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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: later-stage trial registry

16 of 25 indexed Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.

Corpus placement: #652 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

25 US clinical trials · 16 currently recruiting · #652 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: 25 US clinical trials tracked, 16 recruiting.

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries is the subject of 25 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 16 of them currently open to new participants. 5 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 1 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition anterior-cruciate-ligament-injuries

OPEN 16 | RECR 64% | LATE 5 | EARLY 1 | RANK #652 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Dysphagia (64% recruiting · 36 trials)

Anterior Cruciate Ligame (th…64%Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficien48%Alcohol Use40%Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia36%Alcohol-Related Disorders36%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries lists 16 open slots (64% of 25 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 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries 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. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    16 of 25 indexed trials (64%) 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.

  2. Sponsorship of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries trials is spread across many organizations.

    Hospital for Special Surgery, New York accounts for 3 of 25 trials (12%). 20 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 78 among the 25 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 15 of those (60%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries research is mostly interventional.

    22 interventional and 3 observational studies make up this index (88% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 31Phase 44

Open and recent trials

25 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 5,000 participants

Baseline ACL Injury Risk Screening and Normative Data

Sanford Health

NCT06635668

RECRUITING NA 114 participants

Vibration and Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis Risk Following ACL Injury

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT04875052

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Quadriceps Tendon Versus Bone Patellar Tendon Bone Autograft ACL Reconstruction RCT

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT05461326

RECRUITING NA 96 participants

Bracing and Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament for Efficacy Trial

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT06942754

RECRUITING Phase 4 84 participants

Intraosseous Morphine Administration During Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

NCT06511232

RECRUITING Phase 4 78 participants

IPACK on Early Pain Scores After ACL Reconstruction

Loyola University

NCT05985629

RECRUITING NA 70 participants

Gait Rehabilitation to Treat FastOA

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT05848622

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Recovery With Virtual Psychological Intervention

Henry Ford Health System

NCT05965310

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Dynamic Muscular Electrical Stimulation Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Military Academy Cadets

Keller Army Community Hospital

NCT06341868

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

External Focus of Attention Feedback to Reduce Risk of Non-contact ACL Injury

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

NCT04914689

RECRUITING NA 56 participants

Steps Towards Osteoarthritis Prevention

University of Georgia

NCT06193343

RECRUITING Phase 3 56 participants

PRP in ACLR to Prevent PTOA

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

NCT05412381

RECRUITING NA 50 participants

Graded Exposure and Mindfulness Meditation for Patients Post-ACL Reconstruction

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT05949177

RECRUITING Phase 4 40 participants

Concentrated Bone Marrow Aspirate in Revision ACL Reconstruction

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

NCT06311513

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

The Impact of Blood Flow Restriction Training in Adolescents After ACL Reconstruction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

NCT05754632

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 32 participants

Biologic Therapy to Prevent Osteoarthritis After ACL Injury

University of California, Los Angeles

NCT03968913

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 300 participants

A Prospective Cohort Post Market Registry Evaluating Outcomes of Bridge-Enhanced ACL Restoration (BEAR®)

Miach Orthopaedics

NCT05398341

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 181 participants

Micro-Doppler Radar: A Gold Standard Comparison

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

NCT05521126

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 150 participants

Tendon-Bone Versus All-Soft-Tissue for ACL Reconstruction: A Patient-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT04039971

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 105 participants

Comparing Perioperative Education Modalities for ACL Reconstruction on Patient Satisfaction, Self-Efficacy, and Surgical Outcomes

Mayo Clinic

NCT05273463

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 28 participants

Utilization of a 3D Printed Customized Knee Extender and At-Home Rehabilitation Program on Patient Outcomes Following ACL Surgery

Sanford Health

NCT06524349

COMPLETED NA 671 participants

Knowledge Translation Intervention for ACL Injury Prevention Program in Youth Soccer

University of Michigan

NCT05442879

COMPLETED Phase 4 192 participants

Genicular Nerve Blocks for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Knee Surgery

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

NCT05720949

COMPLETED NA 120 participants

Safe Options for ACL Recovery

Karen Derefinko, PhD

NCT04225468

COMPLETED NA 10 participants

Neuromuscular Control in Individuals Following ACL-Reconstruction

University of Virginia

NCT04495075

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 3 1
Phase 4 4

Named interventions

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

ACL Opioid Exposure Reduction Program Behavioral
1 trials
Educational handout Behavioral
1 trials
Knowledge Translation Intervention Behavioral
1 trials
Genicular Nerve Block with bupivacaine and preservative free dexamethasone Drug
1 trials
Passive Motion Other
1 trials
Visuomotor Therapy Other
1 trials
3D printed knee extender device Device
1 trials
The BEAR® Implant Device
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

North Carolina 6 trials
New York 5 trials
North Dakota 2 trials
Michigan 2 trials
Georgia 2 trials
Colorado 2 trials
California 2 trials
Virginia 1 trials

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

What to do with this Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries page

25 registered trials, 16 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 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries condition card totals 25 registered trials; most-linked intervention ACL Opioid Exposure Reduction Program; top US site state North Carolina. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.