Autopsy report · NCT03037684

Depolarising Electrical Skin Stimulation in Neuropathic and Postoperative Pain

“Study was stopped due to difficulties recruting patients, at the time, 20 patients and 20 controls were included. Within last to years, only 2 patients and 2 controls could be recruted. It lookes, that the condition is to rare available.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 2 months before it started.
• Ran for about 8 years 10 months before it stopped.
• 65 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Sponsor

Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Neuropathy;Peripheral

Interventions

neurophysiology

Participants

65

Sites

1

Countries

Switzerland

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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.