# Early Percutaneous Cryoablation for Pain Control After Rib Fractures Among Elderly Patients

> **NCT04482582** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Stanford University** · enrollment: 127 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Rib Fractures

## Interventions

- **RADIATION:** Cryoneurolysis
- **OTHER:** Standard of Care

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04482582
- **Lead sponsor:** Stanford University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-06-01
- **Primary completion:** 2024-04-25
- **Final completion:** 2025-04-30
- **Target enrollment:** 127 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-27


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04482582

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04482582, "Early Percutaneous Cryoablation for Pain Control After Rib Fractures Among Elderly Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04482582. Licensed CC0.

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