Condition (MeSH)
Trigger Finger Disorder
ClinicalTrials.gov lists 93 trials for Trigger Finger Disorder or a narrower condition beneath it. Eslam Elsayed Ali Shohda has the most among industry and government lead sponsors, with 2.
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Trials per phase (log scale)
93 of the 93 trials are tagged with Trigger Finger Disorder itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.
When did Trigger Finger Disorder trials start? (20)
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 2
- Phase 2/3
- Phase 3
- Phase 4
- Not applicable
- Observational
Top of scale: 15
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.
| Year | Trials started |
|---|---|
| 2026 (partial year) | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 |
Showing 10 of 20 earlier years.
Forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included, not rows of this table: about 6 trials starting in 2026 and about 7 in 2027, the average of the 24 months through September, counted as registered and carried forward. 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 28 percent and ran about 20 percent low against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 39 percent and ran about 37 percent low against the count later registered. 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. The 2026 forecast is below the 6 already registered with a 2026 start date: at the cutoff, 2 trials were already registered to start in October to December, more than the method's monthly average allows for, and the method does not use those planned starts.
Prediction, not a registry value: median of 33 months from start to primary completion across 12 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 17 months across 54 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.
What phase are Trigger Finger Disorder trials in? (7)
Shown in this order: phase order.
Show the trials by phase as a table
| Phase | Trials |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | 3 |
| Phase 2 | 2 |
| Phase 2/3 | 1 |
| Phase 3 | 4 |
| Phase 4 | 12 |
| Not applicable | 56 |
| Observational | 15 |
How many Trigger Finger Disorder trials are recruiting? (9)
Shown in this order: the order a trial moves through, from not yet recruiting to unknown.
| Status | Trials |
|---|---|
| Not yet recruiting | 8 |
| Recruiting | 9 |
| Enrolling by invitation | 2 |
| Active, not recruiting | 3 |
| Completed | 43 |
Showing 5 of 9 statuses.
Status as registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. Each trial is counted once.
Which lead sponsors run the most Trigger Finger Disorder 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.
| Sponsor | Trials |
|---|---|
| Eslam Elsayed Ali Shohda | 2 |
Which drugs are being tested for Trigger Finger Disorder? (3)
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.
| Drug | Trials |
|---|---|
| Corticosteroid | 6 |
| Betamethasone | 3 |
| METHYLPREDNISOLONE | 2 |
Interventions as named in the registry (12)
Shown in this order: most trials first.
| Drug | Trials |
|---|---|
| Hyaluronic acid 1% | 4 |
| Triamcinolone 0.1% | 4 |
| Triamcinolone Acetonide alone | 4 |
| Dexamethasone/Dexamethasone acetate | 4 |
| [PRP] platelet rich plasma | 2 |
Showing 5 of 12 interventions.
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 publications cover Trigger Finger Disorder? (82)
Shown in this order: major-topic papers first, then newest, then most linked to trials.
| Publication | Journal | Year | Major topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Does Orthosis Improve Outcomes of Conservative Treatment in Trigger Fingers? A 3-Arm Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. | Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation | 2025 | Yes |
| Effect of percutaneous release versus steroid injection among adults with trigger fingers: a randomized clinical trial. | BMC musculoskeletal disorders | 2025 | Yes |
| Orthosis vs. exercise for the treatment of adult idiopathic trigger fingers: A randomized clinical trial. | Prosthetics and orthotics international | 2024 | Yes |
| Relative motion splints versus metacarpophalangeal joint blocking splints in the management of trigger finger: Study protocol for a randomized comparative trial. | PloS one | 2024 | Yes |
| Prediction of disability in trigger finger: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. | The Journal of hand surgery, European volume | 2023 | Yes |
Showing 5 of 82 publications.
Not on this page
Not measured: delivery record.
Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: serious adverse events in this condition's trials, prevalence, rare-disease identity, and sub-conditions in mesh.