# A Study of Amifostine for Prevention of Facial Numbness in Radiosurgery Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia

> **NCT01364259** · PHASE3 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Stanford University** · enrollment: 17 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Trigeminal Neuralgia

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Amifostine
- **PROCEDURE:** CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01364259
- **Lead sponsor:** Stanford University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2008-09
- **Primary completion:** 2014-01
- **Final completion:** 2015-01
- **Target enrollment:** 17 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Patterns of practice changed and this technique is no longer used.
- **Last updated:** 2017-04-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01364259

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01364259, "A Study of Amifostine for Prevention of Facial Numbness in Radiosurgery Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01364259. Licensed CC0.

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