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Stress: early-phase trial registry
64 of 153 indexed Stress trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #73 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
153 US clinical trials · 64 currently recruiting · #73 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Stress: 153 US clinical trials tracked, 64 recruiting.
Stress is the subject of 153 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 64 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 12 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Virginia Commonwealth University, running 5 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition stress
OPEN 64 | RECR 42% | LATE 2 | EARLY 12 | RANK #73 | SPON 5
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Colorectal Neoplasms (42% recruiting · 55 trials)
Stress lists 64 open slots (42% of 153 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 Stress 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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Stress is recruiting above its size-band peers.
64 of 153 indexed trials (41.8%) 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.
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Sponsorship of Stress trials is spread across many organizations.
Virginia Commonwealth University accounts for 5 of 153 trials (3.3%). 113 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Stress enrolment sits around 80 participants.
Median target enrolment is 80 among the 153 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 86 of those (56.2%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Stress research is mostly interventional.
142 interventional and 11 observational studies make up this index (92.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
153 total, page 4 of 4
Stress and Feeding (SAFE): A Pilot Intervention for Mothers and Their Preterm Infants
Virginia Commonwealth University
NCT03664154
Intervention Mapping to Adapt a Mindfulness-based Intervention for Adults With Diabetes and Emotional Distress
University of Alabama at Birmingham
NCT03987841
Feasibility of Egg-Based Diet Interventions and Assessing Perinatal Mental Health
University of Idaho
NCT05619445
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 6 |
| Phase 2 | 6 |
| Phase 4 | 2 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Stress records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Stress 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 Stress page
153 registered trials, 64 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 64 Stress trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Virginia Commonwealth University sponsors the most Stress trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Virginia Commonwealth University'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 Stress condition card totals 153 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.