Pulsed Radiofrequency for Chronic Mastalgia of Fibrocystic Disease of the Breast

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Chronic Pain
• Interventions: Procedure: PRF; Procedure: SHAM

• Registration Number: NCT03888963
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Brief Summary

The investigators will evaluate the analgesic efficacy of pulsed radiofrequency on the thoracic paravertebral nerves for patients with chronic mastalgia of fibrocystic disease of the breast

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-22
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-25
• Study Start: 2019-03-28
• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-08
• Primary Completion: 2019-08-20
• Study Completion: 2019-09-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with chronic mastalgia due to fibrocystic disease of the breast
• the pain duration maintained for more than 1 year
• the pain intensity is more than 5 on VAS pain score

Exclusion Criteria

• coagulopathy
• infection at the site of the procedure

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
PRF	PRF	-
SHAM	SHAM	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the changes in pain intensity measured by VAS pain score	patients will be evaluated at 3 months postoperatively	VAS pain score, is a scale for pain measurements scored from 0 to 10 in which 0 = no pain and 10 = the worst imaginable pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Diab; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt