New pain monitor aims to cut opioid use in spine surgery
NCT ID NCT07608276
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study tests a device called the NOL monitor, which measures pain levels during spine surgery. Doctors use it to decide when to give more pain medicine. The goal is to see if this approach reduces the amount of opioids needed during and after surgery, and helps patients wake up and leave the recovery room faster. About 100 adults having elective spine surgery will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PMD-200 monitor with NOL index (device)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help doctors give just the right amount of pain medicine during surgery, possibly reducing side effects and speeding up recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 100 people, and it compares results to past cases rather than a control group. The device may not improve outcomes significantly.
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Study facts
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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 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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.
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18 years and older
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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: * Age \> 18 years old. * ASA I-III * Elective spine surgery (laminectomy, spinal fusion, and disc replacement) under general anesthesia. * Opioid tolerant and patients with documented chronic pain may be included * Patient able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * • Use of any type of anesthesia other than general anesthesia (neuraxial, epidural analgesia or local regional anesthesia) * Use of intraoperative methadone * Non-sinus heart rate * Pregnancy/lactation * Chronic use of psychoactive drugs within 90 days prior to surgery * Patients currently using IV opioids (IV drug abuse) * Allergy or intolerance to any of the study anesthesia related drugs * History of severe cardiac arrhythmias within the last 12 months * Surgeries less than 1.5 hours (from incision to extubation)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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