Clinical trials: Phantom Limb Syndrome
Phantom Limb Pain
Predicting Pain Response to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Phantom Limb Pain in Limb Amputees
This study explores the effects transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS, Soterix ©) on Phantom Limb Pain for patients experiencing chronic phantom limb pain in open-label study design.
- Trial name
- NCT02627495
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): (Soterix ©)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Pediatric, Neuropathic Pain
Amputations in Childhood and Neuropathic Pain
This observational study aims to assess the presence of neuropathic pain in children and adolescents who underwent limb amputation during childhood.
- Conditions
- Pediatric, Neuropathic Pain, Phantom Limb Pain, Amputation
- Trial name
- NAPE (NCT07401966)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Hopitaux de Saint-Maurice
Neuropathic Pain
Brain Computer Interface and Virtual Reality (BCI-VR) for Pain Treatment
Pilot Interventional study with minimal risks and constraints, prospective, monocentric. Safety and Efficacity evaluation of a Novel Medical Device.
- Trial name
- GHOST (NCT03889353)
- Testing
- BCI sessions
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Phantom Limb Pain, Postoperative Pain
Postoperative Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Management of Post-amputation Pain
Limb loss is frequently associated with postamputation pain that can be challenging to treat and often involves opioids. Advances in the field of neuromodulation has led to development of an intentionally reversible percutaneous…
- Conditions
- Phantom Limb Pain, Postoperative Pain, Neuroma, Acute Pain
- Trial name
- NCT03484429
- Testing
- Peripheral nerve stimulation, Standard Medical Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Hunter Holmes Mcguire Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Phantom Limb Pain
Phantom Limb Pain: Efficacy of Non-invasive Sensory Feedback Through the Prosthesis
Amputation of a limb may result from trauma or surgical intervention. The amputation traumatically alters the body image, but often leaves sensations that refer to the missing body part.
- Trial name
- EPIONE (NCT02589080)
- Testing
- Non-invasive sensory feedback
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Lund University Hospital
Phantom Limb Pain After Amputation
Preventing Chronification of Phantom Limb Pain Through Mirror Therapy in Conjunction With tDCS
Background: Most amputees experience phantom limb pain (PLP), for years after amputation. Virtually all PLP research to date has focused on the mechanisms of chronic PLP, ignoring the mechanisms of chronification.
- Trial name
- NCT07139483
- Testing
- Trans Direct-Cranial Stimulation (tDCS), Mirror therapy
- Where
- 3 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 108 people
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Amputation, Surgical, Pain Management
Early Postoperative Pain Following a Limb Amputation
The primary aim of this study is to characterize the trajectory of pain and functional recovery in the first post-operative period following a limb amputation.
- Conditions
- Amputation, Surgical, Pain Management, Rehabilitation
- Trial name
- Pain-Amp (NCT07393139)
- Testing
- Pain assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Phantom Limb Pain
Home-based Rehabilitation Intervention for Phantom Limb Pain in Veterans With Lower Limb Amputations
Nearly 60-85% of Veterans with amputations experience pain at the location of the amputated limb called phantom limb pain (PLP).
- Trial name
- NCT06106984
- Testing
- Graded motor imagery mobile app
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Phantom Limb Pain, Pain, Chronic
Continuous Sciatic Nerve Block vs Epidural Analgesia in Lower Limb Amputation for Postoperative Pain
Controlled clinical trial of two parallel groups, with random assignment 1:1, non-inferiority, blinded for the patient, for who administers the intervention and for who analyzes the data. 112 participants
- Trial name
- Ampupain (NCT05608733)
- Testing
- Epidural catheter, Continuous sciatic nerve block
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 112 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Antioquia
Traumatic Amputation of Lower Extremity, Phantom Limb Pain
Spinal Root and Spinal Cord Stimulation for Restoration of Function in Lower-Limb Amputees
The goals of this study are to provide sensory information to amputees and reduce phantom limb pain via electrical stimulation of the lumbar spinal cord and spinal nerves.
- Trial name
- SCS-LL (NCT03027947)
- Testing
- Spinal cord stimulator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
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
Phantom Limb Pain
Phantom Motor Execution Via MPR, VR/AR, and SG, as a Treatment of PLP
This international, multi-center, double-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial aims to evaluate the efficacy of Phantom Motor Execution (PME) and Phantom Motor Imagery (PMI) as treatments of Phantom Limb Pain (PLP).
- Trial name
- NCT03112928
- Testing
- Phantom Motor Execution, Phantom Motor Imagery
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Canada and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- Integrum
Phantom Limb Syndrome With Pain
The Impact of a Virtual Reality Environment on Phantom Limb Pain
Phantom limb pain occurs in the majority of people who lose a limb. It significantly affects quality of life and is hard to manage.
- Trial name
- NCT03934528
- Testing
- Virtual environment activity
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
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
Phantom Limb Pain, Phantom Pain
Perioperative Mirror Therapy and Phantom Limb Pain
Mirror therapy will consist of observing the unaffected limb reflected in a mirror positioned in the midline to block the view of the affected limb.
- Conditions
- Phantom Limb Pain, Phantom Pain, Phantom Sensation, Pseudomelia
- Trial name
- NCT02383979
- Testing
- Mirror
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego
Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee, Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee
TENS for Restoring Somatotopic Sensory Feedback in Lower Limb Amputees and Improving Phantom Limb Perception
The aim of the study is to evaluate the changes induced by a course of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) treatment on the perception of phantom limb pain.
- Trial name
- SENSE-P (NCT07448350)
- Testing
- Transcutaneal Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Campus Bio-Medico University