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Clinical trialNCT03972397CompletedPhase 4Interventional

Intercostal Nerve Cryoablation for Postoperative Pain Management

SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, HoustonEnrollment20Pain, Postoperative
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Summary

The lay summary the sponsor registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy of intercostal nerve cryoablation on the magnitude and duration of postoperative pain control both in patients undergoing thoracoabdominal incisions for the descending or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
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Investigators

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  • Anthony L Estrera, MD

    The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Houston, Texas, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Bupivacaine liposomal injectable suspensionPatient-controlled analgesia
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
15 Jul 2019
Primary completion
22 Sept 2022
Completion
22 Sept 2022
Last update posted
2 Nov 2023
Registered enrollment
20
Registry id
NCT03972397
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.