Clinical trials: Phantom Limb
Neuropathic Pain, Phantom Limb Pain
The Efficacy of Motor Cortex Stimulation for Pain Control
The objective is to determine if motor cortex stimulation works for the following conditions: 1. Deafferentation facial pain, 2. Upper extremity complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and 3.
- Conditions
- Neuropathic Pain, Phantom Limb Pain, Stump Pain, Brachial Plexus Avulsion
- Trial name
- NCT00462566
- Testing
- motor cortex stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Severe Neuropathic Pain Due to Radiculopathy or Radicular Injury, Spinal Cord Injuries
MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for Treatment of Neuropathic Pain
Neuropathic pain is often a result of direct diseases of peripheral or central nervous system with an estimated prevalence of 8% of adults and this pain is associated with significant consequences because of longer symptom…
- Conditions
- Severe Neuropathic Pain Due to Radiculopathy or Radicular Injury, Spinal Cord Injuries, Phantom Limb Pain
- Trial name
- NCT03111277
- Testing
- Experimental: ExAblate Transcranial treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Phantom Pain
Pre-operative Pregabalin and Ketamine to Prevent Phantom Pain
Phantom limb pain (PLP) is as painful sensations located to the missing limb and classified as neuropathic pain. In the United States, an estimated 1.7 million patients have undergone limb amputation, and 60% to 80% of these…
- Trial name
- NCT02311777
- Testing
- Pregabalin, Ketamine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Post-Amputation Phantom Limb Pain
Cryoanalgesia to Treat Post-Amputation Phantom Limb Pain: A Department of Defense Funded Multicenter Study
When a limb is severed, pain perceived in the part of the body that no longer exists often develops and is called "phantom limb" pain.
- Trial name
- NCT03449667
- Testing
- Cryoneurolysis
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Amputation, Phantom Pain Following Amputation of Lower Limb
Effectiveness of Mirror Therapy in Patients With Amputations of Lower Limbs of Vascular Origin
The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of the mirror therapy on phantom pain for patients with amputation after vascular etiology.
- Trial name
- MIR-PHAN (NCT03149432)
- Testing
- Mirror Therapy, Gabapentin, Rehabilitation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Technologique 805
Phantom Limb Pain, Stump Neuralgia
Cryolesion in Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain
Assessment of pain intensity on the NRS. Assessment of the quality of life by SF-36 and AIS. Diagnostic/prognostic nerve block with 5 ml of 2% lidocaine under real-time ultrasound control with confirmation of the correct position…
- Conditions
- Phantom Limb Pain, Stump Neuralgia, Pain, Phantom
- Trial name
- NCT03415360
- Testing
- cryoablation
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Military Institute od Medicine National Research Institute
Phantom Limb, Motor Activity
The Effects of Targeted Phantom Motor Execution on Phantom Limb Control
Lower limb amputations account for more than 85% of all amputations. In Canada, it has been reported that transtibial amputation (TTA) is the most common level of amputation.
- Conditions
- Phantom Limb, Motor Activity, Amputation Stump, Amputation
- Trial name
- NCT05247827
- Testing
- Targeted phantom limb motor execution (exercise)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Phantom Limb Pain
Optimized Perioperative Analgesia Reduces the Prevalence and the Intensity of Phantom Pain in Lower Limb Amputation
Severe pre-amputation pain is associated with phantom pain development, and phantom pain models assign major importance to central and peripheral nervous system changes related to pre-amputation pain.
- Trial name
- NCT00443404
- Testing
- perioperative epidural catheter
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Patras
Amputation, Traumatic
Relationship Between Gait Variability and Sensation
Twenty individuals who were referred to receive physiotherapy will be participants of the study. Participants with lower limb loss will evaluate with the following assessment tools: Demographic datas; age, gender, height, body…
- Trial name
- NCT02934074
- Testing
- No intervention
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Phantom Limb Syndrome
Acupuncture for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Syndrome
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of acupuncture for the treatment of phantom limb syndrome in lower limb amputees and pilot an acupuncture protocol.
- Trial name
- NCT02126436
- Testing
- Acupuncture, Usual care
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- London South Bank University
Phantom Limb Pain
Psilocybin-assisted Therapy for Phantom Limb Pain
This double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study seeks to investigate whether psilocybin can be safely administered to people with chronic phantom limb pain (PLP) in a supportive setting with close follow-up, and its effects on…
- Trial name
- NCT05224336
- Testing
- Psilocybin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Phantom Limb Pain, Residual Limb Pain
Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields for Post-Amputation Pain
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy is a possible method of pain control involving the application of electromagnetic energy (also termed nonthermal, pulsed, shortwave radiofrequency therapy).
- Trial name
- NCT05392803
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Targeted Sensory Reinervation, Amputation
Targeted Sensory Reinnervation (TSR) in Hand Amputation
If a person has to have a part of their body amputated, in this case their hand, the patient then lacks information about the missing limb, which in many cases leads to pain that severely restricts their quality of life and…
- Conditions
- Targeted Sensory Reinervation, Amputation, Phantom Pain
- Trial name
- NCT06249594
- Testing
- targeted sensory reinervation
- Where
- 2 sites in Austria, Italy
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Brixsana Private Clinic - Centro di Chirurgia Plastica, Estetica ed Ricostruttiva con Chirurgia dell
Phantom Limb Pain
Graded Motor Imagery in Phantom Limb Pain (GraMI Protocol)
The International Association for the Study of Pain defines phantom limb pain (PLP) as that pain referred to a part of the body that has been previously removed as if it were still present.
- Trial name
- GraMI (NCT05083611)
- Testing
- GraMI
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
Ischemia, Phantom Limb Pain
Sciatic Perineural Versus Stump Catheter for Below Knee Amputation
The goal of this study is to determine if pre-operative placement of the continuous peripheral nerve block by an anesthesiologist using ultrasound technology is more effective than a continuous peripheral nerve block placed…
- Conditions
- Ischemia, Phantom Limb Pain, Vascular Disease, Chronic Pain
- Trial name
- NCT01608035
- Testing
- Sciatic catheter, Stump catheter
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Phantom Limb, Brachial Plexus Block
Phantom Limb Experience After Brachial Plexus Anesthesia
This study examines the sensations felt by patients receiving brachial plexus anesthesia for shoulder surgeries.
- Trial name
- NCT03592901
- Testing
- brachial plexus anesthesia
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
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
Phantom Limb Pain
Mixed Reality Based System to Manage Phantom Pain Phantom Pain for Patients With Lower Limb Amputation
The primary goals of this pilot research project are a) to design and develop the a mixed reality based system for managing phantom pain and b) to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary functional outcomes of this system in a…
- Trial name
- MrMAPP (NCT04529083)
- Testing
- Mr. MAPP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Dallas VA Medical Center
Phantom Limb Pain, Residual Limbs
Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Stump Neuromas for the Relief of Chronic Post-Amputation Neuropathic Pain
AIM: To provide initial information on the efficacy (pain reduction) and safety of focused ultrasound surgery for the ablation of stump neuromas in amputees with chronic neuropathic pain.
- Conditions
- Phantom Limb Pain, Residual Limbs, Amputation
- Trial name
- NCT03255395
- Testing
- Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Amputation, Phantom Limb Pain
Neuromodulation in Lower Limb Amputees
The goal of this study is to investigate the role of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on spinal cord excitability in lower limb amputees.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Phantom Limb Pain, Hoffman's Reflex
- Trial name
- NCT04543786
- Testing
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh