Cordotomy in Reducing Pain in Patients With Advanced Cancer
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Official title
Percutaneous Cordotomy for Pain Palliation in Advanced Cancer
Brief summary
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This trial studies how well cordotomy works in reducing pain in patients with cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced). Cordotomy is performed on the spinal cord with a needle and guided by computed tomography scans and is designed to help reduce pain. This study is being done to learn if a cordotomy reduces pain in patients with unmanageable cancer pain.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04119037
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 27 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Cordotomy Procedure
- Morphine Drug
- Questionnaire Administration Other
- Sham Intervention Procedure
Procedure · Drug · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 15, 2019
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2028
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2028
- Last update posted
- Mar 10, 2026
2019 – 2028
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M D Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 10, 2026 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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