Status:

COMPLETED

QST and Neuropathic Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Barts & The London NHS Trust

Conditions:

Chronic Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Brief Summary

To establish the sensory profile of patients using quantitative sensory testing (QST) and questionnaires as well as the level of sensitisation using temporal summation and diffuse noxious inhibitory c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • • Male and female patients between the age of 18-80 years who have a lumbar radiculopathy who have not undergone any spinal surgery.
  • Minimum baseline pain rating of 50mm on a 100mm NRS in the painful area
  • Chronic pain of at least 6 months
  • Subject satisfies standard criteria in the study centre for SCS implantation and the NICE 159 criteria for management of intractable neuropathic pain.
  • Subject satisfies standard criteria in the study centre for ONS implantation and the NICE 452 criteria for intractable chronic migraine.
  • Patients who have given their written informed consent.
  • Patient is able and willing to comply with study procedures and follow up schedule.

Exclusion

  • • Any inclusion criteria not met
  • Female patients of childbearing age who is or plans on becoming pregnant during the course of the study
  • Patients who have undergone radiofrequency or injection therapy at or on a target neural structure (DRG) during the past 90 days
  • Patients with diabetes or any underlying neurological condition.
  • Patients known to have a condition that in the investigator's judgment precludes participation in the study.
  • Patients who have received an investigational drug or have used an investigational device in the 30 days preceding to study entry

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2016

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03806010

Start Date

February 1 2016

End Date

February 1 2019

Last Update

August 11 2020

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Dr Theresa Wodehouse

London, Essex, United Kingdom, ec1a 7be