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Menkes Disease: early-phase trial registry
1 of 3 indexed Menkes Disease trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #5,209 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
3 US clinical trials · 1 currently recruiting · #5,209 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Menkes Disease: 3 US clinical trials tracked, 1 recruiting.
Menkes Disease is the subject of 3 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 1 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 2 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Stephen G. Kaler, MD, running 1 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition menkes-disease
OPEN 1 | RECR 33% | LATE 0 | EARLY 2 | RANK #5209 | SPON 1
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Adherence, Treatment (33% recruiting · 6 trials)
Menkes Disease lists 1 open slots (33% of 3 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 Menkes Disease 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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Menkes Disease is recruiting below its size-band peers.
1 of 3 indexed trials (33.3%) 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.
Open and recent trials
3 total, page 1 of 1
Phase I/II Study of NORTHERA (DROXIDOPA) for Dysautonomia in Pediatric Survivors of Menkes Disease.
Stephen G. Kaler
NCT07398508
Long Term Follow-up on Menkes Disease Patients
Sentynl Therapeutics
NCT04337684
NORTHERA (DROXIDOPA) for Dysautonomia in Adult Survivors of Menkes Disease and Occipital Horn Syndrome
Stephen G. Kaler, MD
NCT04977388
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 2 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Menkes Disease records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Menkes Disease 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 Menkes Disease page
3 registered trials, 1 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 1 Menkes Disease trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Stephen G. Kaler, MD sponsors the most Menkes Disease trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Stephen G. Kaler, MD'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 Menkes Disease condition card totals 3 registered trials; most-linked intervention Long Term Follow-Up; top US site state New York. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.