Rib Fracture Cryoanalgesia

Completed

Conditions studied: Pain Management Improvement

In brief

Rib fractures lead to poor patient outcomes and even death 3. Data suggests effective pain management is crucial to obtain favorable outcomes 4, 5Current outpatient treatment modalities are limited to oral or topical medications with low efficacy and high risk for opioid dependence. In-patient management with a thoracic epidural TEA is largely considered the gold standard, but the risks of TEA may outweigh the benefits 6 to 8.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06093776

Run by

Methodist Health System

People needed

5

Starts

2023-06-05

Expected to finish

2025-06-12

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age Acute pain attributed to rib fracture(s) Able to obtain consent

You may not qualify if…

• <18 years of age Pregnant Incarcerated Confounding injuries or significant pain attributed to secondary injury Patients with any of the following: cryoglobulinemia; paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria; cold urticarial; Raynaud's disease; open and/or infected wounds at or near the treatment site

Where it is running

• Methodist Dallas Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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