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Older Adults: early-phase trial registry

10 of 24 indexed Older Adults trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #686 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

24 US clinical trials · 10 currently recruiting · #686 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Older Adults: 24 US clinical trials tracked, 10 recruiting.

Older Adults is the subject of 24 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 10 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 University of Illinois at Chicago, running 2 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition older-adults

OPEN 10 | RECR 42% | LATE 1 | EARLY 2 | RANK #686 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Remission (42% recruiting · 12 trials)

Older Adults (this)42%Aplastic Anemia37.5%Behavior37.5%Allergic Rhinitis8.3%Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Older Adults

Older Adults lists 10 open slots (42% of 24 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 Older Adults 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. Older Adults is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    10 of 24 indexed trials (41.7%) 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.

  2. Sponsorship of Older Adults trials is spread across many organizations.

    University of Illinois at Chicago accounts for 2 of 24 trials (8.3%). 20 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Older Adults enrolment sits around 75 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 75 among the 24 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 14 of those (58.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Older Adults research is mostly interventional.

    22 interventional and 2 observational studies make up this index (91.7% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 22Phase 41

Open and recent trials

24 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 1,025 participants

Influenza Immunization in Adults Over Age 75

Johns Hopkins University

NCT02200276

RECRUITING NA 400 participants

Healthy Aging as Black Adults, In It Together: a Comparative Effectiveness Study of Chronic Pain and Cognitive Decline

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT06246929

RECRUITING NA 350 participants

Improving Needs Among Older Adults

Duke University

NCT06588556

RECRUITING NA 90 participants

Building Resilience for Surgical Recovery

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

NCT06174701

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the Hopeful and Healthy Living Program

Boston University Charles River Campus

NCT06940843

RECRUITING NA 34 participants

Pain and Split-belt Motor Learning in Older Adults

University of Delaware

NCT07054840

RECRUITING NA 32 participants

tVNS During Motor Training in Older Adults

Georgia Institute of Technology

NCT06323954

RECRUITING 30 participants

Making Intergenerational Connections Through Arts

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT05986149

RECRUITING Phase 4 20 participants

Oral vs IV Sedation for Cataract Surgery in Older Adults

University of California, San Francisco

NCT07154147

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

Fortifying Healthy Behaviors, Optimizing Medical Therapies and Enhancing Cognitive Function in Older Adults-pilot Study

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT07000734

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 600 participants

Aging and Mixed Perturbation Training to Reduce Falls in Locomotion

University of Illinois at Chicago

NCT03199729

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 387 participants

Improving Patient Walking During Hospitalization

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT04479943

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 260 participants

Managing Pain and Cognitions in Older Adults With Early Cognitive Decline and Chronic Pain

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT05373745

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 75 participants

Dynamic Neural Systems Underlying Social-emotional Functions in Older Adults

University of California, San Francisco

NCT05645835

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 51 participants

Exercise Training, Cognition, and Mobility in Older Adults With Multiple Sclerosis

University of Illinois at Chicago

NCT05930821

COMPLETED NA 671 participants

The BE WITH Project: A Partially Nested Randomized Control Trial (PN-RCT)

University of Florida

NCT07204444

COMPLETED 500 participants

Safety of Acupuncture Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults

McLean Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

NCT03850717

COMPLETED NA 309 participants

Community-based Intervention Effects on Older Adults' Physical Activity

University of Minnesota

NCT03326141

COMPLETED NA 168 participants

Technological Advances in Glucose Management in Older Adults

Joslin Diabetes Center

NCT03078491

COMPLETED NA 32 participants

Effects of a Synbiotic Supplement on Metabolic & Cognitive Outcomes Among Older Adults

Texas Tech University

NCT06845995

COMPLETED NA 20 participants

Relationships Between Exercise and Emotion Regulation on Physical Activity in Frail Older Adults

Northeastern University

NCT03514160

COMPLETED NA 17 participants

Effects of Ballet Training on Postural Stability in Older Adults

Skidmore College

NCT03691259

COMPLETED Phase 2 17 participants

Curcumin and Function in Older Adults

University of Florida

NCT03085680

COMPLETED NA 12 participants

Habit Formation in Older Adults: Feasibility Study

East Carolina University

NCT04037033

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 2 2
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

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

Information about Health and Wellness Other
1 trials
Intrapersonal Behavior Change Strategies Behavioral
1 trials
Interpersonal Behavior Change Strategies Behavioral
1 trials
Physical activity monitors (e.g., Fitbit) Device
1 trials
microcrystalline cellulose Drug
1 trials
Everyday Meaningful Activities (EMA) intervention Behavioral
1 trials
Otago Exercise Program Behavioral
1 trials
Ballet Classes Other
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Older Adults trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Massachusetts 5 trials
California 3 trials
New York 2 trials
North Carolina 2 trials
Illinois 2 trials
Georgia 2 trials
Alabama 2 trials
Wisconsin 1 trials

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

What to do with this Older Adults page

24 registered trials, 10 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

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 Older Adults condition card totals 24 registered trials; most-linked intervention Information about Health and Wellness; top US site state Massachusetts. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.