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Inguinal Hernia: full-pipeline trial registry
2 of 12 indexed Inguinal Hernia trials are currently recruiting.
Corpus placement: #1,429 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
12 US clinical trials · 2 currently recruiting · #1,429 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Inguinal Hernia: 12 US clinical trials tracked, 2 recruiting.
Inguinal Hernia is the subject of 12 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 2 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 2 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Intuitive Surgical, running 2 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition inguinal-hernia
OPEN 2 | RECR 17% | LATE 2 | EARLY 2 | RANK #1429 | SPON 2
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Acute Renal Failure (17% recruiting · 6 trials)
Inguinal Hernia lists 2 open slots (17% of 12 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 Inguinal Hernia 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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Inguinal Hernia is recruiting below its size-band peers.
2 of 12 indexed trials (16.7%) 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 Inguinal Hernia research.
Intuitive Surgical accounts for 2 of 12 trials (16.7%). 11 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Inguinal Hernia enrolment sits around 200 participants.
Median target enrolment is 200 among the 12 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 4 of those (33.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Inguinal Hernia research is mostly interventional.
9 interventional and 3 observational studies make up this index (75% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
12 total, page 1 of 1
Activity Restrictions After Inguinal Hernia Repair
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
NCT05867134
A Pilot Study of Local Anesthesia for Inguinal Hernia Surgery in Older Adults
University of Wisconsin, Madison
NCT04706026
No Opioids vs. Minimal Opioids Following Inguinal Hernia Repair
Clayton Petro
NCT05929937
Natural History of Infants With Patent Processus Vaginalis
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
NCT03042858
Treatment of Occult Inguinal Hernias
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
NCT04815707
Post-operative Pain Control-TAP Block Using Exparel vs. Marcaine for Hernia Repairs
Leslie Son
NCT05177991
Medtronic Hugo™ Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) System in Hernia Surgery (Enable Hernia Repair)
Medtronic - MITG
NCT06445504
Methocarbamol in Ventral and Inguinal HR
Prisma Health-Upstate
NCT05388929
Clinical Investigation of the da Vinci Surgical System
Intuitive Surgical
NCT05682742
A Prospective Study to Compare the Clinical Outcomes, Pain and Patient Quality of Life for Hernia Patients
Intuitive Surgical
NCT02715622
Analgesia in Children Using Caudal Epidural Ropivacaine
Loma Linda University
NCT01494272
Trial of Laparoscopic Compared to Open Inguinal Hernia Repair in Children Younger Than 3 Years
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
NCT00716768
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 1 |
| Phase 2 | 1 |
| Phase 4 | 2 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Inguinal Hernia records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Inguinal Hernia 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 Inguinal Hernia page
12 registered trials, 2 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 2 Inguinal Hernia trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Intuitive Surgical sponsors the most Inguinal Hernia trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Intuitive Surgical'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 Inguinal Hernia condition card totals 12 registered trials; most-linked intervention Hernia repair; top US site state Texas. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.