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Thoracic Sympathetic Ganglion Block With Botulinum Toxin Type A

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT06470581
Lead Sponsor
Seoul National University
Brief Summary

Thoracic sympathetic ganglion block is a percutaneous procedure that paralyzes the action of sympathetic nerves transiently by injecting a local anesthetic around the ganglion. It is performed to diagnose and treat sympathetically maintained pain in phantom limb pain or complex reginal pain syndrome patient. The temperature of the affected arm is often lower than that of the opposite side. As a result of the procedure, the patient may experience sympathetic pain relief, such as coldness, stinging, numbness of the upper extremity. If the procedure does not last long, repetitive block or chemical neurolysis or radiofrequency thermocoagulation for the sympathetic ganglion is performed.

However, even though in rare cases, chemical neurolysis is known to cause permanent plexus injury radiofrequency thermocoagulation is known to be less successful than chemical neurolysis because it is difficult to identify and stimulate the exact location of the ganglion. Therefore, it is expected that there will be a benefit to the patients if there is a procedure with long-lasting and avoiding injury.

Recently, it has been reported that botulinum toxin (BTX) has been successfully used for the treatment of pain disorders. BTX plays a role with blocking the secretion of acetylcholine from the cholinergic nerve endings. Therefore, the use of BTX is expected to prolong the effect of neural blockade because pre-ganglia sympathetic nerves are cholinergic. It is also known that the action of BTX is not permanent and BTX does not exhibit cytotoxicity or neurotoxicity. Therefore, Botulinum toxin type A (BTA) is recommended for the treatment of migraine, myofascial pain syndrome, and neuropathic pain accompanied by allodynia. This study would like show whether thoracic sympathetic ganglion block using BTA has a longer duration than conventional local anesthesia by using prospective randomized, double-blind, parallel group, and comparative clinical trials.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
78
Inclusion Criteria
  1. aged 19-80 years
  2. Diagnosed with a complex regional pain syndrome (type 1 or 2) in unilateral upper extremity
  3. 11-point numerical-rating-scale (NRS) pain score of 4 or higher in upper extremity
  4. Temperature increase at diagnostic thoracic sympathetic ganglion block
  5. Patients taking medication stably (without change in dosage/recipe) for more than 4 weeks prior to administration
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Refusal of the patient
  2. Vascular disease at upper extremity
  3. previous thoracic sympathetic neurolysis (thermocoagulation, chemical neurolysis)
  4. coagulopathy
  5. systemic infection or local infection at thoracic puncture site
  6. significant deformity at thoracic spine
  7. neoplasm
  8. known allergic reaction with amide type local anesthetics
  9. cognitive dysfunction (not understanding of numerical-rating-scale)
  10. known allergic reaction with botulinum toxin
  11. pregnant or feeding women
  12. If the patient has participated in another clinical trial within 30 days before screening, or if passed no longer than 5-fold half-life of the clinical trial drug of the participating clinical trial

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Local anestheticsBotulinum toxin ATotal volume of 0.375% ropivacaine 3 mL will be injected in phase 2.
Botulinum toxin ABotulinum toxin ATotal volume of BTX-A 75U in normal saline 3ml will be injected in phase 2.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The changes in average pain intensity in 4weeks4 weeks after procedure

Comparison between groups of the average change in 11-point numerical rating scale pain score (0 = no pain, 10 = maximum pain imaginable) over the past 24 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The changes in pain related to procedure30 minutes after the procedure

Inter- and intra-group comparison of the change in procedure-related 11-point numerical rating scale pain score (0 = no pain, 10 = maximum pain imaginable)

Blood flow velosity30 minutes, 4 and 12 weeks after the procedure

Comparison between groups of blood flow velosity at brachial artery using ultrasound

Korean CISS (Cold Intolerance Symptom Severity) Questionnaire4 and 12 weeks after the procedure

Inter- and intra-group comparison of the change in Korean CISS score from 4 to 100 (mild, 4-25; moderate, 26-50; severe, 51-75; and extremely severe, 76-100)

Patient satisfactionafter procedure

Patient satisfaction related to procedure using 5-pointed Likert scale (Very satisfied, Satisfied, Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, Dissatisfied, and Very dissatisfied)

Additional intervention4 and 12 weeks after the procedure

Comparison between groups of total number of additional executed sympathetic blocks

The change in the temperature difference30 minutes, 4 and 12 weeks after the procedure

the change in the relative temperature difference on the blocked palm compared with the contralateral palm

Paindetect questionare (PD-Q)4 and 12 weeks after the procedure

Inter- and intra-group comparison of the change in PD-Q score from 0 to 38 (total scores of less than 12 considered to represent nociceptive pain, 13-18 possible NeP, and \>19 representing \>90% likelihood of NeP)

Medication change (Opioids)4 and 12 weeks after the procedure

Comparison between groups of change with Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose (MEDD)

The changes in average pain intensity in 12weeks12 weeks after procedure

Comparison between groups of the average change in 11-point numerical rating scale pain score (0 = no pain, 10 = maximum pain imaginable) over the past 24 hours

The changes in maximum pain intensity4 and 12 weeks after procedure

Comparison between groups of the mamimum change in 11-point numerical rating scale pain score (0 = no pain, 10 = maximum pain imaginable) over the past 24 hours

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