Gout
Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.
Approval: Febuxostat Krka (EMA)
Approval: Febuxostat Viatris (previously Febuxostat Mylan) (EMA)
Approval: Adenuric (EMA)
What's happening now
An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.
- 6 clinical trials expected to report results, the earliest in Q4 2026.
- 2 industry developments reported.
- Q4 2026A Multi-Center Phase 2/3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Safety and Efficacy Study of Dapansutrile Tablets in Subjects With an Acute Gout Flare
- Q3 2027Effect of Dotinurad in Hyperuricemia With Hypertension: a Randomized Study With Febuxostat (DIANA-NEXT)
- Q4 2027A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Dotinurad Compared With Allopurinol in Adult Participants With Tophaceous Gout
- Q1 2028SAVE-Care (SGLT2i As Novel Gout Care) Trial
- Q2 2028A Phase 3, Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized Controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Pegloticase Administered by Subcutaneous Injection Compared With Pegloticase Administered by Intravenous Injection, Both Administered Concurrently With Methotrexate Weekly, in Participants With Uncontrolled Gout
Clinical MilestonesView all 12Hide
- 2026-07-01A Phase 4, Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter Non-inferiority Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous KRYSTEXXA® (Pegloticase) Administered Every 4 Weeks Compared With KRYSTEXXA Administered Every 2 Weeks With Co-administration of Weekly Doses of Methotrexate, Followed by an Open-label Extension, in Participants With Uncontrolled Refractory Gout (FORWARD II)Results posted
- 2026-05-19A Phase 4, Open-Label, Multicenter, Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Trial of Intravenous KRYSTEXXA® (Pegloticase) Administered Every 4 Weeks With Co-Administration of Weekly Doses of Methotrexate in Patients With Uncontrolled Refractory Gout (FORWARD Open-Label [OL] Trial)Results posted
- 2025-10-20A Phase 4, Multicenter, Open-Label, Infusion Duration Study To Assess Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Pegloticase Administered With a Shorter Infusion Duration in Subjects With Uncontrolled Gout Receiving MethotrexateResults posted
- 2026-07-10A Phase 3, Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized Controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Pegloticase Administered by Subcutaneous Injection Compared With Pegloticase Administered by Intravenous Injection, Both Administered Concurrently With Methotrexate Weekly, in Participants With Uncontrolled GoutResults expected Q2 2028
- 2026-06-04SAVE-Care (SGLT2i As Novel Gout Care) TrialResults expected Q1 2028
- 2026-05-20A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Dotinurad Compared With Allopurinol in Adult Participants With Tophaceous GoutResults expected Q4 2027
- 2026-03-11A Multi-Center Phase 2/3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Safety and Efficacy Study of Dapansutrile Tablets in Subjects With an Acute Gout FlareResults expected Q4 2026
- 2025-12-15Effect of Dotinurad in Hyperuricemia With Hypertension: a Randomized Study With Febuxostat (DIANA-NEXT)Results expected Q3 2027
- 2026-04-23A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Active-controlled, Therapeutic Confirmatory, Phase III Study to Compare and Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Epaminurad With Febuxostat in Gout PatientsCompleted
- 2026-04-10A Phase 3 Randomized, Double-blind, Multi-center, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of AR882 in Participants With GoutCompleted
Industry & MarketViewHide
- 2026-07-21Crystalys mines $130M series B to push gout drug through phase 3Trial news · Fierce Biotech
- 2026-06-29FDA rejects Sobi’s gout drug over manufacturing issues, sparing Amgen blockbusterManufacturing · Fierce Biotech
- 2026-07-21IndustryCrystalys mines $130M series B to push gout drug through phase 3Trial news · Fierce Biotech
- 2026-07-10ClinicalA Phase 3, Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized Controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Pegloticase Administered by Subcutaneous Injection Compared With Pegloticase Administered by Intravenous Injection, Both Administered Concurrently With Methotrexate Weekly, in Participants With Uncontrolled GoutResults expected Q2 2028
- 2026-07-01ClinicalA Phase 4, Randomized, Double-blind, Multicenter Non-inferiority Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous KRYSTEXXA® (Pegloticase) Administered Every 4 Weeks Compared With KRYSTEXXA Administered Every 2 Weeks With Co-administration of Weekly Doses of Methotrexate, Followed by an Open-label Extension, in Participants With Uncontrolled Refractory Gout (FORWARD II)Results posted
- 2026-06-29IndustryFDA rejects Sobi’s gout drug over manufacturing issues, sparing Amgen blockbusterManufacturing · Fierce Biotech
- 2026-06-04ClinicalSAVE-Care (SGLT2i As Novel Gout Care) TrialResults expected Q1 2028
- 2026-05-20ClinicalA Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Dotinurad Compared With Allopurinol in Adult Participants With Tophaceous GoutResults expected Q4 2027
- 2026-05-19ClinicalA Phase 4, Open-Label, Multicenter, Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Trial of Intravenous KRYSTEXXA® (Pegloticase) Administered Every 4 Weeks With Co-Administration of Weekly Doses of Methotrexate in Patients With Uncontrolled Refractory Gout (FORWARD Open-Label [OL] Trial)Results posted
- 2026-04-23ClinicalA Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Active-controlled, Therapeutic Confirmatory, Phase III Study to Compare and Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Epaminurad With Febuxostat in Gout PatientsCompleted
- 2026-04-10ClinicalA Phase 3 Randomized, Double-blind, Multi-center, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of AR882 in Participants With GoutCompleted
- 2026-03-11ClinicalA Multi-Center Phase 2/3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Safety and Efficacy Study of Dapansutrile Tablets in Subjects With an Acute Gout FlareResults expected Q4 2026
Clinical trials
The current development programme across all trial phases.
Research activity
Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.
Major themes8
- Gout3
- Hyperuricemia2
- Arthritis, Gouty1
- Dysbiosis1
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome1
- Global Burden of Disease1
- Prebiotics1
- Probiotics1
Leading journals4
- Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)1
- Frontiers in immunology1
- Lancet (London, England)1
- World journal of gastroenterology1
Leading researchers8
- Li C2
- Chen X1
- Cui L1
- Dalbeth N1
- Deng Y1
- Durairajan SSK1
- Fu X1
- Hu S1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
- California and University of California San Diego1
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition1
- Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies1
- Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital1
- Karpagam Academy of Higher Education1
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medical Formulae1
Related conditions
Diseases frequently studied alongside this one. Number shows shared papers.
Reference
Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.
Metabolic disorder characterized by recurrent acute arthritis, hyperuricemia and deposition of sodium urate in and around the joints, sometimes with formation of URIC ACID calculi.
- Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
- Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
- Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.