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Walking, Difficulty: early-phase trial registry

8 of 13 indexed Walking, Difficulty trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

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13 US clinical trials · 8 currently recruiting · #1,315 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Walking, Difficulty: 13 US clinical trials tracked, 8 recruiting.

Walking, Difficulty is the subject of 13 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 8 of them currently open to new participants. 1 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 3 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Northwestern University, running 4 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition walking-difficulty

OPEN 8 | RECR 62% | LATE 1 | EARLY 3 | RANK #1315 | SPON 4

Nearest open-share peer: High Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome (62% recruiting · 13 trials)

Walking, Difficulty (this)62%ACL Injury61.5%Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia46.2%Accidental Falls30.8%Actinic Keratoses23.1%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Walking, Difficulty

Walking, Difficulty lists 8 open slots (62% of 13 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 Walking, Difficulty 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. Walking, Difficulty is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    8 of 13 indexed trials (61.5%) 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.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Walking, Difficulty research.

    Northwestern University accounts for 4 of 13 trials (30.8%). 9 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Walking, Difficulty trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 60 among the 13 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 10 of those (76.9%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Walking, Difficulty research is mostly interventional.

    12 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (92.3% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 22Phase 31

Open and recent trials

13 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 3 210 participants

SMART Exercise for PAD

Northwestern University

NCT06032065

RECRUITING NA 72 participants

To Develop a Walking Exercise Program for Non-ambulatory Stroke Survivors

University of Kansas Medical Center

NCT06247553

RECRUITING Phase 1 72 participants

Heat Therapy, Functional Capacity, and Vascular Health in Older Adults

University of North Texas Health Science Center

NCT05706181

RECRUITING Phase 2 64 participants

Passive Stretching in Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

NCT06420752

RECRUITING NA 55 participants

Biomarkers of Reaction To HIIT Exercise

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT06059872

RECRUITING Phase 2 34 participants

Fisetin to Reduce Senescence and Mobility Impairment in PAD

Northwestern University

NCT06399809

RECRUITING NA 32 participants

Far Red Light to Improve Functioning in PAD

Northwestern University

NCT06165016

RECRUITING NA 32 participants

ENhancing Exercise with LIGHT to Improve Functioning in PAD

Northwestern University

NCT06399900

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 702 participants

Testing Interventions for Mobility Through Exercise (TIME)

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

NCT05725564

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Reflex Excitability in Post-stroke Stiff-Knee Gait

MetroHealth Medical Center

NCT04947865

COMPLETED NA 102 participants

Functional Activity Strength Training

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

NCT05697497

COMPLETED NA 44 participants

Quantifying the Role of Sensory Systems Processing in Post-Stroke Walking Recovery

University of Cincinnati

NCT04553198

COMPLETED 30 participants

Cortical Processes During Walking Post-stroke

University of Florida

NCT05710029

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 2
Phase 3 1

Named interventions

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

Sham light therapy Device
2 trials
Far red light therapy Device
2 trials
Backward Locomotion Treadmill Training (BLTT) Behavioral
1 trials
Daily exercise intervention Behavioral
1 trials
Behavioral Change Technique Behavioral
1 trials
Band Together Behavioral
1 trials
FAST (Functional Activity Strength Training) Behavioral
1 trials
Commercial knee brace Device
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Walking, Difficulty trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Illinois 4 trials
Pennsylvania 2 trials
Ohio 2 trials
Wisconsin 1 trials
Texas 1 trials
Minnesota 1 trials
Kansas 1 trials
Georgia 1 trials

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

What to do with this Walking, Difficulty page

13 registered trials, 8 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 Walking, Difficulty condition card totals 13 registered trials; most-linked intervention Sham light therapy; top US site state Illinois. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.