Medical Information Only. Consult your healthcare provider before considering clinical trial enrollment.
Tonsillectomy: later-stage trial registry
1 of 7 indexed Tonsillectomy trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.
Corpus placement: #2,497 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
7 US clinical trials · 1 currently recruiting · #2,497 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Tonsillectomy: 7 US clinical trials tracked, 1 recruiting.
Tonsillectomy is the subject of 7 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 1 of them currently open to new participants. 3 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 0 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Nicole Elsey, running 1 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition tonsillectomy
OPEN 1 | RECR 14% | LATE 3 | EARLY 0 | RANK #2497 | SPON 1
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Adverse Drug Events (14% recruiting · 7 trials)
Tonsillectomy lists 1 open slots (14% of 7 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 Tonsillectomy 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.
-
Tonsillectomy is recruiting below its size-band peers.
1 of 7 indexed trials (14.3%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.
-
Sponsorship of Tonsillectomy trials is spread across many organizations.
Nicole Elsey accounts for 1 of 7 trials (14.3%). 7 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
-
Typical Tonsillectomy enrolment sits around 172 participants.
Median target enrolment is 172 among the 7 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 2 of those (28.6%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
-
Tonsillectomy research is mostly interventional.
6 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (85.7% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
7 total, page 1 of 1
Gabapentin Premedication to Reduce Postoperative Pain for Pediatric Tonsillectomy
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
NCT03625011
The Effect of Dexamethasone Dosing on Post-tonsillectomy Hemorrhage
Nicole Elsey
NCT02228135
Honey Used as Adjunct Therapy to Tylenol for Post-Op Tonsillectomy Patients
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
NCT03931395
Impact of Using a Cuffed Endotracheal Tube on Limiting the Risk of Airway Fire
Nationwide Children's Hospital
NCT01285804
Muscle Relaxation for Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
NCT06225466
Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Ibuprofen for Treatment of Pain in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Tonsillectomy
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
NCT01332253
Adenotonsillectomy Postoperative Parental Teaching Tool
Sarah Khan
NCT02517658
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 3 | 1 |
| Phase 4 | 2 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Tonsillectomy records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Tonsillectomy 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 Tonsillectomy page
7 registered trials, 1 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 1 Tonsillectomy trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Nicole Elsey sponsors the most Tonsillectomy trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Nicole Elsey'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 Tonsillectomy condition card totals 7 registered trials; most-linked intervention Standard discharge teaching; top US site state Ohio. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.