Who is sponsoring NCT04936711?

NCT04936711 is sponsored by Norton Thoracic Institute.

What drugs are being tested in NCT04936711?

Interventions in NCT04936711: Resteck Shiatsu Neck and Back Massager, Marcaine.

What condition does NCT04936711 study?

NCT04936711 studies Shoulder Pain, Hiatal Hernia.

Is NCT04936711 still recruiting?

NCT04936711 is currently status unknown. Last updated 23 June 2021.

Last reviewed 2021-06-23 · How we verify

NCT04936711

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Pain Relief After Hiatal Hernia Repair Surgery

Status unknown Phase 4 Last updated 23 June 2021

What this trial tests

Phase 4 trial testing Resteck Shiatsu Neck and Back Massager in Shoulder Pain in 90 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

12 May 2021

Primary endpoint
30 November 2021

30 November 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Norton Thoracic Institute
Phase	Phase 4
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	90
Start date	12 May 2021
Primary completion	30 November 2021
Estimated completion	30 November 2022
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Resteck Shiatsu Neck and Back Massager
Marcaine

Conditions studied

Shoulder Pain — all drugs for Shoulder Pain →
Hiatal Hernia — all drugs for Hiatal Hernia →

Sponsor

Norton Thoracic Institute

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Shoulder Pain or Hiatal Hernia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Referred shoulder pain (pain felt when the problem is actually in a different location) is very common after laparoscopic (small, narrow cut) hernia surgery. The purpose of this study is to look at the effect of a simple back massager, which can be readily purchased online or in a store, in addition to the use of standard pain medications.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Shoulder pain after laparoscopic antireflux surgery: a single-center, randomized, open-label trial.
Mittal SK, Latorre-Rodríguez AR, Bremner RM. · · 2025 · PMID 40603619 · DOI 10.1007/s00464-025-11939-3

Verify or expand the search:

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04936711 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 9 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Norton Thoracic Institute
Last refreshed: 23 June 2021

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