Do AxoGuard Implants Decrease Shoulder Disability After Neck Dissections

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Spinal Accessory Nerve Injury, Cervical Lymphadenopathy

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Axoguard nerve protectors have a role in preventing shoulder disability and pain following spinal accessory nerve sparing neck dissections.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03941327

Run by

University of Mississippi Medical Center

People needed

100

Starts

2019-05-01

Expected to finish

2020-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-07

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Any neck dissection (cervical lymphadenectomy) that involves resection of level 2 cervical lymph nodes for malignancy and does not fall into the categories listed under the exclusion criteria.

You may not qualify if…

• History of modified radical neck dissection involving removal of spinal accessory nerve or sternocleidomastoid muscle
• History of radical neck dissection
• History of pre- existing disabling shoulder complaints
• <18 years of age
• Any individual unable to provide consent for his/her self.
• Any individual with allergy, sensitivity, or aversion to porcine material.

Where it is running

• University of Mississippi Medical Center — Jackson, Mississippi, United States (enrolling)

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