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Total Knee Arthroplasty: later-stage trial registry

14 of 30 indexed Total Knee Arthroplasty trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 3-4.

Corpus placement: #519 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

30 US clinical trials · 14 currently recruiting · #519 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Total Knee Arthroplasty: 30 US clinical trials tracked, 14 recruiting.

Total Knee Arthroplasty is the subject of 30 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 14 of them currently open to new participants. 6 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 3 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Smith & Nephew, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition total-knee-arthroplasty

OPEN 14 | RECR 47% | LATE 6 | EARLY 3 | RANK #519 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Autism (47% recruiting · 105 trials)

AML60%Total Knee Arthroplasty (thi…47%Acute Myeloid Leukemia40%Anatomic Stage IA Breast Can26.7%Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Total Knee Arthroplasty

Total Knee Arthroplasty lists 14 open slots (47% of 30 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 Total Knee Arthroplasty 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. Total Knee Arthroplasty is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    14 of 30 indexed trials (46.7%) 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 Total Knee Arthroplasty trials is spread across many organizations.

    Smith & Nephew accounts for 3 of 30 trials (10%). 22 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Total Knee Arthroplasty enrolment sits around 118 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 118 among the 30 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 12 of those (40%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Total Knee Arthroplasty research is mostly interventional.

    23 interventional and 7 observational studies make up this index (76.7% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 12Phase 21Phase 46

Open and recent trials

30 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING NA 3,250 participants

Implementation of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation After Total Knee Arthroplasty

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT06953375

RECRUITING Phase 4 420 participants

Medrol Dosepak for Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty

Rush University Medical Center

NCT05097976

RECRUITING Phase 2 240 participants

Brain-Computer Interface Visualization Training to Optimize Muscle Activation Following Orthopaedic Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

NCT07020312

RECRUITING 200 participants

Improving Rehabilitation for Veterans After Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Individualized Recovery Trajectories

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT05288803

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Minimal Sedation During Knee Replacement Surgery

Mayo Clinic

NCT07371390

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Persona MC vs PS RCT With ROSA

NYU Langone Health

NCT05391828

RECRUITING NA 150 participants

Investigating Patient Satisfaction With Smart Knee Implants

University of Chicago

NCT06968143

RECRUITING Phase 4 148 participants

Reducing Perioperative Oxidative Stress to Prevent Postoperative Chronic Pain Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT06083480

RECRUITING NA 131 participants

Intraoperative VR for Older Patients Undergoing TKA

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

NCT04748549

RECRUITING NA 64 participants

Enhanced Recovery After Major Surgery and Chronic Pain for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

NCT05981105

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Effectiveness of Exparel Anesthetic Administered by the Surgeon During Knee Surgery

The Cleveland Clinic

NCT06946368

RECRUITING Phase 1 40 participants

Intraosseous (IO) Cefazolin and Vancomycin in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

NCT06640491

RECRUITING Phase 4 30 participants

A Prospective, Randomized Parallel Group Study of the Efficacy of Vancomycin Administered Through Intraarticular Injection Versus Intraosseous Injection Versus Intravenous Infusion in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty

University of California, San Diego

NCT07282782

RECRUITING NA 19 participants

Observation of Wheeled Device Use After TKA

Stanford University

NCT06080152

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 126 participants

Safety and Performance Using Legion™ CR Oxinium and CoCr Femoral Implants Combined With Legion™/Genesis™ II XLPE High Flex Tibial Inserts

Smith & Nephew

NCT03687593

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 118 participants

Safety and Performance Study of the Legion Porous System in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Smith & Nephew

NCT03720782

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 105 participants

Interventional Study Exploring the Occurrence of Surgical Site Infections.

Molnlycke Health Care AB

NCT06661473

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 90 participants

Polyethylene Wear Particle Analysis of TKA

Osaka Metropolitan University

NCT06426641

COMPLETED 1,694 participants

Journey II Bi-Cruciate Stabilized (BCS) Total Knee System Retrospective Study

Smith & Nephew

NCT03292003

COMPLETED NA 388 participants

RCT Foley Catheter Study for Elective TJA

Rush University Medical Center

NCT05428020

COMPLETED NA 159 participants

Single Shot vs 24hr vs 48hr Continuous Adductor Canal Block After TKA

University of Pennsylvania

NCT02730728

COMPLETED 118 participants

A Post-Market, Retrospective Study on 3D Metal Tibial and Femoral Cones

Medacta International

NCT06578897

COMPLETED Phase 4 117 participants

Effects of Catheter Location on Postoperative Analgesia for Continuous Adductor Canal and Popliteal-Sciatic Nerve Blocks

University of California, San Diego

NCT02523235

COMPLETED Phase 4 106 participants

Does Duloxetine Reduce Sub-Acute Pain After Knee Arthroplasty?

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

NCT02005601

COMPLETED NA 94 participants

Saphenous Nerve Block Versus Femoral Nerve Block for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

NCT01333943

COMPLETED NA 81 participants

Effect of Ambulatory Continuous Femoral Nerve Blocks on Readiness-for-Discharge Following Total Knee Replacement

University of California, San Diego

NCT00419276

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 60 participants

Single Injection Adductor Canal Block Versus Continuous Adductor Canal Infusion for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

NCT02991404

COMPLETED Phase 4 51 participants

A Comparison of Subvastus and Midvastus Approaches in Minimally-Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

NCT00848133

COMPLETED 51 participants

Return Physical Activities After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Cincinnati Sportsmedicine Research and Education Foundation

NCT04746144

COMPLETED NA 43 participants

Impact of Prehabilitation in Total Knee Replacement

Allina Health System

NCT01844934

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 2
Phase 2 1
Phase 4 6

Named interventions

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

Placebo Drug
3 trials
Journey II BCS Total Knee System Device
1 trials
Control Group Procedure
1 trials
Study Group: Experimental Procedure
1 trials
Total knee arthroplasty Procedure
1 trials
5ml bolus of 0.5% ropivicaine Drug
1 trials
0.2% Ropivicaine at 8 milliliter/hour Drug
1 trials
20ml bolus of 0.5% ropivicaine Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Total Knee Arthroplasty trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

New York 6 trials
Minnesota 6 trials
Illinois 6 trials
California 4 trials
Tennessee 3 trials
Pennsylvania 3 trials
Ohio 3 trials
Colorado 3 trials

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

What to do with this Total Knee Arthroplasty page

30 registered trials, 14 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 14 Total Knee Arthroplasty trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Smith & Nephew sponsors the most Total Knee Arthroplasty trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Smith & Nephew'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 Total Knee Arthroplasty condition card totals 30 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state New York. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.