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ClinicalTrials.gov 9 recruiting now early-phase tilt

Substance Abuse: early-phase trial registry

9 of 59 indexed Substance Abuse trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #241 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

59 US clinical trials · 9 currently recruiting · #241 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Substance Abuse: 59 US clinical trials tracked, 9 recruiting.

Substance Abuse is the subject of 59 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 9 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 14 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Yale University, running 6 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition substance-abuse

OPEN 9 | RECR 15% | LATE 2 | EARLY 14 | RANK #241 | SPON 6

Nearest open-share peer: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee (15% recruiting · 13 trials)

Anatomic Stage IV Breast Can70%Hearing Loss50%HER2-positive Breast Cancer47.5%Substance Abuse (this)15%Opioid-Related Disorders13.6%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Substance Abuse

Substance Abuse lists 9 open slots (15% of 59 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 Substance Abuse 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. Substance Abuse is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    9 of 59 indexed trials (15.3%) 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 Substance Abuse trials is spread across many organizations.

    Yale University accounts for 6 of 59 trials (10.2%). 38 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Substance Abuse enrolment sits around 144 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 144 among the 59 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 25 of those (42.4%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Substance Abuse research is mostly interventional.

    53 interventional and 6 observational studies make up this index (89.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 16Phase 28Phase 31Phase 41

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 6
Phase 2 8
Phase 3 1
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

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

Placebo Drug
4 trials
Buprenorphine Sublingual Product Drug
3 trials
Buprenorphine Injection Drug
3 trials
Contingency Management Behavioral
3 trials
Standard Treatment As Usual (TAU) Behavioral
2 trials
drug prevention curriculum Other
1 trials
Services remain dispersed; i.e., not centralized to one-location or provider. Other
1 trials
Services will be provided at one site Other
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Substance Abuse trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Connecticut 10 trials
Massachusetts 8 trials
Washington 7 trials
Oregon 7 trials
Texas 6 trials
Florida 6 trials
California 6 trials
Pennsylvania 5 trials

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

What to do with this Substance Abuse page

59 registered trials, 9 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 9 Substance Abuse trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Yale University sponsors the most Substance Abuse trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Yale 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 Substance Abuse condition card totals 59 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state Connecticut. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.