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Mechanical Ventilation: early-phase trial registry

8 of 15 indexed Mechanical Ventilation trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #1,140 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

15 US clinical trials · 8 currently recruiting · #1,140 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Mechanical Ventilation: 15 US clinical trials tracked, 8 recruiting.

Mechanical Ventilation is the subject of 15 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 8 of them currently open to new participants. 1 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 mechanical-ventilation

OPEN 8 | RECR 53% | LATE 1 | EARLY 2 | RANK #1140 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Beta-Thalassemia (53% recruiting · 15 trials)

Advanced Lung Non-Small Cell53.3%Mechanical Ventilation (this)53%AIDS26.7%Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia0%Adult Glioblastoma0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Mechanical Ventilation

Mechanical Ventilation lists 8 open slots (53% 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 Mechanical Ventilation 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.

  1. Mechanical Ventilation is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    8 of 15 indexed trials (53.3%) 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.

  2. Sponsorship of Mechanical Ventilation trials is spread across many organizations.

    McMaster University accounts for 2 of 15 trials (13.3%). 14 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Mechanical Ventilation enrolment sits around 300 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 300 among the 15 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 2 of those (13.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Mechanical Ventilation research is mostly interventional.

    12 interventional and 3 observational studies make up this index (80% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 22Phase 31

Open and recent trials

15 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 3,090 participants

The ED-AWARENESS-2 Trial

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT05534243

RECRUITING NA 1,200 participants

RCT: Early Feeding After PEG Placement

Carilion Clinic

NCT04110613

RECRUITING NA 800 participants

Respiratory Knowledge Portal Computer and Phone Application to Improve Quality of Mechanical Ventilation by Reducing the Number of Ventilator Associated Events, Injury Created by the Ventilator and Unsafe Setting of Alarms.

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

NCT06737432

RECRUITING Phase 3 644 participants

Optimizing Pain Treatment in Children On Mechanical Ventilation

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

NCT06994442

RECRUITING Phase 2 300 participants

Fentanyl Versus Hydromorphone in Patients on Mechanical Ventilation

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

NCT07224620

RECRUITING NA 238 participants

Prognostic Estimates Among ICU Clinicians

Rush University Medical Center

NCT06452797

RECRUITING NA 170 participants

Analgesia-First Sedation in Trauma Patients

MemorialCare Health System

NCT05751863

RECRUITING NA 110 participants

The Effects of Endotracheal Suctioning on Pain and Serum Markers

Loma Linda University

NCT06692400

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 360 participants

CYCLE: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Early In-bed Cycling for Mechanically Ventilated Patients

McMaster University

NCT03471247

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 312 participants

Measuring Outcomes of Activity in Intensive Care

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT03115840

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 300 participants

Titration of Oxygen Levels During Mechanical Ventilation With Electronic Alerts

Ohio State University

NCT04481581

COMPLETED 680 participants

Implementation of an Analgesia-sedation Algorithm in the Pediatric ICU to Reduce Benzodiazepine Use

Boston Children's Hospital

NCT04263662

COMPLETED Phase 2 113 participants

CYCLE Pilot Randomized Trial

McMaster University

NCT02377830

COMPLETED 30 participants

Variability Analysis as a Predictor of Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation

The Cleveland Clinic

NCT01140750

COMPLETED NA 15 participants

The Effects of Ketamine on Respiratory Stimulation and Transpulmonary Pressures

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT01969227

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 2 2
Phase 3 1

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Mechanical Ventilation records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Analgesia-Sedation algorithm Other
1 trials
Routine physiotherapy Other
1 trials
In-bed cycle ergometer (Restorative Therapies RT300 Supine) Device
1 trials
Subanesthetic ketamine Drug
1 trials
Routine PT Other
1 trials
In-Bed Cycle Ergometer Device
1 trials
Electronic Alerts Other
1 trials
RKP Monitoring Software Other
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Mechanical Ventilation trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Ohio 4 trials
North Carolina 4 trials
Massachusetts 3 trials
Texas 2 trials
Minnesota 2 trials
California 2 trials
Wisconsin 1 trials
Washington 1 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Mechanical Ventilation page

15 registered trials, 8 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 8 Mechanical Ventilation trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • McMaster University sponsors the most Mechanical Ventilation 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 Mechanical Ventilation condition card totals 15 registered trials; most-linked intervention Analgesia-Sedation algorithm; top US site state Ohio. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.