Status:
RECRUITING
Trigeminal Neuralgia Electrophysiology
Lead Sponsor:
University of Minnesota
Conditions:
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The study intervention is to perform standard somatosensory evoked responses limited to the face during rhizotomy procedures of the gasserian ganglion (trigeminal ganglion) for the treatment of trigem...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria (TGN):
- Adults of 18 years or older
- Scheduled to undergo percutaneous rhizotomy for facial pain
- Exclusion Criteria (TGN):
- Facial pain of unclear origin (i.e. not clearly TGN pain)
- Rhizotomy procedure canceled
- Inclusion Criteria (Healthy controls)
- Adults of 18 years or older
- Exclusion Criteria (Healthy Controls)
- Diagnosis or history of facial pain such as TMD or TGN
- History of migraine
- History of any functional pain disorder: fibromyalgia, IBS, CRPS
- Recent chronic pain (within last month)
- Unwilling to participate for two hours in lab
- Current acute pain
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 4 2022
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 7 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05269472
Start Date
April 4 2022
End Date
April 7 2027
Last Update
November 19 2025
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University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455