# Rib Fracture Analgesia Using Cryoanalgesia

> **NCT04198662** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of California, San Diego** · enrollment: 20 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Traumatic Rib Fracture(s)

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Cryoneurolysis with a Painblocker (Epimed International, Farmers Branch, Texas)
- **DRUG:** Intercostal nerve block ropivacaine with epinephrine
- **DEVICE:** Sham cryoneurolysis with a Painblocker
- **DRUG:** Placebo intercostal nerve block with normal saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04198662
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, San Diego
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-04-03
- **Primary completion:** 2023-08-28
- **Final completion:** 2024-08-27
- **Target enrollment:** 20 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2024-10-10


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04198662

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04198662, "Rib Fracture Analgesia Using Cryoanalgesia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04198662. Licensed CC0.

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