Autopsy report · NCT04538430

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Back

“Due to COVID-19 and other factors this study was terminated early and the patients currently enrolled are being used as a small pilot study.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 9 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 1 year 10 months before it stopped.
• 7 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 1 year 2 months after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

University of Utah

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Back Pain

Interventions

SPRINT percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulator placed

Participants

7

Sites

1

Countries

United States

Trials that died the same way

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  “The study was terminated due to insufficient participant enrollment resulting from a lower-than-expected number of COVID-19 cases” (82% match in meaning)
• A Study of Deflazacort (Emflaza®) in Participants With Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy 2I (LGMD2I)
  “The study was terminated early due to low enrollment and missing efficacy assessment data due to missed visits related to COVID-19.” (82% match in meaning)
• Threshold Response of Lumbar Selective Nerve Root Block in Predicting Good Outcome Following Lumbar Foraminotomy
  “The study was terminated early due to a number of concurrent issues: low enrollment, limited data and COVID-19.” (82% match in meaning)
• Acceptability, Feasibility and Safety of a Yoga Program for Chronic Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
  “Study terminated due to COVID-19 pandemic.” (80% match in meaning)
• The Efficacy of Denosumab in Incomplete Patients Spinal Cord Injury
  “Study ended early due to COVID-19” (79% 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.