Deep brain stimulation (DBS) in severe central pain syndromes with chronic neuropathic pain: impact on anxiety/depression, pain related invalidity and pain rating

• Conditions: chronic neuropathic pain, central pain; R52.1; Chronic intractable pain

• Registration Number: DRKS00016050
• Lead Sponsor: Interdisziplinäres SchmerzzentrumUniversitätsklinikum Freiburg

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-12-11
• Study Completion: 2019-04-01
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 7

Inclusion Criteria

Implant of a DBS System between 01/01/2011 and 12/31/2017 in the University Hospital Freiburg

Ability to take part in a telephone interview

Exclusion Criteria

Implant of a DBS System for other reasons than pain
Age under 18 years
missing ability to take part in a telephone interview

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
anxiety/depression/pain related disability

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain rating on the NAS (nurical anlogue scale), medication use, electrode localisation in relation to net structures of neuropathic pain (thalamus, VOP, lemniscus medialis) as welll as to the nociceptive system (periaqaeductal grey = PAG, fibre system)