Cryoablation Effects on Acute and Chronic Pain After Thoracotomy and Thoracoscopy
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Procedure, Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The researchers will compare the common methods of post-surgical pain control, such as epidural or intercostal nerve block with a newer method called cryoablation. The research team is conducting this study to determine if cryoablation provides more effective pain control when compared to an epidural or intercostal nerve block.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:
• Patients who could receive cryoablation in an elective open thoracic (posterolateral thoracotomy) or minimally invasive (thoracoscopy, including robotic) procedures at Michigan Medicine
• Patient is opioid naïve
Locations
United States
Michigan
University of Michigan
RECRUITING
Ann Arbor
Contact Information
Primary
Shari L Barnett
shbailey@umich.edu
734-936-4561
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-06-03
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-04
Participants
Target number of participants: 80
Treatments
Active_comparator: Intercostal nerve block
Standard of care
Experimental: Cryoablation
Cryoablation is a procedure that is used to freeze and burn away tissue cells via a device called a cryosphere which emits a freezing gas.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: AtriCure, Inc.
Leads: University of Michigan