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Motivation: early-phase trial registry
6 of 14 indexed Motivation trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #1,230 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
14 US clinical trials · 6 currently recruiting · #1,230 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Motivation: 14 US clinical trials tracked, 6 recruiting.
Motivation is the subject of 14 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 6 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 Medical University of South Carolina, running 2 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition motivation
OPEN 6 | RECR 43% | LATE 1 | EARLY 2 | RANK #1230 | SPON 2
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) (43% recruiting · 7 trials)
Motivation lists 6 open slots (43% of 14 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 Motivation 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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Motivation is recruiting below its size-band peers.
6 of 14 indexed trials (42.9%) 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 Motivation trials is spread across many organizations.
Medical University of South Carolina accounts for 2 of 14 trials (14.3%). 13 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Motivation enrolment sits around 80 participants.
Median target enrolment is 80 among the 14 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 8 of those (57.1%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Motivation research is mostly interventional.
13 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (92.9% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
14 total, page 1 of 1
MRI Neurofeedback and Brain Circuits Related to Motivation in Healthy Participants
Duke University
NCT05929898
Motivation for Daily Living Skills
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
NCT07159308
InformationSeekingMesolimbicEngagementStudy2
Temple University
NCT06257433
Understanding Motivation in Parkinson's Patients Through Neurophysiology
University of California, San Francisco
NCT05065151
Glucose and Motivation States
University of South Florida
NCT07255183
Accelerated rTMS vs. Sham for Stroke Apathy
Medical University of South Carolina
NCT07113067
Identifying Treatments to Motivate Smokers to Quit
University of Wisconsin, Madison
NCT01122238
Community-based Intervention Effects on Older Adults' Physical Activity
University of Minnesota
NCT03326141
Accelerometer-linked Online Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Adolescents
HopeLab Foundation
NCT02425384
Efficacy of the Tony Robbins Rapid Planning Method (RPM)
Applied Science & Performance Institute
NCT06539949
Stroke and CPAP Outcome Study 3
University of Washington
NCT06029959
Responses to Physical Activity Messages Among Midlife Adults
Rowan University
NCT04711512
Accelerated rTMS for Post-Stroke Apathy
Medical University of South Carolina
NCT05878457
ARCH II Study (Alcohol Research Center on HIV Study II)
University of Florida
NCT02563574
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 2 |
| Phase 4 | 1 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Motivation records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Motivation 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 Motivation page
14 registered trials, 6 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 6 Motivation trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Medical University of South Carolina sponsors the most Motivation trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Medical University of South Carolina'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 Motivation condition card totals 14 registered trials; most-linked intervention Motivational Interviewing; top US site state Florida. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.