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Physical Function: early-phase trial registry
5 of 9 indexed Physical Function trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #1,916 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
9 US clinical trials · 5 currently recruiting · #1,916 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Physical Function: 9 US clinical trials tracked, 5 recruiting.
Physical Function is the subject of 9 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 5 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 1 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Pennington Biomedical Research Center, running 1 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition physical-function
OPEN 5 | RECR 56% | LATE 0 | EARLY 1 | RANK #1916 | SPON 1
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Advanced Colorectal Cancer (56% recruiting · 9 trials)
Physical Function lists 5 open slots (56% of 9 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 Function 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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Physical Function is recruiting above its size-band peers.
5 of 9 indexed trials (55.6%) 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 Physical Function trials is spread across many organizations.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center accounts for 1 of 9 trials (11.1%). 9 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Most Physical Function trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.
Median target enrolment is 40 among the 9 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 6 of those (66.7%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Physical Function research is mostly interventional.
7 interventional and 2 observational studies make up this index (77.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
9 total, page 1 of 1
Church-based Intervention to Improve Physical Function
Rush University Medical Center
NCT05345041
A Digital Health Intervention to Improve Physical Function and Wellness of Lung Cancer Survivors
Massachusetts General Hospital
NCT07227623
Building Resilience for Surgical Recovery
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
NCT06174701
IMST for Dementia Risk Reduction
Florida State University
NCT07349706
The Impact of Whey Protein on Frailty in Older Adults Classified as Pre-frail
University of Kansas Medical Center
NCT07167277
Novel Respiratory Training as Part of Palliative Care for Older Adults With Heart Failure
University of Pittsburgh
NCT06576297
The In4M Study: Integrating 4 Methods to Assess Physical Function in Cancer Patients
Yale University
NCT05214144
Assessment of Body Composition and Physical Function
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
NCT05784571
Curcumin and Function in Older Adults
University of Florida
NCT03085680
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 2 | 1 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Physical Function records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Physical Function 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 Physical Function page
9 registered trials, 5 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 5 Physical Function trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center sponsors the most Physical Function trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Pennington Biomedical Research Center'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 Physical Function condition card totals 9 registered trials; most-linked intervention Enhanced Usual Care; top US site state Florida. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.