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Lactation: later-stage trial registry
4 of 5 indexed Lactation trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.
Corpus placement: #3,391 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
5 US clinical trials · 4 currently recruiting · #3,391 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Lactation: 5 US clinical trials tracked, 4 recruiting.
Lactation is the subject of 5 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 4 of them currently open to new participants. 1 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 0 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Providence College, running 1 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition lactation
OPEN 4 | RECR 80% | LATE 1 | EARLY 0 | RANK #3391 | SPON 1
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Acute Leukemia of Ambiguous Lineage (80% recruiting · 10 trials)
Lactation lists 4 open slots (80% of 5 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 Lactation 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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Lactation is recruiting above its size-band peers.
4 of 5 indexed trials (80%) 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 Lactation research.
Providence College accounts for 1 of 5 trials (20%). 5 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Most Lactation trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.
Median target enrolment is 50 among the 5 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 4 of those (80%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Lactation research is mostly interventional.
4 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (80% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
5 total, page 1 of 1
Postnatal Exercise to Activate Baby's Brown Fat
Joslin Diabetes Center
NCT07467694
Drug Excretion in Breast Milk
University of Washington
NCT06056583
Mindfulness and Meditation Based Lactation Education on Maternal Breastmilk in the Neonatal ICU
Mayo Clinic
NCT07351799
The Impact of Acute Exercise in the Heat on Breast Milk Production and Composition in Lactating Women
Providence College
NCT07036640
African-American Bone Metabolism and Lactation Study
University of Pittsburgh
NCT00785824
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 4 | 1 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Lactation records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Lactation 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 Lactation page
5 registered trials, 4 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 4 Lactation trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Providence College sponsors the most Lactation trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Providence College'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 Lactation condition card totals 5 registered trials; most-linked intervention Mindfulness-based Intervention; top US site state Washington. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.