New patch may cut opioid need after C-Section
NCT ID NCT07185425
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a device called NeuroCuple™ that uses no drugs to manage pain after cesarean delivery. Researchers want to see if it reduces pain and the need for opioid painkillers. The study will include 180 women having a C-section. Half will get the real device, and the others will get a sham device or standard care.
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- 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 180 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Female 18 years or older able to provide informed consent in English or Spanish * Scheduled for a planned or unplanned non-emergent cesarean delivery under neuraxial anesthesia * Intact skin surfaces around the operative skin incision area at the site of patch application * Pfannestiel skin incision Exclusion Criteria: * Active drug abuse * Chronic opioid user * Severe chronic pain * Psoriasis vulgaris or other skin conditions precluding safe device application * Subject is concurrently participating in another research study with an investigational drug or medical device that in the Investigator's opinion could impact subject safety or study results * Subject with reasons to maintain an epidural beyond operative room * Subject with complex surgery or subject who may need more than a cesarean surgery with possible tubal sterilization procedure * Subject is deemed not suitable for the study at the discretion of the principal Investigator
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Locations
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Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
RECRUITINGFalls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States
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