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Labor Pain: later-stage trial registry
3 of 15 indexed Labor Pain 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
Labor Pain: 15 US clinical trials tracked, 3 recruiting.
Labor Pain is the subject of 15 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 3 of them currently open to new participants. 6 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 1 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Brigham and Women's Hospital, running 2 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition labor-pain
OPEN 3 | RECR 20% | LATE 6 | EARLY 1 | RANK #1140 | SPON 2
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Accelerated Phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Positive (20% recruiting · 10 trials)
Labor Pain 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 Labor 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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Labor Pain 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.
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Sponsorship of Labor Pain trials is spread across many organizations.
Brigham and Women's Hospital accounts for 2 of 15 trials (13.3%). 12 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Labor Pain enrolment sits around 120 participants.
Median target enrolment is 120 among the 15 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 5 of those (33.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Labor Pain research is mostly interventional.
13 interventional and 2 observational studies make up this index (86.7% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
15 total, page 1 of 1
The Stimulation To Induce Mothers Study
Yale University
NCT05079841
Intracervical Balloon Placement With Nitrous Oxide Administration
Maimonides Medical Center
NCT06498908
ED90 of Bupivacaine After Lidocaine Test Dose with DPE and EPL
Brigham and Women's Hospital
NCT06146842
Best Beginnings for Babies Birth Sister Program Evaluation
Boston Medical Center
NCT02550730
Mu-Opioid Receptor Genetic Polymorphism and Intrathecal Analgesia
Northwestern University
NCT00418015
Epidural Neostigmine for Labor Pain
Wake Forest University
NCT00779467
Comparison of PIEB vs CEI for Labor Analgesia
Duke University
NCT02949271
DPE Technique in Labor Epidural for Morbidly Obese Women
Duke University
NCT03074695
Impact of Dural Puncture Epidural Versus Traditional Lumbar Epidural on Onset of Labor Analgesia
Medical University of South Carolina
NCT02412969
Optimal Bupivacaine Dose for Initiation of Labor Epidural Techniques
Brigham and Women's Hospital
NCT04814537
CSE v. Epidural for Postpartum Depression
Grace Lim, MD, MS
NCT03022526
Color Doppler Ultrasound to Locate Needle in Labor Epidural
Augusta University
NCT03596333
Stimulation Therapy for Inducing Mothers
Yale University
NCT04756089
Virtual Reality Compared to Nitrous Oxide for Labor Analgesia
Brendan Carvalho
NCT04749043
Use of Ultrasound Guidance to Assist With Labor Epidural Placement in Patients With a BMI ≥40
Thomas J. Vernon
NCT02984267
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 1 |
| Phase 3 | 1 |
| Phase 4 | 5 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Labor Pain records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Labor 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 Labor Pain page
15 registered trials, 3 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 3 Labor Pain trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Brigham and Women's Hospital sponsors the most Labor Pain trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Brigham and Women's Hospital'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 Labor Pain condition card totals 15 registered trials; most-linked intervention Bupivacaine Hydrochloride; 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.