Botulinum Toxin for the Management of Chronic Orchialgia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 8
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Visual Analog Scale for Pain Score
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this research study is to determine if Botox injections will provide relief from chronic testicular pain. In the study, the spermatic cord of particpants will be injected with either Botox or a placebo of saline. Botox is currently used to treat other urological conditions like overactive bladder and lower urinary tract problems. For these conditions, Botox works by relaxing muscles in the affected areas. The investigators believe that Botox will act similarly in the treatment chronic testicular pain.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
入排标准
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Clinical diagnosis of chronic testicular pain (orchialgia)
排除标准
- •Active infection of urinary tract (UTI)
- •Active infection of the scrotal skin of the affected side
- •Bilateral orchiectomy
研究组 & 干预措施
Botox Injection
The participant will be given an injection of Botox along the spermatic cord under ultrasound guidance. Before drug administration, a nerve block using bupivacaine will be completed to numb the area for treatment. This will be a 10 mL injection done one time at the initial patient visit.
干预措施: Botox Injection (Drug)
Saline Injection
The patient will receive an inactive injection of normal saline along the spermatic cord under ultrasound guidance. This will be a 10 ml injection done once at the initial visit. Before the injection of saline, a spermatic cord block using bupivacaine will be completed to numb the area for treatment.
干预措施: Normal saline injection (Procedure)
结局指标
主要结局
Visual Analog Scale for Pain Score
时间窗: 6 months
Visual Analog Scale for Pain score. It measures a characteristic or attitude that is believed to range across a continuum of values and cannot easily be directly measured It is often used in epidemiologic and clinical research to measure the intensity or frequency of various symptoms such as pain. VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The patient marks on the line the point that they feel represents their perception of their current state.The VAS score is determined by measuring in millimetres from the left hand end of the line to the point that the patient marks. The score range is from 0-100. Lower scores denotes better outcomes.
Quality of Life Questionnaire Score
时间窗: 6 months
Quality of Life Questionnaire Score (QOL). To assess the QOL, a short form-36 (SF-36) was used. SF-36 is a set of generic, coherent, and easily administered quality-of-life measures. The SF-36 consists of eight items, which are the weighted sums of the questions in their section. The eight items are: vitality, physical functioning, bodily pain, general health perceptions, physical role functioning, emotional role functioning, social role functioning, and mental health. Each item is scored on a 0 to 100 range so that the lowest and highest possible scores are 0 and 100, respectively. Scores represent the percentage of total possible score achieved. Items in the same scale are averaged together to create the 8 scale scores. Scale scores represent the average for all items in the scale that the respondent answered. Higher scores denotes better outcomes.
Units of Analgesics Used for Testicular Pain
时间窗: 6 months
Change from Baseline in Units of Analgesics Used for Testicular Pain
次要结局
未报告次要终点