Autopsy report · NCT00287326

Comparison of Low-dose Epidural With Intravenous Narcotic Versus Intravenous Narcotic Alone

“terminated by PI”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Ran for about 5 months before it stopped.
• 40 participants planned (an estimate, not an actual count).
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 3

Sponsor

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Pain

Interventions

Bupivacaine, Clonidine, Morphine

Participants

40 (planned, not actual)

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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  “Terminated per the PI's request.” (82% match in meaning)
• Effectiveness of an Online Intervention Targeting Cancer-related Fatigue
  “Terminated Per PI” (81% match in meaning)
• A First-in-Man, Phase I Evaluation of A Single Cycle of Prohibitin Targeting Peptide 1 in Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer and Obesity
  “Terminated per PI's request” (74% match in meaning)
• A Comparison of Compliance Between Clonidine Patch and Methyldopa for the Treatment of Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy
  “Feasibility of study. PI termination” (72% match in meaning)
• Mechanical Ventilation in Severe Brain Injury: The Effect of Positive End Expiratory Pressure on Intracranial Pressure
  “Departure of PI” (71% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.