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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 4 of 4

COMPLETED Phase 1 34 participants

Safety Study of RP-1127 (Glyburide for Injection) in Healthy Volunteers

Biogen

NCT01132703

COMPLETED NA 33 participants

rTMS to Improve Cognitive Function in TBI

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT02152540

COMPLETED NA 30 participants

Blended Reality Immersion for Geriatric Head Trauma: The BRIGHT Study

University of Maryland, Baltimore

NCT06074328

COMPLETED 26 participants

Eye Movement Recordings in the Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT00875589

COMPLETED 24 participants

Pilot Study of NeuroTriage Device in Patients with Potential Brain Injury And/or Impairment

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

NCT03761641

COMPLETED NA 24 participants

The Environment's Impact on Thinking When Added to Leg Cycling in People With TBI: VITAL

Kessler Foundation

NCT04901286

COMPLETED NA 23 participants

Optimizing Cognitive, Environmental, and Neuromotor Stimulation in Traumatic Brain Injury

Johns Hopkins University

NCT04073225

COMPLETED 20 participants

Optimizing Drug Doses in Critically Ill

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT02437838

COMPLETED NA 19 participants

Clinical Trial to Improve the Magnetic Levator Prosthesis

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

NCT03818204

COMPLETED 18 participants

Imaging Dopamine Function and Its Impact on Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Baylor Research Institute

NCT01850290

COMPLETED Phase 1 18 participants

Effects of TT301 on Cytokine Levels Post Endotoxin Challenge

OPKO Health

NCT01357421

COMPLETED NA 16 participants

Myoelectric Upper Limb Orthosis Use by Persons With TBI and Stroke

Northwestern University

NCT03215771

COMPLETED NA 15 participants

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial: CoINTEGRATE

University of Michigan

NCT05732285

COMPLETED 14 participants

Sleep Quality, Heart Rate Variability and Anxiety Following Brain Injury

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

NCT04652895

COMPLETED Phase 1 14 participants

Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Treat Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury

CentraCare

NCT02974959

COMPLETED NA 13 participants

Telemedicine Brain Injury Coping Skills (BICS-T) Support Group for Brain Injury Survivors and Their Caregivers

Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana

NCT04371211

COMPLETED 11 participants

Assessing Eye Tracking Features Following Sports-Related Concussion

Mayo Clinic

NCT02103803

COMPLETED NA 6 participants

Team Based Initiative Support

US Department of Veterans Affairs

NCT00771277

COMPLETED NA 5 participants

Restoration of Life Role Participation Through Cognitive and Motor Training for TBI

Malcom Randall VA Medical Center

NCT01158781

COMPLETED NA 5 participants

Treating Civilian Traumatic Brain Injury With High Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (ciTBI-HDtDCS)

The University of Texas at Dallas

NCT05408975

COMPLETED Phase 1 3 participants

Traumatic Brain Injury Peripheral Nerve Study

Abbott Medical Devices

NCT01588691

COMPLETED NA 1 participants

Using the Xbox Kinect for Chronic TBI

Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center

NCT02889289

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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.