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Shoulder Pain: full-pipeline trial registry

9 of 28 indexed Shoulder Pain trials are currently recruiting.

Corpus placement: #577 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

28 US clinical trials · 9 currently recruiting · #577 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Shoulder Pain: 28 US clinical trials tracked, 9 recruiting.

Shoulder Pain is the subject of 28 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 9 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 4 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Texas Woman's University, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition shoulder-pain

OPEN 9 | RECR 32% | LATE 4 | EARLY 4 | RANK #577 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Hypertension (32% recruiting · 472 trials)

Shoulder Pain (this)32%Anatomic Stage IB Breast Can25%Carcinoma, Hepatocellular25%Autistic Disorder17.9%Cocaine-Related Disorders0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Shoulder Pain

Shoulder Pain lists 9 open slots (32% of 28 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 Shoulder 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. Shoulder Pain is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    9 of 28 indexed trials (32.1%) 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 Shoulder Pain trials is spread across many organizations.

    Texas Woman's University accounts for 3 of 28 trials (10.7%). 21 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Shoulder Pain trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 60 among the 28 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 20 of those (71.4%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Shoulder Pain research is mostly interventional.

    22 interventional and 6 observational studies make up this index (78.6% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 13Phase 21Phase 44

Open and recent trials

28 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 584 participants

Zimmer Biomet Shoulder Arthroplasty PMCF

Zimmer Biomet

NCT04984291

RECRUITING NA 400 participants

Patient Outcomes Collection: How Can we do Better?

Rush University Medical Center

NCT03653455

RECRUITING 60 participants

Evaluating Hemidiaphragmatic Paralysis With Prolonged Neural Blockade From an Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block

Duke University

NCT04209504

RECRUITING 60 participants

Biopsychosocial Contributors to Irritability in Individuals With Shoulder Pain

University of Central Florida

NCT06429371

RECRUITING 59 participants

MDR - Comprehensive Primary Revision Stems PMCF

Zimmer Biomet

NCT06788717

RECRUITING Phase 1 48 participants

The Effect of Micro Fragmented Adipose Tissue (MFAT) on Shoulder Osteoarthritis

Stanford University

NCT04929951

RECRUITING NA 41 participants

Embolization Treatment of Chronic Refractory Shoulder Tendinopathy

Brigham and Women's Hospital

NCT06095050

RECRUITING NA 36 participants

BFRT for Subacromial Pain

University of Florida

NCT06873113

RECRUITING 10 participants

Shoulder RFA Pilot Study

University of Utah

NCT06039345

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 4 92 participants

Connective Tissue Matrix for Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

Allegheny Singer Research Institute (also known as Allegheny Health Network Research Institute)

NCT06160427

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 4 83 participants

Opioid-Free Pain Protocol After Shoulder Arthroplasty

Henry Ford Health System

NCT05488847

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 75 participants

Natural History of Shoulder Pathology in Manual Wheelchair Users

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

NCT02600910

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Dry Needling and Shoulder Muscle Blood Flow, Motions, and Pain Sensitivity in Individuals with Shoulder Pain

Texas Woman's University

NCT05596240

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 30 participants

How Dry Needling at the Neck Affects Shoulder Movement, Strength, Pain, and Shoulder Circulation

Texas Woman's University

NCT06705634

COMPLETED 182 participants

Reliability and Validity of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Head and Neck Cancer

Mayo Clinic

NCT02554968

COMPLETED NA 155 participants

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Best Approach to Care Compared to Diversified Chiropractic Adjustive Technique

Parker College of Chiropractic

NCT00163124

COMPLETED NA 148 participants

Maintenance of Shoulder Health and Function After Spinal Cord Injury

Rancho Research Institute

NCT02135978

COMPLETED NA 140 participants

Rotator Cuff Pathway

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

NCT03717753

COMPLETED NA 116 participants

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation(PNS) for Subacromial Impingement Syndrome(SIS)

MetroHealth Medical Center

NCT03752619

COMPLETED Phase 4 112 participants

Liposomal Bupivacaine vs Dexamethasone ISB

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

NCT04047446

COMPLETED Phase 4 92 participants

Liposomal Bupivacaine Plus Bupivacaine Peripheral Nerve Blockade Versus Ropivacaine Plus Dexamethasone Peripheral Nerve Blockade for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Hospital for Special Surgery Florida

NCT04737980

COMPLETED NA 45 participants

Dry Needling vs Dry Needling With ES in Patients With Neck/Shoulder Pain

Kindyle Brennan

NCT03638388

COMPLETED NA 40 participants

Dry Needling and Shoulder Muscle Blood Flow, Motions, and Pain Sensitivity

Texas Woman's University

NCT05467098

COMPLETED Phase 2 28 participants

Subacromial Corticosteroid Injection for Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain

MetroHealth Medical Center

NCT00597766

COMPLETED NA 24 participants

A Pilot Study Comparing Two Rehabilitation Approaches for Individuals With Irritable Shoulder Pain

University of Central Florida

NCT06467123

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 18 participants

Feasibility of Near-infrared Spectroscopy to Measure Cortical Pain Pathway (Brain) Activation During Dry Needling

Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy

NCT04170803

COMPLETED NA 8 participants

Microbreaks in the OR to Mitigate High Physical and Mental Demands

Mayo Clinic

NCT02565394

COMPLETED Phase 1 6 participants

Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy for Shoulder Pain in Persons With Spinal Cord Injury

Kessler Foundation

NCT01355549

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 3
Phase 2 1
Phase 4 4

Named interventions

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

Dry Needling Other
3 trials
Dexamethasone Drug
3 trials
Sham Dry Needling Other
2 trials
Physical Therapy Other
2 trials
Triamcinolone + Lidocaine Drug
1 trials
Non Contracting Producing Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Device
1 trials
Contracting Producing Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Device
1 trials
Bupivacaine Hcl 0.5% Inj Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

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

Texas 8 trials
Florida 6 trials
Minnesota 4 trials
California 4 trials
New York 3 trials
Utah 2 trials
Pennsylvania 2 trials
Ohio 2 trials

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

What to do with this Shoulder Pain page

28 registered trials, 9 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 Shoulder Pain condition card totals 28 registered trials; most-linked intervention Dry Needling; top US site state Texas. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.