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Pain: full-pipeline trial registry

106 of 377 indexed Pain trials are currently recruiting.

Corpus placement: #16 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

377 US clinical trials · 106 currently recruiting · #16 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Pain: 377 US clinical trials tracked, 106 recruiting.

Pain is the subject of 377 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 106 of them currently open to new participants. 73 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 79 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is University of Florida, running 9 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition pain

OPEN 106 | RECR 28% | LATE 73 | EARLY 79 | RANK #16 | SPON 9

Nearest open-share peer: Astigmatism (28% recruiting · 32 trials)

Colorectal Cancer41.1%Heart Failure41.1%Anxiety40.3%Pain (this)28%Asthma18.5%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Pain

Pain lists 106 open slots (28% of 377 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 Pain 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. Pain is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    106 of 377 indexed trials (28.1%) are open to enrollment, against a 37.1% average across 139 conditions with 100+ trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Pain trials is spread across many organizations.

    University of Florida accounts for 9 of 377 trials (2.4%). 214 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Pain enrolment sits around 84 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 84 among the 375 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 201 of those (53.6%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Pain research is mostly interventional.

    319 interventional and 58 observational studies make up this index (84.6% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 140Phase 239Phase 336Phase 437

Open and recent trials

377 total, page 5 of 8

COMPLETED NA 178 participants

Thermal Analgesia in Newborns

University of Chicago

NCT00740298

COMPLETED Phase 2 177 participants

Intravenous Tapentadol in Post-Bunionectomy Pain

Grünenthal

NCT01435577

COMPLETED NA 174 participants

Patient-Empowered Mobile Technology in Hospitalized Patients (TRU-PAIN)

Duke University

NCT02895841

COMPLETED NA 164 participants

Legacy Intervention Family Enactment (LIFE)

University of Alabama, Tuscaloo

NCT02007564

COMPLETED Phase 3 163 participants

A Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy Following Dosing of Oxycodone/Naltrexone for Treatment of Adults With Pain Following Bunionectomy Surgery

Elite Laboratories

NCT02401750

COMPLETED Phase 4 156 participants

Preventing Propofol-associated Injection Pain

Benaroya Research Institute

NCT00864682

COMPLETED Phase 3 155 participants

Safety of Twice Daily Oxycodone Hydrochloride Controlled-release Tablets in Children With Moderate to Severe Malignant and/ or Nonmalignant Pain Requiring Opioids

Purdue Pharma

NCT01192295

COMPLETED Phase 4 150 participants

Local Anesthetics for Pain Reduction Prior to IV Line Placement

Allina Health System

NCT01759459

COMPLETED Phase 4 150 participants

Surveillance Trial to Evaluate a Shortened Infusion Time of Intravenous Ibuprofen

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals

NCT01334944

COMPLETED 150 participants

Role of B2 Adrenergic Receptors in Labor Pain

Columbia University

NCT00385294

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 143 participants

Emergence Agitation and Pain Scores in Pediatrics When Comparing Single-modal vs Multi-modal Analgesia for ENT Surgery

Nemours Children's Clinic

NCT03062488

COMPLETED Phase 3 141 participants

Phase III Study Evaluating Topical Benzocaine for Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Children

Lachlan Pharma Holdings

NCT03116737

COMPLETED Phase 4 137 participants

Double Blinded Randomized Trial Between Lidocaine And Plain Gel For Urethral Straight Catheterization And The Q-Tip Test

Baystate Medical Center

NCT00883103

COMPLETED 131 participants

Validation of the Sickle Cell Disease Pain Burden Interview

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

NCT00804362

COMPLETED NA 127 participants

Telehealth Outreach for Chronic Back Pain

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT00608530

COMPLETED NA 125 participants

Nurse-Provided Care or Standard Care in Treating Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT00902733

COMPLETED Phase 4 125 participants

Chronic Pain After Amputation

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NCT00006427

COMPLETED Phase 4 124 participants

Intranasal Fentanyl for Initial Treatment of a Vaso-occlusive Crisis

Montefiore Medical Center

NCT01482091

COMPLETED Phase 3 123 participants

A Study of Ibuprofen (IBU) 250mg/APAP 500mg In The Treatment Of Post-Surgical Dental Pain

Pfizer

NCT02837952

COMPLETED NA 120 participants

Enhancing Management of Chronic Pain and Symptoms Among Women Treated for Breast Cancer (Lymph-Flow)

NYU Langone Health

NCT02462226

COMPLETED Phase 2 120 participants

A Study to Assess the Analgesic Properties of a Sublingual Wafer Formulation of Ketamine Following Third Molar Extraction

Lotus Clinical Research

NCT02199678

COMPLETED Phase 1 120 participants

Mind Engagement With Music for Nondrug Pain Relief

University of Utah

NCT00103870

COMPLETED NA 120 participants

Pain Management for Veterans Filing Compensation Claims

Yale University

NCT02049086

COMPLETED NA 120 participants

Study to Evaluate the OrthoCor Active System for Pain Relief

Caerus Corporation

NCT05244187

COMPLETED NA 118 participants

Preoperative Psychosocial Support for Postoperative Recovery and Health: Mechanistic Substudy

University of Utah

NCT04520958

COMPLETED Phase 2 118 participants

Transdermal Ketoprofen to Treat Mild to Moderate Osteoarthritis (OA) Pain of the Knee

ZARS Pharma

NCT00108810

COMPLETED Phase 2 114 participants

Dose-Response Study of MR-107A-01 in The Treatment of Post-Surgical Dental Pain

Mylan

NCT04571515

COMPLETED Phase 4 114 participants

Randomized Control Trial of a Topical Anesthetic to Evaluate Pain and Anxiety During Venipuncture

Jenny Boucher, PharmD

NCT00676364

COMPLETED NA 111 participants

Assessing the Impact of LIve Music in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to Improve Care for Critically Ill Patients

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT03948984

COMPLETED Phase 2 111 participants

Study of MR-107A-02 in the Treatment of Post Surgical Dental Pain.

Mylan Specialty

NCT05317312

COMPLETED Phase 4 107 participants

Moderate Versus Deep Procedural Sedation With Propofol in the Emergency Department

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

NCT02404610

COMPLETED Phase 3 106 participants

Multiple Dose Dental Pain Study Of Ibuprofen Extended Release

Pfizer

NCT01266161

COMPLETED NA 102 participants

Palliative Radiation Therapy in Reducing Pain in Patients With Bone Metastasis

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT02699697

COMPLETED 102 participants

Regenerex Tibial Tray Multi-Center Data Collection

Zimmer Biomet

NCT00859963

COMPLETED Phase 4 102 participants

Intraoperative TAP Block With Bupivacaine/Dexamethasone Against Liposomal Bupivacaine (Exparel®)

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

NCT03723447

COMPLETED Phase 2 100 participants

Studies of Dextromethorphan and Topiramate to Treat Oral and Facial Pain

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

NCT00001725

COMPLETED NA 100 participants

Music and Local Anesthesia During Dermatologic Procedures

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT04317170

COMPLETED NA 100 participants

Mechanisms of Sleep Disruption Hyperalgesia

Johns Hopkins University

NCT01794689

COMPLETED Phase 4 100 participants

The Anesthetic Efficacy of 3% Mepivacaine Plus 2% Lidocaine With 1:100,000 Epinephrine for Lower Jaw Dental Injections

Ohio State University

NCT01574807

COMPLETED 100 participants

Additional Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan of Brain in Patients Undergoing PET Scan for Diseases Unrelated to Brain

Asokumar Buvanendran

NCT00729092

COMPLETED NA 100 participants

Video Education Intervention in the Emergency Department

Medical College of Wisconsin

NCT01471769

COMPLETED NA 99 participants

Brachial Plexus Block in Post-Op Pain Control After Distal Upper Extremity Fracture: A Prospective Randomized Study

NYU Langone Health

NCT01968824

COMPLETED Phase 3 98 participants

Opioid Titration Order Sheet or Standard Care in Treating Patients With Cancer Pain

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

NCT00666211

COMPLETED Phase 4 98 participants

Applying Num Vapocoolant Spray to Cervix Before Paracervical Block to Decrease Pain During Gynecology Procedures

Queen's Medical Center

NCT06227052

COMPLETED NA 94 participants

Study of a Multimodality Pain Management Protocol on Postoperative Neurosurgical Pain

University of Florida

NCT01693588

COMPLETED 93 participants

Neurofeedback Treatment of Pain in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

University of Washington

NCT00947999

COMPLETED 92 participants

Brain Response to Pain Control in People With Chronic Pain

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

NCT01878019

COMPLETED 90 participants

Evaluation of Pain Measurement Device

Stanford University

NCT02036567

COMPLETED Phase 2 89 participants

Psychological Treatments for Scleroderma

Johns Hopkins University

NCT00007267

COMPLETED 88 participants

Single Shot vs Continuous Interscalene Block for Rotator Cuff Repair

University of Chicago

NCT01122745

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 40
Phase 2 39
Phase 3 36
Phase 4 37

Named interventions

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

Placebo Drug
29 trials
placebo Drug
7 trials
questionnaire administration Other
6 trials
Morphine Drug
5 trials
Hydromorphone Drug
4 trials
placebo Other
4 trials
Lidocaine Drug
4 trials
Ketorolac Drug
4 trials

US sites by state

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

California 71 trials
New York 50 trials
Florida 33 trials
Texas 28 trials
North Carolina 28 trials
Maryland 26 trials
Illinois 25 trials
Utah 23 trials

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

What to do with this Pain page

377 registered trials, 106 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 Pain condition card totals 377 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.