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Neuropathic PainCONNECTNCT02858466

Structural and Functional Brain Reorganization in Neuropathic Pain: Basal State of Local Cerebral Blood Flow and Functional Connectivity

A study testing MRI scan in people with Neuropathic Pain, run by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne at 1 site in France.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

Neuropathic pain is a medical condition involving allodynia (painful perceptions in response to stimuli that normally are not) and spontaneous pain (occurring at rest, without stimulation). This pain is secondary to nervous system injury affecting the sensory system. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Neuropathic Pain
What is being tested?
MRI scan
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
68 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
25 Mar 2016to 22 Mar 2019
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • major
  • with nervous pain : chronic or peripheric
  • treatment not stable opioid since one week
  • signed consent
  • major
  • without chronic pain
  • signed consent

Who cannot join

  • severe psychiatric history
  • presence of an active nervous lesion
  • subject with morphine treatment
  • contraindication to MRI scan

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • CHU de SAINT-ETIENNE

    Saint-Etienne, 42000

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About this study

Neuropathic pain is a medical condition involving allodynia (painful perceptions in response to stimuli that normally are not) and spontaneous pain (occurring at rest, without stimulation).

This pain is secondary to nervous system injury affecting the sensory system. The lesion is either at the nerve endings of the spinal cord or brain.

Read more

It induces a loss of sensitivity and likely reorganization of brain activity that are causing pain and which are the subject of this study.

Previous studies in functional neuroimaging has focused on brain areas activated during allodynic stimuli compared to non-painful stimuli. The abnormalities have been reported, but it was not possible to conclude formally. The authors failed to assess the part of the effect of the loss of sensory afferents (deafferentation) and the basal brain function.

Indeed, the operation without any sensory stimulation is not known yet is the initial level of activity which is the benchmark for studying brain function during stimulation. The objective of this study is to understand what are the cortical systems of allodynic dysfunctional in patients compared with controls at baseline.

Being tested
MRI scan
Medical subject headings
Neuralgia

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • MRI scanRadiation

Study groups in NCT02858466
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
peripheric nervous lesionExperimentalMRI scan
Receives: Radiation: MRI scan
medullar or encephalic lesionExperimentalMRI scan
Receives: Radiation: MRI scan
control groupOtherMRI scan
Receives: Radiation: MRI scan

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. cerebral blood flow

    quantified with MRI scan

    Measured: at baseline

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. rate of grey matter

    difference between groups

    Measured: at baseline

  2. structure of the networks

    Determine if structure of the networks is different between patients and controls.

    Measured with MRI scan.

    Measured: at baseline

  3. connection of the networks

    Determine if connection of the networks is different between patients and controls.

    Measured with MRI scan.

    Measured: at baseline

  4. cortical loss

    Assess the cortical loss of the patient group compared to controls. Measured with MRI scan.

    Measured: at baseline

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted8 Aug 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start25 Mar 2016
  3. Primary completion22 Mar 2019
  4. Study completion22 Mar 2019

Why it stopped: failure to recruit

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
68 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02858466
Sponsor's protocol ID
1308144
Other IDs
2013-A01440-45
Acronym
CONNECT
Status last verified
Sep 2020
First submitted
25 Jul 2016
Last updated
28 Sep 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing MRI scan in people with Neuropathic Pain, run by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne at 1 site in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Sep 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: failure to recruit). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

cerebral blood flow (time frame: at baseline). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Sep 2020.

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