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Musculoskeletal Pain clinical trials

The registry lists 516 studies for Musculoskeletal Pain across more than 10 countries. 128 are recruiting or about to start. 294 of them are mainly about Musculoskeletal Pain (how this is decided). Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-12. Counting its 2 narrower conditions too, such as Myalgia: 828 studies, 186 open.

ClinicalTrials.gov finds 6,832 studies for Musculoskeletal Pain. How that becomes 515 here

This page counts the studies the registry files under Musculoskeletal Pain, and those it files under no condition that list Musculoskeletal Painthemselves. Each study its search finds is placed by how the registry filed it and by the conditions it lists. ClinicalTrials.gov counts as of Nov 8, 2026. How condition pages count

  1. 6,832Found by its condition searchIt reads the conditions a study lists and their synonyms, and also titles and keywords.
  2. −267Filed under a narrower condition, counted on its own pageMyalgia 206 · Pelvic Girdle Pain 60
  3. −64List Musculoskeletal Pain as a condition, but the registry did not file them under itMost often written as “Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain” (26), “Neck Pain Musculoskeletal” (23), and “Musculoskeletal Pain Disorder” (8). The registry filed them under other conditions only, most often Chronic Pain (19) and Neck Pain (12).
  4. −5,986Match it another way116 name it in the title, 13 in a keyword, and 5,857 by a synonym or other text the search reads.
  5. 515The count on this page43 of them list Musculoskeletal Pain in their own words; the registry filed them under no condition.

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Status

Completed
303
Recruiting
66
Not yet recruiting
48
Status unknown
42
Active, not recruiting
23
Enrolling by invitation
14

Phase

Phase 2
16
Phase 4
13
Phase 3
12
Phase 1
12
Early Phase 1
2

Where

United States
155
Turkey
59
Spain
44
United Kingdom
21
Denmark
19
Brazil
17

Who runs them

VA Office of Research and Development (12) · University of Florida (9) · University of Thessaly (7) · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (6) · Oslo Metropolitan University (6) · Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (5) · Stanford University (5) · Massachusetts General Hospital (5)

What is being tested here

Drugs under test in Musculoskeletal Pain studies, those with the most open studies first. Medicines only given beside them are not counted. How drugs are counted

DrugOpenPhase 3All
Acetaminophen104
Ibuprofen113
Methylprednisolone101
Glucose101
Platelet rich plasma101
Doxycycline101
Duloxetine111
Furosemide111
Lidocaine101
Sodium Bicarbonate101

Drug classes tested here NSAIDs 1 open · Local anesthetics 1 open · Opioids 5

Coming up

2phase 3 studies under way
53studies finish main data collection within a year

Studies recruiting or running, from their records. “Main data collection” ends at the primary completion date, the sponsor’s own estimate, which often moves.

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Who these studies take

Of the 66 Musculoskeletal Pain studies recruiting now, 29 (44%) set no upper age limit and 31 (47%) stop at 75 or younger. 8 (12%) take children under 18. 2 (3%) are for women only and 1 (2%) for men only; 18 (27%) take healthy volunteers.

Recruiting studies that take each age, of 66
AgeWomenMen
104 (6%)4 (6%)
1849 (74%)48 (73%)
3051 (77%)50 (76%)
4051 (77%)50 (76%)
5051 (77%)50 (76%)
6551 (77%)50 (76%)
7538 (58%)36 (55%)
8532 (48%)31 (47%)

Across all 516 studies, recruiting or not: 48% stop at 75 or younger and 40% at 65; 12% take children; 6% are for women only and 2% for men only; 36% take healthy volunteers. From each study’s registry entry; the criteria on its page decide.

How long Musculoskeletal Pain studies take

Of 237 interventional studies with no phase under Musculoskeletal Pain, half reached primary completion within 13 months of starting, counting those still running.

Start to primary completionEvery sponsorIndustryNon-industry
Interventional, no phase13 mo5–32 · 237 studies—13 mo5–34 · 224 studies
Observational22 mo8–60 · 52 studies—27 mo8–60 · 51 studies

Each figure is the month by which half the studies had reached primary completion, with the range in which the middle half did. Studies still running count until their last registry update; studies that stopped early are left out. Phase 1 includes early phase 1; observational means prospective or not stated, as retrospective and cross-sectional studies date a window of data rather than a study. How these figures are worked out

What changed recently

From the registry's own updates since Oct 14, 2026.

Started recruiting7

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Results posted1

Stopped1

Newly registered4

Studies

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