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Efficacy of an integrated approach utilizing pregabalin and mirror therapy in management of Complex Regional Pain syndrome type 1

Phase 4
Conditions
Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: G63- Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
Registration Number
CTRI/2019/01/017272
Lead Sponsor
niversity College of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Closed to Recruitment of Participants
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Patients having chronic continuous pain, which is disproportionate to any inciting event with diagnosis of CRPS type 1, as confirmed by-

Budapest criteria of CRPS for clinical use (IASP 2016)

Must report at least one symptom in three of the four following categories:

•Sensory: reports of hyperesthesia and/or allodynia

•Vasomotor: reports of temperature asymmetry and/or skin color changes and/or skin color asymmetry.

•Sudomotor: reports of edema and/or sweating changes and/or sweating asymmetry.

•Motor/trophic: reports of decreased range of motion and/or motor dysfunction (weakness, tremor, dystonia) and/or trophic changes (hair, nails, skin).

Must display at least one sign at the time of evaluation in two or more of the following four categories:

•Sensory: Evidence of hyperalgesia (to pinprick) and/or allodynia (to light touch and/or deep somatic pressure, allodynia to innocuous cold (25 â?¦C) or innocuous warm (40 â?¦C), and/or joint movement).

•Vasomotor: evidence of temperature asymmetry and/or skin color changes and/or skin color asymmetry.

•Sudomotor/edema: evidence of edema and/or sweating changes and/or sweating asymmetry.

•Motor/trophic: evidence of decreased range of motion and/or motor dysfunction (weakness, tremor, dystonia) and/or trophic changes (hair, nails, skin).

Exclusion Criteria

The presence of pain at any other site due to any other cause.

An intra-articular injection into the joints during the previous 6 months or use of systemic corticosteroids during the previous 4 months;

Uncontrolled co-morbid medical conditions;

Cognitive impairments that might interfere with understanding instructions for various questionnaires, motor testing, and treatment.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients achieving NRS- Pain score of â?¤3/10 at various designated intervals of time and neuropathic component of pain using NPSI scores.Timepoint: Baseline, 2nd week, 4th week, 6th week, 8th week, 10th week and 12th week.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Degrees of resolution of oedema, and motor/trophic changes in affected limbTimepoint: Baseline, 2nd week, 4th week, 6th week, 8th week, 10th week and 12th week.;Modulation of mRNA gene expression of mTORC1 and IL-6 genesTimepoint: Baseline, 2nd week, 4th week, 6th week, 8th week, 10th week and 12th week.;NRS-sleep scoreTimepoint: Baseline, 2nd week, 4th week, 6th week, 8th week, 10th week and 12th week.;SF-12 questionnaire scoresTimepoint: Baseline, 2nd week, 4th week, 6th week, 8th week, 10th week and 12th week.
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