MedPath

The LCAT study

Recruiting
Conditions
ow back pain
Registration Number
NL-OMON26947
Lead Sponsor
eiden University Medical Center (LUMC)
Brief Summary

/A

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

American Society of Anesthesiologists class 1 and 2 patients, 18 – 75 years; BMI < 40 kg/m2, and ability to give informed consent. Chronic Low Back Pain for > 3-months with a pain score of 5 or more on a numerical rating scale ranging from 0 (= no pain) to 10 (= most extreme pain imaginable).

To be enrolled in the study, patients need to have an absent/inactive CPM response.

Exclusion Criteria

Unable to give written informed consent; medical disease such as pulmonary, renal, liver, cardiac, gastro-intestinal, vascular disease; (iii) allergy to study medication; (iv) history of illicit drug abuse or alcohol abuse; (v) history of psychosis; (vi) epilepsy; (vii) pregnancy and/or lactation; (viii) strong opioids and benzodiazepine use; (ix) previous extensive spinal surgery or spinal surgery in the past 6 months; (x) serious spinal pathology and (xi) diagnosed neurological disease.

Patients are not allowed to continue co-analgesics that target CPM.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Conditioned Pain Modulation (CPM)<br /><br>- Temporal summation (TS)<br /><br>- Offset Analgesia (OA)<br /><br>- Pain relief
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- Pain Detect questionnaire<br /><br>- The Big Five Inventory<br /><br>- Profile Of Mood States<br /><br>- Neuropathic Pain Symptoms Inventory Questionnaire<br /><br>- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)<br /><br>- C-fiber density in the cornea
© Copyright 2025. All Rights Reserved by MedPath