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. 2020 Jun 9;10(6):e039978. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039978

Table 1.

Characteristics of registered clinical trials for SARS-CoV-2 infection (n=201 trials)

Clinical trial characteristics Total trials (n=201)
Trial intervention, n (%)
 Drug 188 (93.5)
 Plasma 13 (6.5)
Trial registry source, n (%)
 China 100 (49.8)
 USA 76 (37.8)
 Europe Union 9 (4.5)
 Iran 10 (5.0)
 Japan 4 (2.0)
 ISRCTN 2 (1.0)
Status, n (%)
 Recruiting 120 (59.7)
 Not yet recruiting 75 (37.3)
 Withdrawn 6 (3.0)
Recruitment country,* n (%)
 China 126 (53.9)
 Europe 31 (13.3)
 Asia (except China) 18 (7.7)
 North America 17 (7.3)
 Middle East 13 (5.6)
 South America 6 (2.6)
 Africa 1 (0.4)
 Not reported 22 (9.4)
Phase, n (%)
 0 37 (18.4)
 1 or 1/2 5 (2.5)
 2 32 (15.9)
 2/3 16 (8.0)
 3 33 (16.4)
 4 51 (24.9)
 Not applicable 26 (12.9)
 Missing 2 (1.0)
Lead sponsor, n (%)
 Hospitals 111 (55.2)
 Industry 36 (17.9)
 Government 39 (19.4)
 Other† 7 (3.5)
 Not reported 8 (4.0)
Anticipated enrolment, n (%)
 Median (IQR) 100 (50–240)
 ≤50 54 (26.9)
 51–100 53 (26.4)
 ≥100 94 (46.8)
Outcome,* n (%)
 Surrogate/biomarker 85 (42.3)
 Clinical scale 33 (16.4)
 Clinical outcome 134 (66.7)

Sources: WHO and ClinicalTrials.gov (as of 26 March 2020).

*Percentages may exceed 100% as categories are not mutually exclusive.

†Includes foundations and disease trial networks.

ISRCTN, International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.