Identifying specific neurological profiles in Fabry patients and other neurological chronic pain patients with help of sensory testing and blood flow measurements

• Conditions: E75.2; Polyneuropathy, unspecified; G62.9; Other sphingolipidosis

• Registration Number: DRKS00009013
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-08-11
• Study Completion: 2019-04-26
• Results First Posted: 2020-06-16
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 76

Inclusion Criteria

1. Participants have to give their written informed consent.
2. Participants should be able to describe the characteristics including localization and intensity of pain and have the ability to fill out questionnaires
3. Participants need to suffer from pain for at least 3 month because of peripheral neuropathy, multiple sclerosis or Fabry-disease

Exclusion Criteria

1. Alcohol, drug or pharmaceutical abuse (also in history)
2. another disease which can modify sensory signs and symptoms
3. staff or their friends/family of the study team, staff of study hopital
4. simultaneous participation in another study at recruiting visit or within the last 4 weeks

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To find Fabry-specific sensory signs or blood-flow abnormalities, which can segregate to other pain disorders

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To get hints for the underlying pathomechanism of pain in fabry patients