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Cerebral Palsy: early-phase trial registry

45 of 92 indexed Cerebral Palsy trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #148 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

92 US clinical trials · 45 currently recruiting · #148 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Cerebral Palsy: 92 US clinical trials tracked, 45 recruiting.

Cerebral Palsy is the subject of 92 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 45 of them currently open to new participants. 3 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 10 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, running 4 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition cerebral-palsy

OPEN 45 | RECR 49% | LATE 3 | EARLY 10 | RANK #148 | SPON 4

Nearest open-share peer: Diet, Healthy (49% recruiting · 49 trials)

Metastatic Malignant Solid N49.5%Cerebral Palsy (this)49%Critical Illness44.6%Metastatic Melanoma34.8%Fallopian Tube Cancer29%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy lists 45 open slots (49% of 92 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 Cerebral Palsy 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. Cerebral Palsy is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    45 of 92 indexed trials (48.9%) 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 Cerebral Palsy trials is spread across many organizations.

    Father Flanagan's Boys' Home accounts for 4 of 92 trials (4.3%). 58 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Cerebral Palsy trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 36 among the 92 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 69 of those (75%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Cerebral Palsy research is mostly interventional.

    67 interventional and 25 observational studies make up this index (72.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 17Phase 23Phase 32Phase 41

Open and recent trials

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ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 64 participants

Robotic Exoskeleton Gait Training in Adolescents With Cerebral Palsy

Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

NCT05158218

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Home Based Tele-exercise for People With Chronic Neurological Impairments

Burke Medical Research Institute

NCT04564495

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Short-Burst Interval Treadmill Training Cerebral Palsy

Kristie Bjornson

NCT04026295

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 37 participants

Feasibility and Effectiveness of Therapy Together

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

NCT07225673

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 36 participants

Sensorimotor Control During Postural Transitions in CP

University of Delaware

NCT05384990

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 35 participants

Feasibility and Reliability of the Melbourne Assessment-2 (MA-2) for Telehealth

Ohio State University

NCT06810063

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Robot Based Gait Training Therapy for Pediatric Population With Cerebral Palsy Using the CPWalker

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

NCT03937700

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Stepping to Understand Lower Limb Impairments in Bilateral Cerebral Palsy

Northwestern University

NCT04957277

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 20 participants

PedBot Ankle Rehablitation

Children's National Research Institute

NCT05825508

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 14 participants

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain in Adults With Cerebral Palsy

Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger

NCT06269926

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 4 participants

Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Skills on Wheels

Grand Valley State University

NCT05339932

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Early Phase 1 4 participants

Adapted High-Intensity Virtual Reality Exergaming

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT07155213

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 4 participants

Pediatric Powered Wheelchair Standing Devices: An Exploratory Study

Grand Valley State University

NCT05117827

COMPLETED Phase 3 2,136 participants

Beneficial Effects of Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate (BEAM Trial)

The George Washington University Biostatistics Center

NCT00014989

COMPLETED 1,339 participants

In Utero Magnesium Sulfate Exposure: Effects on Extremely-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

NICHD Neonatal Research Network

NCT01203501

COMPLETED 1,067 participants

Inflammatory Cytokines Associated With Perinatal Brain Injury

NICHD Neonatal Research Network

NCT01035697

COMPLETED Phase 2 186 participants

Effects of Walking Analysis on Surgical Outcomes

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

NCT00114075

COMPLETED 137 participants

Calibration and Validation of the PROMIS and Neuro-QOL Questionnaires in Cerebral Palsy and Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

NCT02153970

COMPLETED NA 108 participants

Movement-2-Music: Lakeshore Examination of Activity, Disability, and Exercise Response Study

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT03797378

COMPLETED Phase 1 101 participants

Music Therapy During Botulinum Injections

University of Rochester

NCT00178217

COMPLETED 100 participants

Hypertonia in Patients With Cerebral Palsy

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NCT00123708

COMPLETED Phase 2 75 participants

Acupuncture as Complementary Therapy for Cerebral Palsy

University of Arizona

NCT00221247

COMPLETED NA 70 participants

NEO Rehab Program for Premature Infants at Risk for Cerebral Palsy

University of Virginia

NCT04330859

COMPLETED 63 participants

Study of Generalized Movements for Early Prediction of Cerebral Palsy

Charles R. Neal,

NCT00749008

COMPLETED Phase 1 42 participants

Piloting Movement-to-Music With Arm-based Sprint-Intensity Interval Training Among Children With Physical Disabilities

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT05619211

COMPLETED Phase 2 40 participants

Botulinum Toxin (BOTOX) for Cerebral Palsy

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NCT00060957

COMPLETED NA 35 participants

Sitting Postural Control in Infants With Cerebral Palsy

University of Nebraska

NCT01200927

COMPLETED 32 participants

Wavelet Analysis of Electromyography (EMG) in Cerebral Palsy

Shriners Hospitals for Children

NCT00504049

COMPLETED NA 24 participants

Early Powered Mobility for Toddlers With Cerebral Palsy Using the Permobil® Explorer Mini and a Modified Ride-On Car

University of Washington

NCT04684576

COMPLETED NA 24 participants

Ischemic Conditioning to Enhance Function (I-C-FUN) in Children With Cerebral Palsy

East Carolina University

NCT04598711

COMPLETED 21 participants

Studying Childhood-Onset Hemidystonia

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

NCT01432899

COMPLETED 20 participants

Experimental Evaluation of Wheelchair-Mounted Robotic Arms

University of South Florida

NCT01652352

COMPLETED 20 participants

Outcomes of the Evans Calcaneal Lengthening Based on Bone Grafting Material

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT02075853

COMPLETED NA 16 participants

Quadriceps Muscle Plasticity in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Medical University of South Carolina

NCT00629070

COMPLETED NA 14 participants

NEO Rehab for Infants at Risk of Cerebral Palsy

University of Virginia

NCT03372590

COMPLETED NA 12 participants

Therapeutic Intervention Supporting Development From NICU to 6 Months for Infants Post Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

University of Southern California

NCT05130528

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 11 participants

Testing an Adjustable Ankle Orthosis During Walking in Cerebral Palsy

Northern Arizona University

NCT06262191

COMPLETED 7 participants

Intensive Activities-based Locomotor Training Program in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Baylor University

NCT05867628

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 6 participants

Evaluating Wearable Robotic Assistance on Gait

Northern Arizona University

NCT04119063

COMPLETED NA 5 participants

Reinforcing CP Robotic Training With Auditory Feedback

State University of New York at Buffalo

NCT05335798

COMPLETED NA 5 participants

Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Motor Learning in Children With Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

NCT01852474

COMPLETED NA 3 participants

Effect of mCIMT Casting on Speech-language Outcomes in Children With Hemiparesis

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

NCT04259814

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Phase Distribution

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

Named interventions

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

Biomotum Spark: Robotic ankle resistance Device
2 trials
Velocity-enhanced training Other
1 trials
Traditional strength training Other
1 trials
Differential and adjustable stiffness AFO (DAS-AFO) Device
1 trials
Treadmill Training Behavioral
1 trials
Muscle Power training Behavioral
1 trials
Sham Conditioning Behavioral
1 trials
Activities-based locomotor training (physical therapy) Other
1 trials

US sites by state

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

New York 11 trials
Texas 10 trials
Ohio 10 trials
Maryland 10 trials
California 10 trials
Michigan 9 trials
Illinois 8 trials
Florida 8 trials

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

What to do with this Cerebral Palsy page

92 registered trials, 45 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 Cerebral Palsy condition card totals 92 registered trials; most-linked intervention Biomotum Spark: Robotic ankle resistance; 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.