Central Post-Stroke Pain - a Prospective Study

Completed

• Conditions: Pain

• Registration Number: NCT00957645
• Lead Sponsor: Danish Pain Research Center

Brief Summary

Part 1: The purpose of the first part of the study is to investigate the prevalence of pain at stroke onset and 3 and 6 months after stroke in a consecutive cohort of stroke patients admitted to a stroke unit.

Part 2: The purpose of the second part of the study is to identify patients who develop central post-stroke pain within the first 6 months following stroke and to try to identify early prognostic factors for the development of pain.

Detailed Description

Part 1:

* Within 3 days of admission: medical history, pain history, sensory examination

* Telephone follow-up at 3 and 6 months post-stroke: pain history

Part 2:

* Medical history, Pain history, Sensory examination

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-02
• Study First Submitted: 2009-08-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-08-11
• Study First Posted: 2009-08-12
• Primary Completion: 2010-05
• Study Completion: 2010-07
• Status Verified: 2011-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-08-29
• Last Update Posted: 2011-08-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 275

Inclusion Criteria

• Recent cerebrovascular stroke

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe dementia, aphasia or psychosis
• Patients who cannot cooperate at time of inclusion
• Patients who do not understand Danish

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified