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Traumatic Brain Injury: early-phase trial registry

75 of 172 indexed Traumatic Brain Injury trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #63 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

172 US clinical trials · 75 currently recruiting · #63 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Traumatic Brain Injury: 172 US clinical trials tracked, 75 recruiting.

Traumatic Brain Injury is the subject of 172 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 75 of them currently open to new participants. 5 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 23 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is VA Office of Research and Development, running 11 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition traumatic-brain-injury

OPEN 75 | RECR 44% | LATE 5 | EARLY 23 | RANK #63 | SPON 11

Nearest open-share peer: Binge-Eating Disorder (44% recruiting · 39 trials)

Malignant Solid Neoplasm53.1%Epilepsy47.6%Traumatic Brain Injury (this)44%Bladder Cancer41.3%Cystic Fibrosis28.8%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury lists 75 open slots (44% of 172 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 Traumatic Brain Injury 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. Traumatic Brain Injury is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    75 of 172 indexed trials (43.6%) 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.

  2. Sponsorship of Traumatic Brain Injury trials is spread across many organizations.

    VA Office of Research and Development accounts for 11 of 172 trials (6.4%). 95 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Traumatic Brain Injury enrolment sits around 80 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 80 among the 172 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 99 of those (57.6%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Traumatic Brain Injury research is mostly interventional.

    122 interventional and 50 observational studies make up this index (70.9% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 111Phase 212Phase 33Phase 42

Open and recent trials

172 total, page 2 of 4

RECRUITING NA 70 participants

GetUp&Go: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Enhance Physical Activity After TBI

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

NCT06028334

RECRUITING NA 70 participants

Brain Balance Study

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT05714150

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

TMS-fNIRS Personalized Dosing

Florida State University

NCT05916417

RECRUITING 60 participants

Efficacy of Xeomin for Migraines in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injuries vs. Anomalous Health Incidents

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

NCT07267819

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Long-term Brain Stimulation of the Motor Ventral Thalamus (VOP/VIM) to Improve Motor Function

Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez

NCT07056348

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Noninvasive Vagal Nerve Stimulation and Cognitive Rehabilitation

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

NCT06589362

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Stimulating Specific Brain Areas (VOP/VIM) With Electricity to Improve Movement and Muscle Control

Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez

NCT07056361

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Using Virtual Reality to Improve Job Reentry in Adults With TBI

Kessler Foundation

NCT04820634

RECRUITING Phase 1 60 participants

Combinatory Rehabilitation Used for Substantially Helping Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury

Kessler Foundation

NCT05716048

RECRUITING Phase 2 51 participants

Autologous Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury

Hope Biosciences

NCT05951777

RECRUITING NA 50 participants

Community-based Implementation of Online EmReg

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

NCT05933629

RECRUITING Phase 2 50 participants

Understanding and Treating Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Associated Photophobia With Botulinum Toxin Type A (BoNT-A)

University of Miami

NCT06293300

RECRUITING NA 45 participants

NEUROBALANCE Training to Improve Postural Control in Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury

Kessler Foundation

NCT06584591

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Remote Stimulation and Training to Advance Recovery From TBI in Seniors

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center

NCT07332299

RECRUITING NA 36 participants

Brain Research Assessing Impacts of Neurophysiological Processing Speed Training in Veterans

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT06217575

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Non-Trauma Intervention to Treat PTSD for Veterans and Service Members Suffering From a TBI

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

NCT07351305

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Visual Plasticity Following Brain Lesions

Georgetown University

NCT07105358

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Multimodal Monitoring of Cerebral Autoregulation After Pediatric Brain Injury

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT04242602

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Robotic Balance Training to Improve Postural Control and Balance Post-Traumatic Brain Injury

Kessler Foundation

NCT06184295

RECRUITING NA 24 participants

Using Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Treat Word Finding Difficulty in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

NCT06848140

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Development Of a Virtual Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) Platform and Mobile Health App

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

NCT06494319

RECRUITING Phase 1 15 participants

Hyperpolarized 13C-pyruvate Metabolic MRI With Traumatic Brain Injury

University of Maryland, Baltimore

NCT06103201

RECRUITING 15 participants

Reliability and Validity of the PReFS

Baylor University

NCT07280923

RECRUITING 10 participants

Cortical Spreading Depolarization After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis

NCT03321370

RECRUITING Early Phase 1 10 participants

Ketamine in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT06062628

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 728 participants

Implementation of Neuro Lung Protective Ventilation

Colin Grissom

NCT03243539

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 432 participants

Illuminating Neuropsychological Dysfunction and Systemic Inflammatory Mechanisms Gleaned After Hospitalization in Trauma-ICU Study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT03098459

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 300 participants

Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury Epileptogenesis Project (TRACK-TBI EPI)

University of Pennsylvania

NCT05823766

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 300 participants

TRACK-TBI Longitudinal Biomarker Study

University of Pennsylvania

NCT05201833

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 300 participants

Improving Sleep, Sleep-related Outcomes, and Biomarkers in Veterans

Portland VA Medical Center

NCT03968874

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 260 participants

Proteomics of Brain Trauma-associated Elevated Intracranial Pressure (ICP)

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

NCT00178659

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 102 participants

Re-entry Continuum for Brain Injury

Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana

NCT04386681

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 85 participants

Expanding Delivery of an Evidence-based Weight-loss Intervention to Enhance Access and Reach Underserved Groups After TBI

Baylor Research Institute

NCT05699772

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 85 participants

Intervention to Change Affect Recognition and Empathy

Indiana University

NCT05636020

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 77 participants

Cognitive Rehabilitation of Blast Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT01138020

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Telerehabilitation Early After CNS Injury

TRCare

NCT06069999

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 57 participants

Group Lifestyle Balance™ for Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury (GLB-TBI)

Baylor Research Institute

NCT03594734

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 50 participants

Feasibility of a Digital Goals-of-Care Decision Aid for Clinicians and Families of Patients With SABI

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

NCT05671874

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 50 participants

Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI) Precision Medicine Phase 2 Option 1

University of California, San Francisco

NCT04602806

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 45 participants

Study to Assess the Safety of Amantadine Hydrochloride (HCl) Intravenous (IV) Solution (MR-301) in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

SHINKEI Therapeutics

NCT06253923

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 41 participants

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) as an Intervention for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center

NCT02849223

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 34 participants

Narrative Discourse Treatment Development

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT05008419

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 33 participants

Combined tDCS and Cognitive Training to Reduce Impulsivity in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center

NCT03844607

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 20 participants

3D Transcranial Ultrasound Brain Imaging (3D-TRUBI) Instrument for Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Intracranial Hemorrhages

The Geneva Foundation

NCT06780436

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 15 participants

Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Assessing Neural Activity During Virtual Reality Walking Intervention

Craig Hospital

NCT06276894

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 15 participants

Brain Stimulation for Concussion

The Mind Research Network

NCT05889117

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 8 participants

LED Treatment to Improve Cognition and Promote Recovery in TBI

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT02404402

COMPLETED 2,011 participants

Evaluation of Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury

Banyan Biomarkers

NCT01426919

COMPLETED 2,000 participants

Traumatic Brain Injury Among Homeless Veterans

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

NCT01120054

COMPLETED 1,328 participants

Evaluation and Diagnosis of Potential Research Subjects With Traumatic Brain Injury

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

NCT01287156

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 11
Phase 2 12
Phase 3 3
Phase 4 2

Named interventions

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

Placebo Drug
7 trials
rTMS Device
3 trials
Internet Resources Comparison (IRC) Behavioral
2 trials
3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Procedure
2 trials
In-Person Outcome Assessment Behavioral
2 trials
Negative Ion Generator Device
2 trials
Sham Transcranial direct current stimulation Device
2 trials
Active Transcranial direct current stimulation Device
2 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Traumatic Brain Injury trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Texas 31 trials
Florida 24 trials
California 23 trials
Pennsylvania 21 trials
Ohio 18 trials
North Carolina 16 trials
Maryland 16 trials
New York 12 trials

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

What to do with this Traumatic Brain Injury page

172 registered trials, 75 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 Traumatic Brain Injury condition card totals 172 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state Texas. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.