# Can Chronic Post-surgical Pain be Reduced by Preserving Intercostobrachial Nerve During Axillary Lymph Node Dissection? : A Randomized Controlled Trial

> **NCT05198622** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre** · enrollment: 182 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Breast Cancer
- Chronic Pain
- Intercostobrachial Nerve Injury

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Intercostobrachial Nerve Preserving Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
- **PROCEDURE:** Intercostobrachial Nerve Sacrificing Axillary Lymph Node Dissection

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05198622
- **Lead sponsor:** Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2022-01-30
- **Primary completion:** 2022-10-01
- **Final completion:** 2022-10-01
- **Target enrollment:** 182 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-01


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05198622

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05198622, "Can Chronic Post-surgical Pain be Reduced by Preserving Intercostobrachial Nerve During Axillary Lymph Node Dissection? : A Randomized Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05198622. Licensed CC0.

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