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ClinicalTrials.gov 110 recruiting now early-phase tilt #37 of 28,707 conditions

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: early-phase trial registry

110 of 265 indexed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #37 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

265 US clinical trials · 110 currently recruiting · #37 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: 265 US clinical trials tracked, 110 recruiting.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is the subject of 265 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 110 of them currently open to new participants. 22 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 46 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is VA Office of Research and Development, running 45 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition post-traumatic-stress-disorder

OPEN 110 | RECR 42% | LATE 22 | EARLY 46 | RANK #37 | SPON 45

Nearest open-share peer: Glaucoma (41% recruiting · 94 trials)

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Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder lists 110 open slots (42% of 265 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 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 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. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    110 of 265 indexed trials (41.5%) 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. One sponsor concentrates Post Traumatic Stress Disorder research.

    VA Office of Research and Development accounts for 45 of 265 trials (17%). 130 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Post Traumatic Stress Disorder enrolment sits around 81 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 81 among the 263 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 149 of those (56.7%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder research is mostly interventional.

    250 interventional and 15 observational studies make up this index (94.3% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 115Phase 231Phase 311Phase 411

Open and recent trials

265 total, page 6 of 6

COMPLETED NA 16 participants

Trauma Intervention for Affect Regulation, AIDS, and Substances

University of Miami

NCT02923141

COMPLETED NA 16 participants

Reducing PTSD in Hospitalized Burn Patients

University of Southern California

NCT02026037

COMPLETED Phase 4 12 participants

Short Course Glucocorticoid Treatment for PTSD

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT00204737

COMPLETED NA 12 participants

A Self-Management Program for Completers of Trauma-Focused Therapy for PTSD

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT03225859

COMPLETED Phase 4 11 participants

Reducing Cannabis Overuse With Prazosin

VA Puget Sound Health Care System

NCT04721353

COMPLETED NA 9 participants

CCTAP: Cognitive Control Training for Treatment of AUD-PTSD

Posit Science Corporation

NCT03200028

COMPLETED Phase 3 9 participants

Maximizing Treatment Outcome and Examining Sleep in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Southern Methodist University

NCT01199107

COMPLETED Phase 1 9 participants

Norepinephrine Transporter Availability in PTSD

Emory University

NCT01799837

COMPLETED NA 9 participants

Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT03777553

COMPLETED NA 8 participants

Targeted Strategies to Accelerate Evidence-Based Psychotherapy (EBP) Implementation in Military Settings

Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research

NCT03663452

COMPLETED NA 7 participants

Pilot Study of PRX-03140 to Assess Safety for Use in Adult Subjects With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Alachua Government Services

NCT01492699

COMPLETED NA 6 participants

Using Attentional Bias Modification to Address Trauma Symptoms

University of Nebraska Lincoln

NCT02615717

COMPLETED NA 6 participants

Lifespan Integration for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder From an Auto Accident

Argosy University

NCT01263067

COMPLETED NA

Hyporeactivity and Gulf War Illness

US Department of Veterans Affairs

NCT00100412

COMPLETED NA

Intervention to Decrease Anxiety in Parents of Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Stanford University

NCT00186472

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 15
Phase 2 31
Phase 3 11
Phase 4 11

Named interventions

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

Placebo Drug
12 trials
Cognitive Processing Therapy Behavioral
7 trials
Prolonged Exposure Behavioral
6 trials
Treatment as Usual Behavioral
6 trials
Written Exposure Therapy Behavioral
5 trials
Ketamine Drug
5 trials
Placebo Other
4 trials
Therapy Behavioral
3 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 48 trials
Texas 44 trials
Massachusetts 27 trials
New York 26 trials
Washington 23 trials
Florida 23 trials
South Carolina 17 trials
Maryland 14 trials

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

What to do with this Post Traumatic Stress Disorder page

265 registered trials, 110 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 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder condition card totals 265 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.