CTRI/2018/03/012693
Completed
Phase 4
A randomised controlled study on the efficacy of pulsed radio frequency of thoracic paravertebral nerves for pain management in thoracic post herpetic neuralgia and expression of MicroRNA-133b
niversity College of Medical Sciences0 sites40 target enrollmentTBD
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Not specified
- Sponsor
- niversity College of Medical Sciences
- Enrollment
- 40
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •1\. Patients should have a diagnosis of PHN with evident hyperalgesia and allodynia confined to
- •mid thoracic and lower thoracic dermatomes
- •2\. Patients of PHN should have had pain for at least 4 weeks after healing of rash
- •3\. Pain intensity \>\= 5 on 10cm visual analogue scale (VAS)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Exclusion criteria
- •1\. Patients with history of neurological intervention for PHN
- •2\. Evidence of other sources of pain that may confound the diagnosis
- •3\. Known history of taking Pregabalin for the treatment of PHN in past 4 weeks
- •4\. Patients with past history of myocardial infarction, diabetes mellitus, pancreatitis and vasculitis
- •5\. Patients with recent history of surgery
- •6\. Patients with evidence of severe renal impairment
- •7\. Patients with history of alcohol consumption and smoking
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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