Clinical trials: Amputation Pain
Neuroma
Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfaces to Treat Painful Digit and Hand Neuromas After Amputation
This study is being done to demonstrate the effectiveness of Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfaces (RPNI) surgery in treating symptomatic neuromas of the hand and digits following amputation compared to standard of care using…
- Trial name
- NCT05008185
- Testing
- Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface (RPNI) surgery, Traction Neurectomy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medstar Health Research Institute
Neuroma Amputation
Evaluation of Ultrasonic Neuroma Size With Residual Limb Pain in Above-Knee Amputees
Background: The formation of neuromas, a fusiform swelling of a nerve or nerve ending, is a well documented response to limb amputation.
- Trial name
- NCT00686764
- Testing
- Observational
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Amputation
Mirror Therapy for Phantom Limb Pain
This study, conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), will explore the phenomenon of phantom limb pain (a continued feeling of pain in an amputated limb) and will use…
- Trial name
- NCT00623818
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Hyperhidrosis
Study to Assess the Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin B (Myobloc) for the Treatment of Prosthesis-associated Sweating
The objective of this study is to determine if Myobloc significantly decreases prosthesis-associated symptomatic sweating in amputees when compared to a saline solution placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT01671800
- Testing
- Botulinum Type B
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Phantom Limb Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
A Clinical Trial of Mirror Treatment for Phantom Pain
A randomized controlled clinical to examine the effect of mirror therapy on phantom pain and residual limb pain in patients with traumatic transtibial amputations in Cambodia.
- Trial name
- NCT02912975
- Testing
- Mirror treatment, Tactile treatment
- Where
- Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trauma Care Foundation, Norway
Pain, Complications
Comparison of Two Kinds of Postoperative Analgesia After Amputation
Pain after amputation is a significant problem among amputees. Phantom limb pain may appear in up to 85% of patients and is usually resistant to a wide variety of treatments.It is believed that regional anesthesia, by preventing…
- Trial name
- NCT02114463
- Testing
- Local analgesic, Intravenous analgesic, ropivacaine
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command
Postoperative Pain
Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Major Lower Extremity Amputations
This study will be a double-blinded randomized controlled trial analyzing all patients who will undergo major lower extremity amputations by the vascular surgery service at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Fresno…
- Trial name
- NCT03174782
- Testing
- Bupivacaine, Saline Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury), Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury)
Virtual Reality Treatment for Phantom Limb Pain
Patients with limb amputations experience the sensation of the missing extremity, which is sometimes coupled with a persistent and debilitating pain in the missing limb, a condition known as phantom limb pain (PLP).
- Conditions
- Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury), Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury), Phantom Limb Pain
- Trial name
- NCT03338842
- Testing
- Distractor and Lower limb VR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Phantom Limb
Study to Identify the Genetic Variations Associated With Phantom Limb Pain
The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a genetic component to phantom limb pain. DNA will be analyzed for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) between the control and phantom limb pain group.
- Trial name
- NCT01462448
- Testing
- Blood Draw
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 726 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Phantom Limb Pain
Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation (PMS) Effects on Somatosensory Perception in Patients with Upper Limb Amputation
The study investigates the capabilities of peripheral magnetic stimulation (PMS) as a tool for creating somatosensory sensations of various submodalities and analyzing the dynamics of bioelectric signals of the brain (using…
- Trial name
- NCT06813937
- Testing
- Procedure: Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation (PMS), Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology