# The Efficacy of Continuous Cold-Therapy on Postoperative Pain and Narcotics Use Following Spinal Fusion

> **NCT03640338** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Rush University Medical Center**

## Conditions studied

- Radiculopathy
- Central Spinal Stenosis
- Foraminal Stenosis
- Herniated Nucleus Pulposus
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Isthmic Spondylolisthesis
- Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Cold-Therapy System

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03640338
- **Lead sponsor:** Rush University Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2020-04
- **Primary completion:** 2020-12
- **Final completion:** 2020-12
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Limiting funding sources forced us to withdraw the study.
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-23


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03640338

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03640338, "The Efficacy of Continuous Cold-Therapy on Postoperative Pain and Narcotics Use Following Spinal Fusion". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03640338. Licensed CC0.

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