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Anesthesia: later-stage trial registry
25 of 58 indexed Anesthesia trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.
Corpus placement: #244 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
58 US clinical trials · 25 currently recruiting · #244 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Anesthesia: 58 US clinical trials tracked, 25 recruiting.
Anesthesia is the subject of 58 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 25 of them currently open to new participants. 16 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 10 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Massachusetts General Hospital, running 4 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition anesthesia
OPEN 25 | RECR 43% | LATE 16 | EARLY 10 | RANK #244 | SPON 4
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Blood Pressure (43% recruiting · 102 trials)
Anesthesia lists 25 open slots (43% of 58 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 Anesthesia 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.
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Anesthesia is recruiting above its size-band peers.
25 of 58 indexed trials (43.1%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.
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Sponsorship of Anesthesia trials is spread across many organizations.
Massachusetts General Hospital accounts for 4 of 58 trials (6.9%). 42 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Most Anesthesia trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.
Median target enrolment is 60 among the 58 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 39 of those (67.2%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Anesthesia research is mostly interventional.
45 interventional and 13 observational studies make up this index (77.6% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
58 total, page 2 of 2
Use of Dexmedetomidine to Reduce Emergence Delirium Incident in Children
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
NCT00857727
Endotracheal Tube Holder and Bite Guard Research
University of California, Los Angeles
NCT02347488
Clinical Outcomes of Buffered 1% Lidocaine vs. Non-buffered 2% Lidocaine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
NCT02708433
Chloroprocaine for Continuous Epidural Analgesia in Neonates and Infants
Joseph D. Tobias
NCT02207855
EEG Studies of Ketamine General Anesthesia
Massachusetts General Hospital
NCT03553758
Non Invasive Continuous Blood Pressure Sensor
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
NCT05689294
Dose-Escalation Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study of K305
St. Renatus
NCT01304316
Open-Label, Safety, and Efficacy Study of Dexmedetomidine in Preterm Subjects Ages ≥28 Weeks to <36 Weeks Gestational Age
Hospira, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
NCT01508455
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 5 |
| Phase 2 | 5 |
| Phase 3 | 5 |
| Phase 4 | 11 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Anesthesia records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Anesthesia trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.
Related
What to do with this Anesthesia page
58 registered trials, 25 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 25 Anesthesia trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Massachusetts General Hospital sponsors the most Anesthesia trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Massachusetts General Hospital's trials
- Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide
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 Anesthesia condition card totals 58 registered trials; most-linked intervention Propofol; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.