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Cancer Pain: early-phase trial registry

7 of 16 indexed Cancer Pain trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #1,060 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

16 US clinical trials · 7 currently recruiting · #1,060 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Cancer Pain: 16 US clinical trials tracked, 7 recruiting.

Cancer Pain is the subject of 16 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 7 of them currently open to new participants. 1 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition cancer-pain

OPEN 7 | RECR 44% | LATE 1 | EARLY 4 | RANK #1060 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (44% recruiting · 32 trials)

Adolescent62.5%Alcohol Intoxication56.3%Cancer Pain (this)44%AL Amyloidosis43.8%Allergy18.8%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Cancer Pain

Cancer Pain lists 7 open slots (44% of 16 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 Cancer Pain 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. Cancer Pain is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    7 of 16 indexed trials (43.8%) 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. One sponsor concentrates Cancer Pain research.

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center accounts for 3 of 16 trials (18.8%). 13 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Cancer Pain enrolment sits around 76 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 76 among the 16 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 9 of those (56.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Cancer Pain research is mostly interventional.

    13 interventional and 3 observational studies make up this index (81.3% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 12Phase 22Phase 31

Open and recent trials

16 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 360 participants

Virtual Reality for GI Cancer Pain to Improve Patient Reported Outcomes

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

NCT04907643

RECRUITING NA 300 participants

Cancer Pain Management Using a Web-based Intervention

University of Texas at Austin

NCT06085313

RECRUITING NA 286 participants

Auriculo-Nerve Stimulation on Post-Operative Opioid Requirement

Jacques E. Chelly

NCT05506878

RECRUITING Phase 1 150 participants

A Study Testing Topical Pain-Relieving Herbal Plasters in People Who Are Using Opioids for Their Pain

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT07447856

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Cognitive Behavioral Theory-assisted Virtual Reality for Chronic CANcer Pain (VR-CAN)

Medstar Health Research Institute

NCT07318519

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Virtual Reality Therapy for Cancer-Treatment Associated Symptoms

University of Maryland, Baltimore

NCT06248216

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Stereotactic MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound Mesencephalotomy

University of Virginia

NCT07405645

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 300 participants

Integrative Medicine for Pain in Patients With Advanced Cancer Trial (IMPACT)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT04095234

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 76 participants

Mindfulness-oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) for Cancer Pain Relief

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT05877521

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 30 participants

Prospective Evaluation of Intrathecal Targeted Drug Delivery for Cancer Associated Pain

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT05674240

COMPLETED 536 participants

Assessment of Updated Educational Materials for Instanyl®

Takeda

NCT04938440

COMPLETED NA 128 participants

Virtual Reality for Cancer Pain Management

Medstar Health Research Institute

NCT04572074

COMPLETED Phase 3 73 participants

Efficacy & Safety Study of Nasalfent (Fentanyl Citrate Nasal Spray) for Treatment of Breakthrough Cancer Pain in Patients Taking Regular Opioids

Archimedes Development

NCT00459277

COMPLETED 65 participants

Opioid Titration in the Hospice Setting: Barriers Assessment and Modification of the Model Order Sheet and Protocol

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

NCT01230515

COMPLETED NA 30 participants

Early Interventional Treatment for Cancer Pain

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT05366413

COMPLETED Phase 1 10 participants

Gene Transfer for Cancer Pain

Diamyd

NCT00804076

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 2
Phase 2 2
Phase 3 1

Named interventions

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

Pain Management Strategies Other
1 trials
Early Referral Other
1 trials
NP2 Biological
1 trials
Virtual reality Other
1 trials
Guided imagery Other
1 trials
interview, focus group and structured survey Other
1 trials
Individual patient interview, focus group and structured survey Other
1 trials
Standard of Care for Pain Management Other
1 trials

US sites by state

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

New York 5 trials
Massachusetts 3 trials
Texas 2 trials
Oregon 2 trials
New Jersey 2 trials
North Carolina 2 trials
Florida 2 trials

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

What to do with this Cancer Pain page

16 registered trials, 7 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 Cancer Pain condition card totals 16 registered trials; most-linked intervention Pain Management Strategies; 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.