- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04482582
Early Percutaneous Cryoablation for Pain Control After Rib Fractures Among Elderly Patients
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Alexandra Myers
- Phone Number: 6507248445
- Email: amyers19@stanford.edu
Study Locations
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California
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Palo Alto, California, United States, 94305
- Recruiting
- Stanford Hospital and Clinics
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion criteria:
i) Patients greater than 65 years with any acute rib fracture
ii) Pain score equal to or greater than 5 with deep inspiration.
iii) Presenting and admitted to Stanford Emergency Department
Exclusion criteria:
i) Radiographic evidence of metastasis to ribs
ii) Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score <13
iii) Patients undergoing SSRF
iv) Rib fractures located < 3cm from spinous process
v) Coagulopathy (INR >1.5, Pat < 100)
vi) Other factors precluding cryoablation at IR attending's discretion
vii) If only ribs broken are 1,2 or 10,11, 12
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Image-guided percutaneous ICN (pICN): Group A
Patients who were admitted after a traumatic injury, with rib fractures identified, who are >= 65 years of age will be randomized to percutaneous image-guided cryoneurolysis (pICN) group within 72 hours of presentation.
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Patients will be offered a minimally invasive solution known as cryoneurolysis.
By directly applying a cold cryoneurolysis probe to the nerves the axon is destroyed, resulting in Wallerian degeneration of the distal nerve without distorting epineurial or perineurial tissue.
Application of cryoneurolysis will help reduce the amount of narcotics the patient would need to take and instead provide them longer term pain control with minimal risk.
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Active Comparator: Standard-of Care : Group B
Patients who were admitted after a traumatic injury, with rib fractures identified, who are >= 65 years of age will be randomized to standard-of-care group within 72 hours of presentation.
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Patients will be provided regular standard of care at the Stanford Hospital with long-term follow-up provided at the Stanford Center for Reconstruction after Chest Wall Injury.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Acute Pain Assessed by Numeric Pain Score
Time Frame: 12 months
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The patient will be asked to verbalize their numeric pain score daily after discharge and at follow-up visits.
Pain measured on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being no pain and 10 being the worst pain.
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12 months
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Length of hospital stay
Time Frame: Up to 1 month
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The Length of Stay will be obtained from the patient's chart after discharge and will depend on the level of care required for recovery from their injuries.
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Up to 1 month
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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30-day mortality
Time Frame: 1 month
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Will be obtained from chart review after discharge
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1 month
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Number of participants requiring ICU admission
Time Frame: 1 month
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Will be obtained from chart review after discharge
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1 month
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Use of Narcotic Equivalents
Time Frame: 12 months
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Oral narcotic equivalents on day of discharge.
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12 months
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30-day rib-specific readmission
Time Frame: 1 month
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Incidence of readmission.
The patient will be admitted back to the hospital if pain level relates to rib-specific injuries such as hemothorax and pneumonia.
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1 month
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The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and Pain Rating Index (PRI) Scale Score
Time Frame: 12 months
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The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) is a validated 20 question instrument to quantify subjective pain and the scoring system yields a Pain Rating Index (PRI) score between Mild, Moderate or Severe.
The questionnaire will be administered to the patient by study/ clinical staff upon discharge.
The scoring system yields a pain rating index (PRI) score between 0 and 50 used to temporally track pain, higher scores correspond to higher pain levels.
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12 months
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The Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOS-E) Score
Time Frame: 12 months
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The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) is a global scale for functional outcome that rates patient status into one of five categories: Dead, Vegetative State, Severe Disability, Moderate Disability or Good Recovery. The Extended GOS (GOSE) provides more detailed categorization into eight categories by subdividing the categories of severe disability, moderate disability and good recovery into a lower and upper category:
The questionnaire will be administered to the patient by study/clinical staff upon discharge. |
12 months
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Short Form (SF-12) Health Survey Scale Score
Time Frame: 12 months
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The 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey is a widely used composite score used to gauge overall health. The composite score is based on 8 domains scores contained in the SF-12 questionnaire, which will be administered to the patient by study/clinical staff upon discharge. Score ranges from 1 (Excellent) to 5 (Poor) , 1 (Yes, limited a lot) to 3 (No, not limited at all), 1 (Yes) 2 (No), 1 (Not at all) to 5 (Extremely), 1 (All of the time) to 6 (None of the time) and 1 (All of the time) to 5 (None of the time). |
12 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Joseph D Forrester, MD, Stanford University
- Principal Investigator: Nishita Kothary, MD, Stanford University
Publications and helpful links
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- 57099
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