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Movement Disorders: early-phase trial registry
16 of 27 indexed Movement Disorders trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #598 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
27 US clinical trials · 16 currently recruiting · #598 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Movement Disorders: 27 US clinical trials tracked, 16 recruiting.
Movement Disorders is the subject of 27 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 16 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 2 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Boston Children's Hospital, running 3 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition movement-disorders
OPEN 16 | RECR 59% | LATE 0 | EARLY 2 | RANK #598 | SPON 3
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Preeclampsia (59% recruiting · 49 trials)
Movement Disorders lists 16 open slots (59% of 27 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 Movement Disorders 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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Movement Disorders is recruiting above its size-band peers.
16 of 27 indexed trials (59.3%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.
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Sponsorship of Movement Disorders trials is spread across many organizations.
Boston Children's Hospital accounts for 3 of 27 trials (11.1%). 22 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Movement Disorders enrolment sits around 100 participants.
Median target enrolment is 100 among the 27 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 11 of those (40.7%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Movement Disorders splits between interventional and observational designs.
13 interventional and 14 observational studies make up this index (48.1% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
27 total, page 1 of 1
Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Involuntary Movement Disorders
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
NCT00001208
Abbott DBS Post-Market Study of Outcomes for Indications Over Time
Abbott Medical Devices
NCT04071847
Target ALS Biomarker Study; Longitudinal Biofluids, Clinical Measures, and At Home Measures
Target ALS Foundation
NCT05137665
A Retrospective Survey-based Multicenter Study to Delineate the Molecular and Phenotypic Spectrum of Epilepsy-dyskinesia Syndromes
Boston Children's Hospital
NCT06585605
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Genomic Sequencing Initiative (HSPseq)
Boston Children's Hospital
NCT05354622
Validating a New Machine-Learned Accelerometer Algorithm Using Doubly Labeled Water
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
NCT05736302
Moderate Versus High Volume Light-Moderate Intensity Exercise for People With Moderate Parkinson's Disease
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT06088355
Neurophysiology of the Basal Ganglia, Thalamus, and Cerebellum in Patients With Movement Disorders
University of Pennsylvania
NCT06848530
Analysis of Human Movement With Assistive Devices
Orthocare Innovations
NCT05729061
Non-invasive BCI-controlled Assistive Devices
University of Texas at Austin
NCT05183152
A Multicenter Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation Registry
Boston Children's Hospital
NCT06585618
Neurophysiological, Behavioral, and Cognitive Networks in Movement Disorders
University of Alabama at Birmingham
NCT04061135
Cognitive Decline Following Deep Brain Stimulation
Medical University of South Carolina
NCT05822388
A Post-Approval Registry for Exablate 4000 Type 1.0 and Type 1.1 for Unilateral Pallidotomy for the Treatment of Advanced, Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease With Medication-refractory Moderate to Severe Motor Complications
InSightec
NCT05539196
Towards Restoring Complex Movement After Paralysis: Algorithm Development With Healthy Participants
University of California, Los Angeles
NCT07236892
Leg Stretching Using an Exoskeleton on Demand for People With Spasticity
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT05926596
Mobile Parkinson Observatory for Worldwide, Evidence-based Research (mPower)
Sage Bionetworks
NCT02696603
DIAMOND-Lewy Guidelines for Antipsychotic Use in Older Patients
Ohio State University
NCT06357195
Global Registry: ExAblate Neuro MR Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) of Neurological Disorders:
InSightec
NCT03100474
Genotype/Phenotype Correlation of Movement Disorders and Other Neurological Diseases
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
NCT00001667
Open-label, Long-term Safety Extension Study of AFQ056 in Parkinson's Patients With L-dopa Induced Dyskinesias
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
NCT01491932
Heart Rate Variability in Response to Metformin Challenge
Woodinville Psychiatric Associates
NCT02500628
Golf Instruction Versus Tai Chi for People With Parkinson's Disease
Massachusetts General Hospital
NCT03563807
Database Of Clinical Data For Individuals With Variants In The IRF2BPL Gene
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
NCT03892798
Postural Effects of Being Rotated in a Whole Body Gyroscope
Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies
NCT01188161
Proprioception and Meditation
University of Miami
NCT03079817
Music-listening During Deep Brain Stimulation to Relieve Anxiety
Darlene A. Lobel, MD
NCT03091335
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
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| Phase 2 | 2 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Movement Disorders records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Movement Disorders 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 Movement Disorders page
27 registered trials, 16 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 16 Movement Disorders trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Boston Children's Hospital sponsors the most Movement Disorders trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Boston Children'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 Movement Disorders condition card totals 27 registered trials; most-linked intervention Rotating Chair; top US site state Massachusetts. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.