MRI-Guided Cryoablation to Alleviate Pain in Head, Neck and Spine

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Conditions studied: Facet Joints; Degeneration, Neuropathy, Neuralgia

In brief

The objective of this study is to provide pain relief to patients with facet joint disease or head and neck pain related to compression of a nerve root. The goal is to provide palliative care with superior efficacy and longer relief compared to current methods.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01788410

Run by

Brigham and Women's Hospital

People needed

50

Starts

2013-05-01

Expected to finish

2030-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2023-08-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants must be willing and able to sign a written informed consent document.
• Patients must have facet joint disease or pain due to a damaged or compressed nerve that would benefit from a minimally invasive image-guided procedure (i.e., adjacent to critical structures, better visualized under 3 Tesla MRI than CT)
• Subjects must be able to adhere to the visit schedules and attend pre and post imaging.
• Participants must be at least 18 years of age
• Participants must have an estimated life expectancy of >8 weeks in the opinion of the clinician.
• Patients with radiculopathy must have the cause of pain confirmed by a nerve block within 3 months prior to ablation

You may not qualify if…

• Contraindications to MRI and Gadolinium- (i.e. estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate <60ml/min, metal clips)
• Pregnant or breastfeeding woman are excluded from this research.

Where it is running

• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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