A New Light on Wound Pain: A Proof of Concept Study of the Effect of Low Intensity Laser Therapy (LILT)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Wound Pain; Wound Healing; Other - Conditions of unknown or disputed aetiology (such as chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis)

• Registration Number: ACTRN12608000503325
• Lead Sponsor: Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) Helen Macpherson Smith Institute of Community Health

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2008-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1-The client has a chronic wound on entire leg (of a maximum size of 10cms in diameter and depth of 2cm) which may be of a diabetic origin, pressure ulcer, venous, arterial and mixed aetiology ulcers
2.The wound is older than six weeks from its inception.
3.Wound healing is by secondary intention; Wound healing is delayed and occurs by a process of granulation, contraction and epithelialisation (Carville, 2001)”

Unresolved Pain
The client reports unresolved pain:

4.The client has pain associated with a chronic wound that has not responded to standard pain management.
4.1. Pain is measured on a pain scale of 0-10 with 0 indicating the absence of pain and 10 indicating the worst pain the client can imagine. Clients are eligible if they report pain as being 1 or more on this scale.
4.2. Pain is to be evaluated as unresolved if any level of pain (1 or greater on the pain scale) persists after they have received pain management.
5. The pain must be located within the wound (plus or minus pain in areas other than the wound i.e. the leg or associated with the wound i.e. when walking the wound is painful).
6. The pain is experienced at times other than during dressing changes.

Exclusion Criteria

1.The client has been diagnosed with and/or is receiving treatment for a malignancy
2.The client’s health professional or appropriate wound specialist does not support the inclusion of the client in the Randomised Control Trial.
3.Client is on a fee for service program inappropriate for inclusion in the study.
4.The client has any planned absences over the coming three months.
5. Client does not agree to attend the Care and Assessment Centre three times weekly (two times weekly for control group) for six weeks and for 2 weekly review at 8, 10 and 12 weeks.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified