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Critical Care: early-phase trial registry
1 of 7 indexed Critical Care trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #2,497 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
7 US clinical trials · 1 currently recruiting · #2,497 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Critical Care: 7 US clinical trials tracked, 1 recruiting.
Critical Care is the subject of 7 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 1 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 2 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is McMaster University, running 2 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition critical-care
OPEN 1 | RECR 14% | LATE 0 | EARLY 2 | RANK #2497 | SPON 2
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Adverse Drug Events (14% recruiting · 7 trials)
Critical Care lists 1 open slots (14% of 7 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 Critical Care 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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Critical Care is recruiting below its size-band peers.
1 of 7 indexed trials (14.3%) 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 Critical Care research.
McMaster University accounts for 2 of 7 trials (28.6%). 6 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Critical Care enrolment sits around 113 participants.
Median target enrolment is 113 among the 7 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 2 of those (28.6%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Critical Care research is mostly interventional.
7 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
7 total, page 1 of 1
A Clinical Trial of Interventions to Support Family Surrogates of Critically Ill Patients
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
NCT05587517
CYCLE: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Early In-bed Cycling for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
McMaster University
NCT03471247
Bilateral Internal Jugular Veins Ultrasound Scanning Prior to CVC Placement
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
NCT02741453
Improving Providers' Decision-Making and Reducing Information Overload Using Information Visualization in EHRs
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
NCT05937646
CYCLE Pilot Randomized Trial
McMaster University
NCT02377830
Behavioral Activation-Rehabilitation to Improve Depressive Symptoms & Physical Function After Acute Respiratory Failure
Johns Hopkins University
NCT03431493
Mobile App to Promote Family Caregiver Engagement in the Intensive Care Unit
University of Nebraska
NCT05157919
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 2 | 2 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Critical Care records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Critical Care 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 Critical Care page
7 registered trials, 1 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 1 Critical Care trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- McMaster University sponsors the most Critical Care trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See McMaster University'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 Critical Care condition card totals 7 registered trials; most-linked intervention ICU-Care; top US site state North Carolina. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.