Research notes
Clinical trial failure insights
Short, data-backed notes from the stopped-trial database. The goal is simple: use real numbers from the dataset, then link back to the records and methodology.
Terminated clinical trials are not always clinical trial failures
The first mistake in clinical trial failure analysis is treating every terminated trial as a failed drug or failed biology. The stopped-trial dataset shows why that shortcut is too blunt.
2026-07-126 min read
Oncology failure signalsOncology Phase II clinical trial failure signals in stopped trials
Oncology is the largest disease area in the stopped-trial dataset. Phase II is where many programs start to show whether the biology is promising enough to keep moving.
2026-07-127 min read