MRI-Guided Cryoablation to Alleviate Pain in Head, Neck and Spine
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorBrigham and Women's Hospital
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
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
Disqualifiers
Contraindications to MRI and Gadolinium- (i.e. estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate <60ml/min, metal clips)
Pregnant or breastfeeding woman are excluded from this research.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Cryoablation under image guidance
- MRI Seednet Cryotherapy System (Galil Medical)
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov