Autopsy report · NCT07871123

Radiosurgery for Severe Refractory Cancer Pain: A Sham-Controlled Pilot Trial

“Enrollment halted after 10 of 20 planned participants following ethical reassessment by the investigators; continued sham allocation was judged ethically disproportionate.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 2 years 6 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 1 year 2 months before it stopped.
• 10 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

Centro Internacional del Cáncer

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Cancer Pain; Refractory Pain

Interventions

Triple-target stereotactic radiosurgery; Sham radiosurgery

Participants

10

Sites

1

Countries

El Salvador

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• Newly Designed Vaginal Stent to Improve Patient Comfort and Healing Following Vaginal Surgery or Vaginal Radiation
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  “enrollment of participants has halted prematurely; difficulty with recruitment” (59% 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.