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Postoperative Complications: early-phase trial registry

11 of 21 indexed Postoperative Complications trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #797 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

21 US clinical trials · 11 currently recruiting · #797 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Postoperative Complications: 21 US clinical trials tracked, 11 recruiting.

Postoperative Complications is the subject of 21 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 11 of them currently open to new participants. 1 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 3 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Syed Husain, running 1 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition postoperative-complications

OPEN 11 | RECR 52% | LATE 1 | EARLY 3 | RANK #797 | SPON 1

Nearest open-share peer: End-Stage Kidney Disease (52% recruiting · 21 trials)

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Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Postoperative Complications

Postoperative Complications lists 11 open slots (52% of 21 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 Postoperative Complications 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. Postoperative Complications is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    11 of 21 indexed trials (52.4%) 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 Postoperative Complications trials is spread across many organizations.

    Syed Husain accounts for 1 of 21 trials (4.8%). 21 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Postoperative Complications enrolment sits around 106 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 106 among the 21 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 6 of those (28.6%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Postoperative Complications research is mostly interventional.

    15 interventional and 6 observational studies make up this index (71.4% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 12Phase 21Phase 41

Open and recent trials

21 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 4,500 participants

Improving Surgical Patient Outcomes Through Implementation of a SemiStructured Intraoperative Anesthesia Handoff Tool

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

NCT06533111

RECRUITING NA 324 participants

Hyperinflation Respiratory Therapies in Cardiac Surgery Patients

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT04164173

RECRUITING 170 participants

Role of Phosphatidylethanol in Predicting Perioperative Outcomes of Admitted Patients at UHCMC

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

NCT06864819

RECRUITING NA 137 participants

Post-Market Study of the Signia Circular Stapler With Tri-Staple Technology in Left-sided Colon, Sigmoid, and Rectal Resections

Medtronic - MITG

NCT07351071

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Nutrition to Support Postoperative Recovery

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

NCT07109505

RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Studying How Outpatient Water affEcts Risks With Drains (SHOWER Study)

Sean Devitt

NCT04725916

RECRUITING 100 participants

Alert Frequency, Nurse, and Patient Satisfaction With a wCVSM Software Across Health Care Systems and Cultures

Christian S. Meyhoff

NCT06289699

RECRUITING 100 participants

Frailty and Muscle Strength Tests in Older Adults Undergoing Major Surgery

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT06988176

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

The Impact of Prehabilitation

Boston Medical Center

NCT06181253

RECRUITING Phase 1 30 participants

Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Pain Control Trial

Swedish Medical Center

NCT05906134

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

The Effect of Intrawound Vancomycin Powder on Surgical Site Infection in Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection

Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

NCT05625373

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 200 participants

Integrating Data, Algorithms and Clinical Reasoning for Surgical Risk Assessment

University of Florida

NCT02741986

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 106 participants

Postoperative VR for Recovery After Bariatric Surgery

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

NCT04754165

COMPLETED 2,500 participants

Validation Study of ClassIntra®

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

NCT03009929

COMPLETED 1,744 participants

REPLACE: Implantable Cardiac Pulse Generator Replacement Registry

Biotronik

NCT00395447

COMPLETED NA 481 participants

Evaluation of Hospital Readmission Rate Dependent on Post-Operative Follow-Up Procedure

Syed Husain

NCT03813537

COMPLETED NA 242 participants

Dilute Betadine Soak and Scrub for Foot and Ankle Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

NCT03926208

COMPLETED Phase 4 200 participants

The Effect of Sugammadex Versus Neostigmine on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications

Oregon Health and Science University

NCT02861131

COMPLETED NA 60 participants

Trendelenburg's Slide Prevention Study

Mayo Clinic

NCT01068821

COMPLETED Phase 1 48 participants

Study Evaluating the Safety of MOA-728 Administered Orally to Healthy Subjects

Bausch Health Americas

NCT00311350

COMPLETED NA 7 participants

Perianal Maceration in Pediatric Ostomy Closure Patients

University of Pittsburgh

NCT04606004

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 2
Phase 2 1
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

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

Standard of care skincare Other
1 trials
Stool application Other
1 trials
Egg crate foam mattress Other
1 trials
Gel pad Other
1 trials
Clorhexadine scrub Procedure
1 trials
Soak and Scrub Procedure
1 trials
Phone Call Other
1 trials
MOA-728 Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

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

Pennsylvania 4 trials
Ohio 4 trials
Florida 4 trials
Texas 3 trials
North Carolina 3 trials
Massachusetts 3 trials
Wisconsin 1 trials
Washington 1 trials

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

What to do with this Postoperative Complications page

21 registered trials, 11 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 11 Postoperative Complications trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Syed Husain sponsors the most Postoperative Complications trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Syed Husain'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 Postoperative Complications condition card totals 21 registered trials; most-linked intervention Standard of care skincare; top US site state Pennsylvania. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.