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Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: early-phase trial registry
6 of 14 indexed Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #1,230 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
14 US clinical trials · 6 currently recruiting · #1,230 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: 14 US clinical trials tracked, 6 recruiting.
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain is the subject of 14 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 6 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 1 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is VA Office of Research and Development, running 6 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition chronic-musculoskeletal-pain
OPEN 6 | RECR 43% | LATE 0 | EARLY 1 | RANK #1230 | SPON 6
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) (43% recruiting · 7 trials)
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain lists 6 open slots (43% of 14 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 Chronic Musculoskeletal 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.
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Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain is recruiting below its size-band peers.
6 of 14 indexed trials (42.9%) 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.
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One sponsor concentrates Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain research.
VA Office of Research and Development accounts for 6 of 14 trials (42.9%). 9 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain enrolment sits around 136 participants.
Median target enrolment is 136 among the 14 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 6 of those (42.9%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain research is mostly interventional.
11 interventional and 3 observational studies make up this index (78.6% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
14 total, page 1 of 1
Group-Based Psychological Treatments Over Video Conference for Older Veterans With Chronic Pain
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT06004804
Stepped-Care Intervention of Music and Imagery to Assess Relief (SCIMITAR) Trial
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
NCT07217821
Comparing Single-Session Therapies for Chronic Pain
Mark A. Lumley
NCT07008105
The Effect of a Technology-Mediated Integrated Walking and Tai Chi Intervention on Physical Function in Veterans With COPD and Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT05701982
This Project is a Three-arm RCT Evaluating Two, Single-session Behavioral Interventions for Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain (CMP) -- 1) Brief Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (B-MORE) vs. Empowered Relief (ER) -- Relative to the Traditional 8-week Version of MORE.
Florida State University
NCT07193095
Pain Disengagement Training (Open Pilot)
Massachusetts General Hospital
NCT06870162
Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for High-impact Chronic Pain: Development and Validation
Stanford University
NCT04994249
Assessing Pain, Patient Reported Outcomes and Complementary and Integrative Health
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT05097521
Mission Reconnect-Veterans and Their Partners to Manage Pain and PTSD (MR)
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT03593772
University of Michigan / Wayne State Chronic Pain Study
Wayne State University
NCT03391661
Krill Oil for Pain in Elders
University of Florida
NCT06580912
Pilot Testing A Theory-Driven Self-Management Intervention for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Johns Hopkins University
NCT05020470
Neurobiological and Psychological Benefits of Exercise in Chronic Pain and PTSD
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT03283163
BRAIN, Symptoms, and Physical Activity in COPD
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT04291131
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
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| Phase 2 | 1 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain 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 Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain page
14 registered trials, 6 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 6 Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- VA Office of Research and Development sponsors the most Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See VA Office of Research and Development'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 Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain condition card totals 14 registered trials; most-linked intervention Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; top US site state Massachusetts. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.