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Craving: early-phase trial registry
6 of 8 indexed Craving trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #2,176 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
8 US clinical trials · 6 currently recruiting · #2,176 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Craving: 8 US clinical trials tracked, 6 recruiting.
Craving is the subject of 8 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 6 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 3 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is University of Arkansas, running 1 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition craving
OPEN 6 | RECR 75% | LATE 0 | EARLY 3 | RANK #2176 | SPON 1
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (75% recruiting · 8 trials)
Craving lists 6 open slots (75% of 8 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 Craving 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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Craving is recruiting above its size-band peers.
6 of 8 indexed trials (75%) 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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Sponsorship of Craving trials is spread across many organizations.
University of Arkansas accounts for 1 of 8 trials (12.5%). 8 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Craving enrolment sits around 200 participants.
Median target enrolment is 200 among the 8 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 3 of those (37.5%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Craving research is mostly interventional.
8 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
8 total, page 1 of 1
State-dependent Interoception, Value-based Decision-making, and Introspection
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
NCT05666726
Neurocognitive Mechanisms Underlying Smartphone-Assisted Prevention of Relapse in Opioid Use Disorder
University of Arkansas
NCT05336188
Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms Underlying an Olfactory Approach to Modify Cigarette Craving
University of Pittsburgh
NCT04902469
Advancing VR-based Attentional Bias as a Biomarker for Tobacco Use Disorder
University of California, San Diego
NCT06582888
Probenecid Administration for Alcohol Craving and Consumption
Brown University
NCT07118618
Examining the Effectiveness of Dynamic Visual Noise (DVN) for Reducing Alcohol Cravings and Consumption in College Students
University of Wyoming
NCT07157124
CARESS: An Investigation of Effects of CARESS
Inova Health Care Services
NCT03758027
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Reduce Heroin Cravings
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
NCT05074524
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 1 |
| Phase 2 | 2 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Craving records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Craving 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 Craving page
8 registered trials, 6 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 6 Craving trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- University of Arkansas sponsors the most Craving trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See University of Arkansas'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 Craving condition card totals 8 registered trials; most-linked intervention Isometric Exercise; top US site state Wyoming. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.