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Condition (MeSH)

Myofascial Pain Syndromes

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 370 trials for Myofascial Pain Syndromes or a narrower condition beneath it. Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 3.

MeSH D009209 Musculoskeletal Diseases C05
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Phase 1 Phase 1 6 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 3 Phase 2 Phase 2 13 Phase 3 Phase 3 8 Phase 4 Phase 4 14 Not applicable Not applicable 292 Observational Observational 34 Phase 1 Phase 1 6 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 3 Phase 2 Phase 2 13 Phase 3 Phase 3 8 Phase 4 Phase 4 14 Not applicable Not applicable 292 Observational Observational 34

Trials per phase (log scale)

318 of the 370 trials are tagged with Myofascial Pain Syndromes itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Myofascial Pain Syndromes trials start? (24)

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.

Trials over time, by phase

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

Top of scale: 39

2003: 2 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1) 2004: 1 trials (Not applicable 1) 2005: 4 trials (Phase 4 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 2) 2006: 1 trials (Not applicable 1) 2007: 1 trials (Phase 4 1) 2008: 3 trials (Not applicable 2, Phase 4 1) 2009: 8 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 3, Phase 4 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2010: 3 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2011: 6 trials (Not applicable 4, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1) 2012: 6 trials (Not applicable 4, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2013: 8 trials (Not applicable 8) 2014: 12 trials (Not applicable 10, Phase 4 1, Phase 1 1) 2015: 7 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 4, Phase 3 1, Phase 1 1) 2016: 16 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 13, Phase 3 1) 2017: 18 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 17) 2018: 20 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 17, Phase 3 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2019: 26 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 23, Phase 3 1, Phase 1 1) 2020: 29 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 21, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 2) 2021: 36 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 28, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 2) 2022: 36 trials (Observational 5, Not applicable 28, Phase 4 2, Phase 2 1) 2023: 39 trials (Observational 8, Not applicable 30, Phase 1 1) 2024: 29 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 27) 2025: 33 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 28, Phase 4 1, 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) 26
2025 33
2024 29
2023 39
2022 36
2021 36
2020 29
2019 26
2018 20
2017 18

Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 34 trials starting in 2026 and about 34 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 25 months from start to primary completion across 27 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 6 months across 257 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Myofascial Pain Syndromes trials in? (7)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 6
Phase 1/2 3
Phase 2 13
Phase 3 8
Phase 4 14
Not applicable 292
Observational 34

How many Myofascial Pain Syndromes 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 18
Recruiting 29
Enrolling by invitation 3
Active, not recruiting 3
Completed 239

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

Which lead sponsors run the most Myofascial Pain Syndromes trials? (1)

Shown in this order: most trials first. Lead sponsors the registry classes as industry, NIH, US federal, other government or network. A hospital or university the registry files as government can appear here. Sponsors it classes as academic or other are shown on the full page, because that class cannot separate an institution from a named investigator.

Lead sponsors
Sponsor Trials
Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital 3

Which drugs are being tested for Myofascial Pain Syndromes? (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
Ozone 2

Interventions as named in the registry (14)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
type A botulinum toxin 8
Low Level Laser Therapy 7
L:Lidocaine 7
Trigger point injection (lidocaine) 6
Exercise 5

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 Myofascial Pain Syndromes trials report? (9)

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
Atrial Fibrillation 1 1
Dizziness 1 1
Foot Fracture 1 1
Non-cardiac Chest Pain 1 1
Pneumonia 1 1

Which publications cover Myofascial Pain Syndromes? (491)

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

Sub-conditions in MeSH (1)

MeSH descendants one level down with at least one trial, most trials first.

Not on this page

Not measured: delivery record.

Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: prevalence and rare-disease identity.

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