# FROST-STERN Trial: A Trial of Intraoperative Cryoablation for Post Operative Pain Management After Full Sternotomy

> **NCT07637370** · NA · NOT_YET_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey** · enrollment: 100 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Pulmonary Dysfunction
- Median Sternotomy Recovery
- Postoperative Pain

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Intercostal Nerve Cryoablation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07637370
- **Lead sponsor:** Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2026-07-15
- **Primary completion:** 2028-07
- **Final completion:** 2028-08
- **Target enrollment:** 100 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-09

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07637370

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07637370, "FROST-STERN Trial: A Trial of Intraoperative Cryoablation for Post Operative Pain Management After Full Sternotomy". Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-20 from https://api.morvs.ai/clinical/NCT07637370. Licensed CC0.

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