Freezing pain: new study tests if nerve blocks can predict cryoneurolysis success
NCT ID NCT07289984
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether a diagnostic nerve block can predict how well cryoneurolysis—a procedure that uses extreme cold to temporarily freeze nerves—will work for people with long-term muscle and bone pain. Researchers will enroll 50 adults with chronic pain and measure pain levels and walking ability before and after treatment. The goal is to see if the nerve block response matches the cryoneurolysis outcome, which could help personalize pain treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cryoneurolysis (a procedure using extreme cold to temporarily block nerves)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors identify which patients will benefit from cryoneurolysis, improving pain management for chronic musculoskeletal pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study with only 50 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The procedure itself carries risks like nerve damage or incomplete pain relief.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Be over 18 year old * Adults (\> 18y) with either chronic musculoskeletal pain (\> 3 months; average NRS \> 5/10) or painful/functionally limiting spasticity * Have a clinical stable condition, \> 3months * Any medications must be maintained on a stable schedule- Able to understand study instructions and provide informed consent (ICF) in French or Dutch.Provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to cryoneurolysis such as a diagnosis of cryoglobulinemia, paroxysmal cold haemoglobinuria, cold urticaria, Raynaud's disease, any form of peripheral neuropathy, open and or infected wounds of the affected limb * Patient's refusal to give consent to the procedure or to use of their data for research purposes. * Ongoing local or systemic infection before the procedure. * Predominantly neuropathic pain of the upper extremity as assessed with the Pain Detect questionnaire
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