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Droxidopa clinical trials

2 post-viral trials on ClinicalTrials.gov · updated October 2026

Last updated 07 October 2026 from ClinicalTrials.gov. Trial statuses are refreshed automatically; check the registry record for the latest status and contact details.

2 trials0 open to enrolment1 completed1 terminated

All interventional trials in our ClinicalTrials.gov extract that list Droxidopa as an intervention, across Unspecified / Overlap (1), ME/CFS (1). 0 are currently open to enrolment and 1 has completed. Read the OSMF evidence profile for Droxidopa for literature, mechanism and dosing context.

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Completed (1)

CompletedPhase 1 NCT04977388
Sponsor: Stephen G. Kaler, MD (Academic / non-profit / other)
Intervention(s): Droxidopa
Condition group: Unspecified / Overlap
Start: Jul 2021  |  Primary completion: Oct 2023  |  Enrollment: 3 (actual)
Record last updated: Apr 2026

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether Northera (Droxidopa) is safe and effective in young adults with Menkes disease who survived the most severe complications of their illness or adults with occipital horn syndrome (OHS), who have trouble with intermittent low blood pressure and other symptoms of dysautonomia.

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Terminated (1)

TerminatedPhase 2 NCT00977171
Sponsor: Chelsea Therapeutics (Industry)
Intervention(s): Droxidopa
Condition group: ME/CFS
Start: Jul 2010  |  Primary completion: Oct 2011  |  Enrollment: 3 (actual)
Record last updated: Jun 2014

A subset of patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome exhibit symptoms of neurally mediated hypotension. While the underlying pathophysiology of chronic fatigue syndrome is not precisely understood, a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system is thought to play a role in this subset of patients.

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Open Source Medicine Foundation. Droxidopa clinical trials for Long COVID, ME/CFS and post-viral illness (2 trials, updated October 2026). Research Tracker, 07 October 2026. https://research.opensourcemed.info/trials/by-agent/droxidopa.html
Underlying dataset (JSON, CC BY 4.0): https://research.opensourcemed.info/data/clinical_trials/clinical_trials_current.json. Source records: ClinicalTrials.gov.

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