DATA STORY · NEW TRIALS
2026 has the most new peptide trials registered of any year to 25 August: 466
466 new trials of the 60 peptides this index tracks were registered on ClinicalTrials.gov from 1 January to 25 August 2026. Over the same days, 2025 had 394. No earlier year had more.
CHART
New trials registered, 1 January to 25 August, by year
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, read 2026-10-01.
THE FIGURES
- Each year counts trials first submitted from 1 January to 25 August, so a part year is compared with the same part of every other year.
- 2026 against 2025: 466 against 394 (+18.3%).
- Full-year record so far: 2025, 599 trials.
METHOD
Registration date is the date the trial was first submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov (studyFirstSubmitDate). Trials counted are those the register returns for the 60 tracked peptides. Latest registration in the data: 2026-08-25.
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