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Percutaneous sympathetic blockade in complex regional pain syndrome type 1: a prospective clinical investigation on predictors of sympatheticaly maintained pai

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS I) (Causalgia)
Causalgia
Nervous System Diseases
Registration Number
ISRCTN71968956
Lead Sponsor
Academic Hospital Maastricht (AZM) and Dutch Consortium for Research on Trauma Related Neuronal Dysfunction (TREND)
Brief Summary

2012 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22143169 (added 02/05/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
49
Inclusion Criteria

Adult (18 years or more) male or female patients with CRPS1 as diagnosed by International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) criteria, with a duration of 12 months or less with moderate to severe pain (mean numerical rating scale [NRS] of more than 4 in the previous week as measured three times daily in a pain diary where, 0 = no pain and 10 = worst imaginable pain) and one extremity involved.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients of less than 18 years of age
2. The existence of significant impairment of blood coagulation or the use of oral anticoagulant medication
3. Patients suffering from diabetic polyneuropathia
4. Patients who are unlikely to comply with study requirements
5. Pregnant women
6. CRPS1 with a duration of more than 12 months

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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