Autopsy report · NCT03714906

Stellate Ganglion Block in Head and Neck Cancer Surgery

“Slow accrual, lack of benefit between intervention and control arms on interim analysis”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 5 months before it started.
• Ran for about 3 years 6 months before it stopped.
• 22 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

Augusta University

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Head and Neck Cancer; Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

Stellate ganglion block

Participants

22

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
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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.