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ClinicalTrials.gov 45 recruiting now early-phase tilt #88 of 28,707 conditions

Physical Activity: early-phase trial registry

45 of 132 indexed Physical Activity trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #88 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

132 US clinical trials · 45 currently recruiting · #88 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Physical Activity: 132 US clinical trials tracked, 45 recruiting.

Physical Activity is the subject of 132 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 45 of them currently open to new participants. 1 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 7 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Arizona State University, running 5 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition physical-activity

OPEN 45 | RECR 34% | LATE 1 | EARLY 7 | RANK #88 | SPON 5

Nearest open-share peer: Myelodysplastic Syndrome (34% recruiting · 135 trials)

Esophageal Cancer47.7%Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia43.9%Inflammation38.3%Physical Activity (this)34%Carcinoma, Non-Small Cell Lu32.3%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Physical Activity

Physical Activity lists 45 open slots (34% of 132 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 Physical Activity 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. Physical Activity is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    45 of 132 indexed trials (34.1%) 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 Physical Activity trials is spread across many organizations.

    Arizona State University accounts for 5 of 132 trials (3.8%). 85 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Physical Activity enrolment sits around 100 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 100 among the 132 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 66 of those (50%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Physical Activity research is mostly interventional.

    123 interventional and 9 observational studies make up this index (93.2% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 12Phase 25Phase 31

Open and recent trials

132 total, page 3 of 3

COMPLETED NA 63 participants

Activity Trackers for Improving BP

University of California, San Francisco

NCT03325426

COMPLETED NA 62 participants

Smart Walk: A Physical Activity Program for African American Women

Arizona State University

NCT02823379

COMPLETED NA 61 participants

Club Fit: Physical Activity and Healthy Eating at an After School Program

Mayo Clinic

NCT03189979

COMPLETED NA 60 participants

Feelings About Exercise

The Miriam Hospital

NCT03598647

COMPLETED NA 60 participants

Virtual Reality: Its Effect on Physical Activity Intensity and Pain Sensitivity

Indiana University

NCT04221139

COMPLETED NA 52 participants

Patient Ambulation in Post-Op Recovery

Intermountain Health Care

NCT02528669

COMPLETED 52 participants

Seasonal Patterns of Stress, Diet and Physical Activity - Life in All Seasons (LENAS)

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

NCT01674296

COMPLETED NA 48 participants

Promoting Physical Activity In High Poverty Neighborhoods

RAND

NCT01925404

COMPLETED NA 40 participants

CalFitness Smartphone-Delivered Physical Activity Intervention With Messaging

University of California, Berkeley

NCT03148145

COMPLETED NA 40 participants

Increasing Physical Activity in Latino Men

University of Connecticut

NCT03196570

COMPLETED NA 40 participants

TAME Health: Testing Activity Monitors' Effect on Health

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

NCT02554435

COMPLETED NA 40 participants

Exercise Values of Life and Vitality Everyday

The Miriam Hospital

NCT03565731

COMPLETED NA 40 participants

Pedal@Work: A Worksite Wellness Program

East Carolina University

NCT01371084

COMPLETED NA 35 participants

Sedentary Behavior and Health Outcomes Study

University of Southern California

NCT03153930

COMPLETED NA 35 participants

Effects of Social Skills and Physical Activity Training on Recreational Activities in Youth

University at Buffalo

NCT00886171

COMPLETED NA 31 participants

Activity & Cognition After Treatment for Breast Cancer

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NCT02592070

COMPLETED NA 31 participants

KAM: Kids Are Moving

University of Minnesota

NCT02626637

COMPLETED NA 31 participants

Technology Based Sedentary Reduction Intervention in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Vanderbilt University

NCT05691452

COMPLETED Phase 2 30 participants

Walk to School and Physical Activity

Stanford University

NCT00186134

COMPLETED NA 30 participants

Effects of Playing Pokemon Go on Physical Activity

San Diego State University

NCT03757676

COMPLETED NA 30 participants

The MOTHER (Mobile Technologies to Help Enhancing Regular Physical Activity) Trial for Pregnant Women

University of California, San Francisco

NCT01461707

COMPLETED NA 27 participants

Parent-targeted Mobile Phone Based Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Children (P-Mobile)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

NCT01551108

COMPLETED NA 25 participants

Increasing Physical Activity in Persons With Depression

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT02781688

COMPLETED NA 24 participants

Leisure Time Activity and Nutrition Program

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

NCT00656045

COMPLETED NA 21 participants

Physical Activity and Pacemaker Study

Medical College of Wisconsin

NCT03052829

COMPLETED NA 21 participants

Moderate Aerobic Activity Through Yoga

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

NCT05184673

COMPLETED NA 21 participants

Activating Behavior for Lasting Engagement After Stroke

University of Pittsburgh

NCT03305731

COMPLETED NA 18 participants

Cerebrovascular Response to Acute Exercise

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT03722953

COMPLETED NA 16 participants

Increasing Physical Activity Among Breast Cancer Survivors With Depression

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT02781051

COMPLETED NA 10 participants

Whole Body Periodic Acceleration on Activity and Sleep In Parkinson's Disease

New York Institute of Technology

NCT02874261

COMPLETED NA 8 participants

Aerobic Treadmill Exercise And Metabolism

University of South Carolina

NCT03162991

COMPLETED NA 3 participants

The Effect of Physical Activity in Individuals With Post-bariatric Hypoglycemia

Joslin Diabetes Center

NCT05560789

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 2
Phase 2 5
Phase 3 1

Named interventions

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

Physical Activity Behavioral
6 trials
Step Goal Delivery by Smartphone Behavioral
2 trials
Social Incentive Gamification Behavioral
2 trials
Intern Health Study behavioral change mobile notification Behavioral
2 trials
Aerobic Exercise Other
2 trials
Fitbit Device
2 trials
Intervention Behavioral
2 trials
Control Other
2 trials

US sites by state

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

California 20 trials
Texas 11 trials
Massachusetts 10 trials
New York 7 trials
North Carolina 7 trials
Tennessee 6 trials
Rhode Island 5 trials
Pennsylvania 5 trials

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

What to do with this Physical Activity page

132 registered trials, 45 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 Physical Activity condition card totals 132 registered trials; most-linked intervention Physical Activity; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.