CT.gov Condition Ghost Watchlist
2026-03-29 | full-registry ct.gov audit | plots, figures, and e156 bundle
Series
IndustrySponsor-ClassPhaseStructural MissingnessEvidence VisibilityCompletion CohortCondition HiddennessSponsor ConcentrationRule-Era ReportingPublication UndercountOncology HiddennessCardiovascular HiddennessMetabolic HiddennessEnrollment-SizeGeography-ScaleDesign-PurposeCompletion-DelayTrial-ArchitectureIntervention-TypeCountry ReportingStopped-TrialOutcome-DensityActual-FieldUs-Versus-GlobalModality-SponsorCountry-ConditionDisease-GeographyCondition-SponsorCountry-SponsorUs-Versus-Ex-UsIndustry-FamilyRisk-Adjusted HiddennessOverdue Results ClockPublication Index GapProbable Act/Fdaaa DebtSponsor Excess WatchlistCountry Excess WatchlistCondition Excess WatchlistBlack-Box TrialsStrict-Proxy RepeatersSponsor GhostsCountry GhostsCondition GhostsBlack-Box SponsorsStrict Black-Box
Condition Ghosts Dashboard

Condition ghost watchlists isolate a different therapeutic silence pattern than the adjusted no-results table

Healthy-volunteer portfolios dominate on ghost excess and black-box rate, the broad OTHER bucket remains large on stock, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal portfolios stay above expectation, and several major disease families fall back once the lens shifts to ghost protocols.

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Ghost excess
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Condition families

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Healthy volunteers dominate the condition ghost table, the diffuse OTHER bucket remains large, and musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal portfolios stay meaningfully above expectation too.

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Healthy ghost
1,032
Excess stock
Other ghost
552
Excess stock
Healthy box
33.9%
Black-box rate
Oncology raw
17,997
Raw ghost count
Top condition-family ghost excess
GHOST EXCESSCondition families ranked by excess ghost-protocol stockHealthy volunteers1,032Other552Musculoskeletal and pain333Gastrointestinal and hepatic144Immunology and dermatology55Reproductive and maternal53Metabolic18Renal and urology-19Respiratory and sleep-84Oncology-107
Healthy volunteers dominate the excess table, far above the rest of the field.
That makes the condition-ghost story structurally different from the no-results story.
Top raw condition-family ghost counts
GHOST COUNTSRaw ghost-protocol counts across condition familiesOther24,474Oncology17,997Cardiovascular10,255Healthy volunteers8,959Musculoskeletal and pain7,679Metabolic7,246Mental health7,234Infectious disease6,188Neurology4,101Respiratory and sleep3,620
Raw ghost counts keep the big disease portfolios visible, but they no longer dominate the excess ranking.
That is why the ghost watchlist matters.
Condition-family black-box rate
BLACK-BOX RATESBlack-box rate across condition familiesHealthy volunteers33.9%Gastrointestinal and hepatic17.7%Immunology and dermatology17.6%Renal and urology17.4%Metabolic16.9%Other16.6%Respiratory and sleep15.9%Musculoskeletal and pain15.8%Neurology15.1%Cardiovascular15.0%
Healthy volunteers also lead on black-box rate, reinforcing that this is a deeper-silence portfolio rather than a simple reporting-delay story.
The condition-ghost and black-box views align strongly here.
Read Across Projects

Across The Series

Each project isolates a different dimension of registry opacity, but the point is the contrast between them, not a single leaderboard.

Industry
Industry project

Industry project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Sponsor-Class
Sponsor-class project

Sponsor-class project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Phase
Phase project

Phase project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Structural Missingness
Structural missingness project

Structural missingness project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Evidence Visibility
Evidence visibility project

Evidence visibility project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Completion Cohort
Completion cohort project

Completion cohort project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Condition Hiddenness
Condition hiddenness project

Condition hiddenness project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Sponsor Concentration
Sponsor concentration project

Sponsor concentration project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Rule-Era Reporting
Rule-era reporting project

Rule-era reporting project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Publication Undercount
Publication undercount audit

Publication undercount audit from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Oncology Hiddenness
Oncology hiddenness project

Oncology hiddenness project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Cardiovascular Hiddenness
Cardiovascular hiddenness project

Cardiovascular hiddenness project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Metabolic Hiddenness
Metabolic hiddenness project

Metabolic hiddenness project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Enrollment-Size
Enrollment-size project

Enrollment-size project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Geography-Scale
Geography-scale project

Geography-scale project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Design-Purpose
Design-purpose project

Design-purpose project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Completion-Delay
Completion-delay project

Completion-delay project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Trial-Architecture
Trial-architecture project

Trial-architecture project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Intervention-Type
Intervention-type project

Intervention-type project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Country Reporting
Country reporting project

Country reporting project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Stopped-Trial
Stopped-trial project

Stopped-trial project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Outcome-Density
Outcome-density project

Outcome-density project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Actual-Field
Actual-field project

Actual-field project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Us-Versus-Global
US-versus-global project

US-versus-global project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Modality-Sponsor
Modality-sponsor project

Modality-sponsor project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Country-Condition
Country-condition project

Country-condition project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Disease-Geography
Disease-geography project

Disease-geography project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Condition-Sponsor
Condition-sponsor project

Condition-sponsor project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Country-Sponsor
Country-sponsor project

Country-sponsor project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Us-Versus-Ex-Us
US-versus-ex-US project

US-versus-ex-US project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Industry-Family
Industry-family project

Industry-family project from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Risk-Adjusted Hiddenness
Risk-adjusted hiddenness

Risk-adjusted hiddenness from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Overdue Results Clock
Overdue results clock

Overdue results clock from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Publication Index Gap
Publication index gap

Publication index gap from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Probable Act/Fdaaa Debt
Probable ACT/FDAAA debt

Probable ACT/FDAAA debt from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Sponsor Excess Watchlist
Sponsor excess watchlist

Sponsor excess watchlist from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Country Excess Watchlist
Country excess watchlist

Country excess watchlist from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Condition Excess Watchlist
Condition excess watchlist

Condition excess watchlist from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Black-Box Trials
Black-box trials

Black-box trials from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Strict-Proxy Repeaters
Strict-proxy repeaters

Strict-proxy repeaters from the CT.gov hiddenness series.

Sponsor Ghosts
CT.gov Sponsor Ghost Repeaters

Named-sponsor ghost-protocol watchlist showing which sponsors remain most ghosted above expectation.

Country Ghosts
CT.gov Country Ghost Watchlist

Country-linked ghost watchlist showing where deeper silence remains most elevated above expectation.

Black-Box Sponsors
CT.gov Black-Box Sponsor Repeaters

Named-sponsor black-box tables showing where no-results, no-paper, no-description silence concentrates.

Strict Black-Box
CT.gov Strict-Core Black-Box

Strict U.S.-nexus black-box tables showing where the regulated-looking deep-silence core still concentrates.

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