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Cesarean Section: later-stage trial registry

3 of 15 indexed Cesarean Section trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.

Corpus placement: #1,140 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

15 US clinical trials · 3 currently recruiting · #1,140 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Cesarean Section: 15 US clinical trials tracked, 3 recruiting.

Cesarean Section is the subject of 15 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 3 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 1 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Winthrop University Hospital, running 1 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition cesarean-section

OPEN 3 | RECR 20% | LATE 4 | EARLY 1 | RANK #1140 | SPON 1

Nearest open-share peer: Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive (20% recruiting · 10 trials)

Advanced Lung Non-Small Cell53.3%AIDS26.7%Cesarean Section (this)20%Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia0%Adult Glioblastoma0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Cesarean Section

Cesarean Section lists 3 open slots (20% of 15 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 Cesarean Section 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. Cesarean Section is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    3 of 15 indexed trials (20%) 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 Cesarean Section trials is spread across many organizations.

    Winthrop University Hospital accounts for 1 of 15 trials (6.7%). 15 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Cesarean Section enrolment sits around 100 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 100 among the 15 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 6 of those (40%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Cesarean Section research is mostly interventional.

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

Phase 21Phase 44

Open and recent trials

15 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 180 participants

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Post-Cesarean Pain Control

Hawaii Pacific Health

NCT04399707

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Post-operative Cesarean Trial of Pain Control

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT05131178

RECRUITING Phase 4 62 participants

Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine vs Epinephrine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

NCT06418308

COMPLETED Phase 4 753 participants

Seprafilm® Adhesion Barrier and Cesarean Delivery

Winthrop University Hospital

NCT00565643

COMPLETED NA 316 participants

Using the Peanut Exercise Ball to Reduce Cesarean Section Rates: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Virginia Commonwealth University

NCT02899260

COMPLETED NA 238 participants

Comparison of Staples Versus Subcuticular Suture in Class III Obese Women Undergoing Cesarean Delivery

MemorialCare Health System

NCT02466776

COMPLETED NA 150 participants

A Comparison of Manual vs. Spontaneous Removal of the Placenta at Cesarean Section

University of Rochester

NCT00375986

COMPLETED NA 150 participants

Misoprostol With Mechanical Dilation Versus Oxytocin With Mechanical Dilation for High-risk Pregnancy Inductions

Thomas Jefferson University

NCT04492072

COMPLETED NA 112 participants

Immediate Postplacental Insertion of IUDs at Time of Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT01539759

COMPLETED Phase 2 100 participants

A Comparison of Metallic Staples Versus Absorbable Staples After a Cesarean Section (C-Section)

TriHealth

NCT01198691

COMPLETED Phase 4 84 participants

Intrathecal Opioids for Pain Control After Cesarean Delivery: Determining the Optimal Dose

Mayo Clinic

NCT02009722

COMPLETED NA 60 participants

Chlorhexidine Gluconate Versus Povidone Iodine at Cesarean Delivery: a Randomized Controlled Trial

University of Southern California

NCT01975805

COMPLETED NA 50 participants

The Effects of Music Therapy on Women's Anxiety Before and During Cesarean Delivery

Wake Forest University

NCT01049477

COMPLETED NA 15 participants

Comparison of Staples Versus Prolene Suture for Skin Closure at Cesarean Delivery

Stanford University

NCT01509950

COMPLETED Phase 4 14 participants

Perioperative Administration of Tranexamic Acid for Placenta Previa and Accreta Study

University of California, San Francisco

NCT02806024

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 2 1
Phase 4 4

Named interventions

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

Insorb Device
1 trials
Insorb absorbable staples Device
1 trials
Stainless steel staples Device
1 trials
Absorbable subcuticular suture Device
1 trials
Immediate Postplacental Placement of an IUD during cesarean delivery Device
1 trials
Absorbable Sutures Procedure
1 trials
Prolene non-absorbable sutures Procedure
1 trials
Staples Procedure
1 trials

US sites by state

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

California 4 trials
New York 3 trials
Pennsylvania 2 trials
North Carolina 2 trials
Virginia 1 trials
Ohio 1 trials
Minnesota 1 trials
Hawaii 1 trials

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

What to do with this Cesarean Section page

15 registered trials, 3 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 Cesarean Section condition card totals 15 registered trials; most-linked intervention Insorb; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.