MRI-Guided Cryoablation to Alleviate Pain in Head, Neck and Spine

Description

The objective of this study is to provide pain relief to patients with facet joint disease or head and neck pain related to compression of a nerve root. The goal is to provide palliative care with superior efficacy and longer relief compared to current methods.

Conditions

Facet Joints; Degeneration, Neuropathy, Neuralgia

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Study overview

The objective of this study is to provide pain relief to patients with facet joint disease or head and neck pain related to compression of a nerve root. The goal is to provide palliative care with superior efficacy and longer relief compared to current methods.

MRI-Guided Cryoablation of Head, Neck and Spine Nerves and Facets Using the Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating(AMIGO) Suite

MRI-Guided Cryoablation to Alleviate Pain in Head, Neck and Spine

Condition
Facet Joints; Degeneration
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Boston

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Participants must be willing and able to sign a written informed consent document.
  • * Patients must have facet joint disease or pain due to a damaged or compressed nerve that would benefit from a minimally invasive image-guided procedure (i.e., adjacent to critical structures, better visualized under 3 Tesla MRI than CT)
  • * Subjects must be able to adhere to the visit schedules and attend pre and post imaging.
  • * Participants must be at least 18 years of age
  • * Participants must have an estimated life expectancy of \>8 weeks in the opinion of the clinician.
  • * Patients with radiculopathy must have the cause of pain confirmed by a nerve block within 3 months prior to ablation
  • * Contraindications to MRI and Gadolinium- (i.e. estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate \<60ml/min, metal clips)
  • * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman are excluded from this research.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Thomas C Lee, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Record Dates

2030-05