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Condition (MeSH)

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 615 trials for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries or a narrower condition beneath it.

MeSH D000070598 Wounds and Injuries C26
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Phase 1 Phase 1 8 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 3 Phase 2 Phase 2 14 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 4 Phase 3 Phase 3 9 Phase 4 Phase 4 23 Not applicable Not applicable 405 Observational Observational 149 Phase 1 Phase 1 8 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 3 Phase 2 Phase 2 14 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 4 Phase 3 Phase 3 9 Phase 4 Phase 4 23 Not applicable Not applicable 405 Observational Observational 149

Trials per phase (log scale)

615 of the 615 trials are tagged with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries trials start? (26)

Shown in this order: most recent first, 1990 onwards. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year. 2 trials are registered to start in 2027 or later, and not listed here.

Trials over time, by phase

  • Phase 1
  • Phase 1/2
  • Phase 2
  • Phase 2/3
  • Phase 3
  • Phase 4
  • Not applicable
  • Observational

Top of scale: 73

2001: 1 trials (Phase 4 1) 2002: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 2 1) 2003: 2 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1) 2004: 4 trials (Not applicable 2, Phase 4 2) 2005: 4 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 1) 2006: 5 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2007: 5 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 2, Phase 1 1) 2008: 4 trials (Not applicable 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2009: 5 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 2, Phase 1/2 1) 2010: 6 trials (Not applicable 4, Phase 4 2) 2011: 8 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 5, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 1) 2012: 6 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 2, Phase 2 1) 2013: 10 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 7, Phase 4 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2014: 12 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 8, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1) 2015: 23 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 19, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 1) 2016: 29 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 20, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 1 1) 2017: 32 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 20, Phase 4 2) 2018: 41 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 29, Phase 2/3 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2019: 38 trials (Observational 9, Not applicable 23, Phase 3 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 3) 2020: 37 trials (Observational 11, Not applicable 22, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2021: 73 trials (Observational 19, Not applicable 50, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 1 2) 2022: 65 trials (Observational 15, Not applicable 47, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1) 2023: 45 trials (Observational 10, Not applicable 30, Phase 4 2, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 1 2) 2024: 61 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 41, Phase 4 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2025: 50 trials (Observational 16, Not applicable 32, Phase 2 2)

Trials registered with a start date in each year, 1990 onward, stacked by phase (complete years only; the current partial year is in the table's notes). The table below lists the same counts, most recent years first.

Trials started per year
Year Trials started
2026 (partial year) 45
2025 50
2024 61
2023 45
2022 65
2021 73
2020 37
2019 38
2018 41
2017 32

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 56 trials starting in 2026 and about 50 in 2027, the average of the 24 months through September, counted as registered and carried forward, with about 0.7 times the starts already registered for the rest of 2026 added. The rows of this table count trials registered so far with a start date in the year, planned starts included; the forecast looks ahead to the count for the whole year, so it is not the same measure. In backtests on conditions of this size, forecasts made part-way through the year were typically off by about 15 percent and ran about 1 percent high against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 26 percent and ran about 20 percent low against the count later registered. The part-way figures are from forecasts that used a multiple fitted only on earlier years. These figures rest on a few years of history (target years from 2018 to 2025, varying by figure), place each condition as it is mapped today rather than as it was then, and score against a count for the newest year that was still being revised. Only condition series were scored.

Prediction, not a registry value: median of 36 months from start to primary completion across 78 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 21 months across 304 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries trials in? (8)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 8
Phase 1/2 3
Phase 2 14
Phase 2/3 4
Phase 3 9
Phase 4 23
Not applicable 405
Observational 149

How many Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries trials are recruiting? (8)

Shown in this order: the order a trial moves through, from not yet recruiting to unknown.

Trials by recruitment status
Status Trials
Not yet recruiting 42
Recruiting 95
Enrolling by invitation 16
Active, not recruiting 29
Completed 248

Status as registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. Each trial is counted once.

Which drugs are being tested for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries? (1)

Shown in this order: most trials first. One row per drug, matched to a single molecule under all its names, ranked by number of trials.

Drugs tested
Drug Trials
+/- Bupivacaine HCl 9

Interventions as named in the registry (14)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
Ropivacaine 2 % 5
[PRP] platelet rich plasma 4
Dexamethasone/Dexamethasone acetate 4
MRI 4
Anakinra alone (stages 2b/3) 3

These are the names sponsors entered on ClinicalTrials.gov that we have not matched to a single molecule. Some are drugs under a brand or code name; others are procedures, doses or arm labels.

Which serious adverse events do Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries trials report? (10)

Shown in this order: most subjects affected first. Subjects affected summed across trials, a cross-trial signal, not a rate.

Serious adverse events in this condition's trials
Adverse event Subjects affected Trials
ACL Second Surgery with Meniscus 9 1
Meniscus-Surgery 9 1
Rupture 6 1
Knee Pain-Surgery 3 1
Meniscal Surgery 3 1

Which publications cover Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries? (918)

Shown in this order: major-topic papers first, then newest, then most linked to trials.

Not on this page

Not measured: delivery record.

Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: lead sponsors, prevalence, rare-disease identity, and sub-conditions in mesh.

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