Medical Imaging Characteristics of Patient With Unclassified Acute Cervical Pain

Completed

• Conditions: Carotidynia
• Interventions: Other: systematic review of medical imaging

• Registration Number: NCT03690882
• Lead Sponsor: Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

Brief Summary

Some cases of acute antero-lateral cervical pain cannot be accurately classified by medical imaging (ultrasound and/or magnetic resonance imaging and/or CT-scan) : imaging rules out carotid dissection, carotid occlusion or vasculitis as well as musculoskeletal causes and thus the pain is considered "of unknown origin".

The investigators hypothesize that in such cases perivascular inflammation of the carotid may be involved.

This study aims at systematically reviewing medical files (including imaging) of patients suffering from acute cervical pain in which carotid dissection, carotid occlusion or vasculitis as well as musculoskeletal causes have been ruled out by ultrasound and/or magnetic resonance imaging and/or CT-scan

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-03-01
• Study Completion: 2016-03-01
• Status Verified: 2018-09
• Study First Submitted: 2018-09-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-09-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-09-28
• Study First Posted: 2018-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 47

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult patient with acute cervical pain
• Presence of at least one medical imaging modality of the neck : ultrasound with doppler imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, CT-scan
• Medical imaging of the neck includes dedicated vessel analysis
• Absence of definite diagnosis for the cause of the pain after imaging

Exclusion Criteria

• Musculoskeletal cause of the pain
• Carotid dissection
• Carotid occlusion
• Carotid vasculitis

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cases of unclassified acute cervical pain	systematic review of medical imaging	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of cases with perivascular inflammation of the carotid on medical imaging	Within 2 weeks after the first consultation for acute cervical pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rotchschild; 🇫🇷 Paris, France