Sign in
Taking people in United StatesNo phase

Artery embolization for long-lasting pain from osteoarthritis and other sore areas

Follows adults with osteoarthritis and chronic pain who have artery embolization.

Key facts

Who runs it
Vascular Solutions of North Carolina
Where
Cary and Winchester, United StatesSee the 2 sites
Trial code
Registry title
Embo Registry; National Registry for Artery Embolization
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
1,000 people, planned
Started
15 Jul 2024
Expected to end
15 Jul 2029
Type of study
Observational
Treatments tested
  • Artery Embolization
Record updated
28 October 2024

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for adults who have had artery embolization for chronic pain. The pain must come from osteoarthritis or another condition that causes pain in one area. Artery embolization is a procedure that blocks small blood vessels.

Age
Over 18 years
Sex
All sexes
Disease stage
Chronic pain due to osteoarthritis or other diagnoses that cause pain in one area of the body.
Earlier treatment
People must have had artery embolization to treat their chronic pain.

The registry criteria, word for word

Show all 2 criteriaShow less

Who can take part

  • > 18 years of age undergone artery embolization interventions for the treatment of chronic pain due to osteoarthritis or other diagnoses that cause localized pain

Who cannot take part

  • None

Where in United States

  • Vascular Solutions of North CarolinaCary, United StatesContact: Meaghan Thomas, CCRPTaking people
  • Southern Tennessee CardiologyWinchester, United StatesContact: Billie ClarkTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

Embo Registry is a retrospective and prospective observational study to evaluate real world effectiveness and the use of Artery Embolization as a treatment for chronic pain with patients that have osteoarthritis and localized pain to provide symptomatic relief. This study is to determine the efficacy and validity of procedure and that following procedure patients had decreased pain and improved quality of life.

The group in the trial

  • Group

    For the study to determine efficacy and overall improvement of patients post artery embolization by comparing patient's pain preoperative and post operatively, if there is a decreased use of medication preoperatively compared to post procedure and increased quality of life preoperative and post procedure. Clinical outcomes of improvement will be determined by improvement of Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Index (WOMAC), EQ-5D-5L Quality of Life Questionnaire, and to determine if patients had decrease used of medication prescribed preoperatively.

    Treatment: Artery Embolization

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

Print a page for my doctor

Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Multicenter National Registry for Artery Embolization (Embo Registry) for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis and Areas of Localized Pain to Assess Treatment of Artery Embolization to Determine If Subjects Have Decrease Pain, Decreased Use of Narcotics and NSAIDs, and Quality of Life Improvement Post Procedure.
Plain-language title
Artery embolization for long-lasting pain from osteoarthritis and other sore areasGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
Record updated
28 October 2024