease Homeostasis Reset
Nova Southeastern University
NCT04254627
Coenzyme Q10 Phase III Trial in Gulf War Illness
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT02865460
Identification of Gulf War Illness (GWI) Biomarkers
Roskamp Institute
NCT03082638
Exercise in Gulf War Illness (GWI)
Georgetown University
NCT01291758
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 1 |
| Phase 2 | 3 |
| Phase 3 | 2 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Gulf War Illness records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Gulf War Illness 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 Gulf War Illness page
15 registered trials, 8 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 8 Gulf War Illness trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- VA Office of Research and Development sponsors the most Gulf War Illness trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See VA Office of Research and Development'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 Gulf War Illness condition card totals 15 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state Florida. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.