Autopsy report · NCT02724033

Comparative Study of Superficial Cervical Plexus Block and Nerve of Arnold Block and Incidence of PONV for Inner Ear Surgery

“PI has left Riley Anesthesia. Lack of staff for continued recruitment”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 11 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 4 years 4 months before it stopped.
• 37 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 1 year 9 months after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 4

Sponsor

Indiana University

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Anesthesia, Pediatrics, Surgery

Interventions

regional nerve block; Antiemetic

Participants

37

Sites

1

Countries

United States

Trials that died the same way

• Post-marketing Surveillance Regarding Efficacy and Safety of SpaceOAR™
  “PI did leave hospital (retired)” (67% match in meaning)
• Aliskiren and Renin Inhibition in Diastolic Heart Failure
  “Difficulty in recruiting patients and then the PI left the institution” (66% match in meaning)
• Decision-making and Risk-taking in Bulimia
  “The PI has left the hospital and no one is replacing him” (65% match in meaning)
• Concussion and Post Traumatic Stress in Traumatic Brain Injury
  “PI has left the institution.” (61% match in meaning)
• Hemodynamic Effects Of Impella On Renal Circulation And Risk Of CA-AKI Among Patients Undergoing Protected PCI
  “PI may be leaving the institution” (61% 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.