# Preventing pAIn With NMDA Antagonists - Steroids in Thoracoscopic lObectomy Procedures (PAIN-STOP) Pilot Trial

> **NCT02950233** · PHASE3 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Population Health Research Institute** · enrollment: 27 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain, Postoperative

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** NMDA active
- **DRUG:** Steroid active
- **DRUG:** NMDA placebo
- **DRUG:** Steroid placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02950233
- **Lead sponsor:** Population Health Research Institute
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2017-05-04
- **Primary completion:** 2018-12-31
- **Final completion:** 2019-03-31
- **Target enrollment:** 27 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Recruitment was slower than expected and study drug reached expiry
- **Last updated:** 2020-01-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02950233

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02950233, "Preventing pAIn With NMDA Antagonists - Steroids in Thoracoscopic lObectomy Procedures (PAIN-STOP) Pilot Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02950233. Licensed CC0.

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