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Abscess: later-stage trial registry

1 of 14 indexed Abscess trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.

Corpus placement: #1,230 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

14 US clinical trials · 1 currently recruiting · #1,230 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Abscess: 14 US clinical trials tracked, 1 recruiting.

Abscess is the subject of 14 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 1 of them currently open to new participants. 8 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 3 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Melinta Therapeutics, running 2 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition abscess

OPEN 1 | RECR 7% | LATE 8 | EARLY 3 | RANK #1230 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Stage III Pancreatic Cancer (7% recruiting · 14 trials)

Acute Respiratory Failure35.7%Adherence, Medication35.7%Acromegaly28.6%Abscess (this)7%Adult Nasal Type Extranodal 0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Abscess

Abscess lists 1 open slots (7% of 14 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Abscess on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Abscess is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    1 of 14 indexed trials (7.1%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Abscess trials is spread across many organizations.

    Melinta Therapeutics accounts for 2 of 14 trials (14.3%). 13 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Abscess enrolment sits around 108 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 108 among the 14 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 6 of those (42.9%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Abscess research is mostly interventional.

    14 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 22Phase 37Phase 41

Open and recent trials

14 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 4 108 participants

Ketamine as a Supplement to Local Anesthesia for Minor Procedures

Loyola University

NCT06284473

COMPLETED NA 1,634 participants

Decreasing Antibiotic Duration for Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Using Behavioral Economics in Primary Care

Nationwide Children's Hospital

NCT05226260

COMPLETED Phase 3 1,019 participants

Oritavancin Versus IV Vancomycin for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infection

Melinta Therapeutics

NCT01252732

COMPLETED Phase 3 968 participants

Oritavancin Versus IV Vancomycin for the Treatment of Participants With Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infection (SOLO I)

Melinta Therapeutics

NCT01252719

COMPLETED Phase 3 573 participants

Efficacy and Safety of Dalbavancin for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections

Durata Therapeutics Inc., an affiliate of Allergan

NCT01339091

COMPLETED NA 249 participants

Evaluation of 3 Versus 10 Days of Antibiotics in Skin Abscesses After Surgical Drainage

Lucy Holmes, MD

NCT02024867

COMPLETED Phase 2 169 participants

Phase 2 Trial of TD 6424 (Telavancin) Versus Standard Therapy for Complicated Gram Positive Skin and Skin Structure Infections (Gram Positive cSSSI)

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals

NCT00061633

COMPLETED Phase 3 101 participants

Incision and Drainage Versus Needle Aspiration in Soft Tissue Abscesses

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

NCT01085929

COMPLETED Phase 2 92 participants

Aquacel Versus Iodoform Gauze for Filling Abscess Cavity Following Incision and Drainage

Valleywise Health

NCT00984022

COMPLETED Phase 3 49 participants

Intranasal Fentanyl as an Adjunct to Lidocaine Infiltration in Adults Undergoing Abscess Incision and Drainage

Montefiore Medical Center

NCT03872700

COMPLETED NA 43 participants

Adjunctive Nitrous Oxide During Emergency Department Propofol Sedation in Adults

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

NCT02410707

COMPLETED Phase 3 23 participants

Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses in Pediatric Patients After Incision and Drainage

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT00691600

COMPLETED Phase 1 21 participants

Safety and Feasibility Study of Methylene Blue Photodynamic Therapy to Sterilize Deep Tissue Abscess Cavities

University of Rochester

NCT02240498

COMPLETED Phase 3 20 participants

Efficacy of Intranasal Fentanyl at Reducing Pain During Abscess Incision and Drainage (I&D) in Children

Columbia University

NCT01549002

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 2
Phase 3 7
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Abscess records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Placebo Drug
3 trials
IV Vancomycin Drug
2 trials
Single-Dose IV Oritavancin Diphosphate Drug
2 trials
Vancomycin or antistaphylococcal penicillin Drug
1 trials
Intranasal fentanyl Drug
1 trials
Ultrasound Guided Aspiration Procedure
1 trials
Incision and Drainage Procedure
1 trials
Vancomycin / Linezolid Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Abscess trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

New York 4 trials
California 4 trials
Texas 1 trials
Pennsylvania 1 trials
Ohio 1 trials
Massachusetts 1 trials
Illinois 1 trials
Arizona 1 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Abscess page

14 registered trials, 1 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Abscess condition card totals 14 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state New York. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.