Clinical trials: Refractory Pain
Changes in Brain Network Connectivity
Anesthesia and Functional Connectivity: An Analysis of fMRI Changes
Functional connectivity is defined as a correlation in neural activity between distinct regions of the brain. Several recent studies have demonstrated areas of low-frequency functional connectivity inherent to brain tissue at…
- Trial name
- NCT02196259
- Testing
- Anesthetics, Dissociative
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Tibial Fractures, Leg Injuries
Light Therapy in the Treatment of Leg Pain
The purpose of this study is to apply Anodyne therapy to active duty soldiers, who have shin splints, to evaluate healing time and effectiveness.
- Trial name
- MilCAM (NCT00253981)
- Testing
- Monochromatic Near-Infrared Light Energy (MIRE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Samueli Institute for Information Biology
Functional Bowel Disorders
Open Label Seroquel (Quetiapine) Study for Treatment Resistant Functional Bowel Disorder
Purpose: We are proposing to examine, via open label trial, the use of Seroquel® for patients with moderate to severe functional bowel symptoms who are not receiving adequate relief from their symptoms on their present regimen of…
- Trial name
- NCT00617396
- Testing
- Quetiapine (50 mg/day-100mg/day)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Phantom Limb Pain
Treating Phantom Limb Pain Using Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Department of Defense Funded Multicenter Study
When a limb is traumatically severed, pain perceived in the part of the body that no longer exists often develops. This is called "phantom limb" pain, and is different from "stump" pain, which is pain within the part of the limb…
- Trial name
- DoD-PLP-Tx (NCT01824082)
- Testing
- Perineural infusion [continuous peripheral nerve block(s)]
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Breast Adenocarcinoma, DS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma
Zoledronic Acid in Treating Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer, Metastatic Prostate Cancer, or Multiple Myeloma With Bone Involvement
This randomized phase III trial studies two different schedules of zoledronic acid to compare how well they work in reducing bone-related complications in patients with breast cancer, prostate cancer, or multiple myeloma that has…
- Conditions
- Breast Adenocarcinoma, DS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma, DS Stage II Plasma Cell Myeloma, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Bone
- Trial name
- NCT00869206
- Testing
- zoledronic acid
- Where
- 504 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 1,822 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Chronic Stable Angina, Refractory Angina
Wave Crossover ECP Study for Simplified Therapy
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate substantial equivalence between Pression's Wave PRO System and a commercially available predicate ECP device to support a U.S. 510(k) submission for the Wave PRO System.
- Trial name
- WaveCRESST (NCT06571370)
- Testing
- External Counterpulsation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Pression
Lumbar Post-Laminectomy Syndrome, Chronic Low Back Pain
Determining the Prognostic Value of Continuous Intrathecal Infusion
The purpose of this study will be to determine the efficacy and the prognostic value of a continuous intrathecal prognostic infusion test in an in-hospital setting for selecting patients who would have better long term outcomes…
- Conditions
- Lumbar Post-Laminectomy Syndrome, Chronic Low Back Pain, Vertebral Compression Fracture, Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT03523000
- Testing
- Continuous intrathecal prognostic infusion test, Bupivacaine, Fentanyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Pain, Pain, Acute
Pawsitive Impacts of Therapy Dog Visits
The goal of this unique 18 month study is to better understand the experiences of pain patients in the Royal University Hospital (RUH) Emergency Department (ED), to create excellence in health care.
- Conditions
- Pain, Pain, Acute, Pain, Chronic, Pain, Intractable
- Trial name
- NCT04727749
- Testing
- Therapy Dog Team Visit
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 211 people
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Migraine, Headache
Ticagrelor Therapy for RefrACTORy Migraine Study
This is a prospective, open-label, single-arm pilot study treating 40 subjects to assess the hypothesis that P2Y, G protein-coupled 12 (P2Y12) inhibition with Brilinta/ticagrelor (90 mg by mouth (PO) twice a day) reduces episodic…
- Conditions
- Migraine, Headache, Migraine Headache
- Trial name
- TRACTOR (NCT02518464)
- Testing
- Ticagrelor 90 mg twice per day
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Refractory Migraine
Investigation of Efficacy and Safety of Botulinum Toxin A (Botox-Allergan Inc) in Migraine Headaches
The hypothesis of this study is that injection of botulinum toxin A into the muscles around the head (frontal, temporal, posterior neck, occipital) can reduce the intensity and frequency of migraine headaches by 50%.
- Trial name
- NCT00660192
- Testing
- Botox
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Pain, Intractable Pain
Efficacy of the Spinal Cord Stimulation System as Salvage Therapy
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of spinal cord stimulation using the Precision implantable neurostimulation device for chronic and intractable pain of the trunk and or limbs in patients who have…
- Conditions
- Pain, Intractable Pain, Chronic Pain
- Trial name
- NCT00387244
- Testing
- Precision for Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Migraine
Study of Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Drug Refractory Migraine
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an implantable device to treat migraine. There are a significant number of patients who have drug refractory migraine and alternative therapies are needed.
- Trial name
- PRISM UK (NCT00747812)
- Testing
- Precision
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Chronic Refractory Neuropathic Pain, Ischemic Peripheral Pain
Follow-up of Post-spinal Implantable Neurostimulator PRECISION®
Assessing the long-term efficacy, complications, revision rates and final explantation of the device
- Trial name
- PRECISION (NCT02208999)
- Testing
- Neurostimulator Precision
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- Cemka-Eval
Chronic Low-Back Pain, Refractory Pain
Spinal Cord Stimulation vs. Medical Management for Low Back Pain (DISTINCT)
The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of BurstDR dorsal column stimulation, compared with conventional medical management, in improving pain and back-related physical function in subjects suffering with chronic…
- Conditions
- Chronic Low-Back Pain, Refractory Pain, Neuropathic Pain
- Trial name
- NCT04479787
- Testing
- Spinal Cord Stimulation, Conventional Medical Management
- Where
- 30 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 270 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Back Pain
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Back
To assess changes in pain, physical function, health-related quality of life, and cost-effectiveness in patients with low back pain, without symptoms of radiculopathy, that have not responded to conservative or traditional…
- Trial name
- NCT04538430
- Testing
- SPRINT percutaneous peripheral nerve stimulator placed
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Chronic Intractable Pain
A Safety and Effectiveness Study of Intraspinal Gabapentin (MDT2004) for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and minimum effective dose of intraspinal gabapentin when delivered through an implanted drug infusion system.
- Trial name
- NCT00414466
- Testing
- Intraspinal Gabapentin
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 254 people
- Sponsor
- MedtronicNeuro
Chronic Pain
A Post Market Evaluation of Chronic intractaBle paIN and the Efficacy of drG stimulatiOn in the Nordic Region
11-SMI-2013 is a post market, observational, questionnaire based study to assess the effectiveness of the commercially available Axium neurostimulator in the management of intractable, chronic pain
- Trial name
- BINGO (NCT02346643)
- Testing
- Implantation with the commercially available Axium Neurostimulator
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Chronic Pain, Intractable Pain
Multi-center Prospective Study Determining the Sustainability of Pain Relief and Psychosocial and Functional Responses When Utilizing a Multiple Waveform Enabled Neurostimulator
The TRIUMPH study is a post-market, international, multicenter, interventional, prospective, single-arm study intended to evaluate the sustainability of pain control and psychosocial and functional responses utilizing a…
- Trial name
- TRIUMPH (NCT03082261)
- Testing
- Prodigy, Prodigy MRI or Proclaim Elite IPG
- Where
- 22 sites in United States, Canada and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 269 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Opiate Addiction, Refractory Pain
Buprenorphine as a Treatment in Opiate Dependent Pain Patients
This study is designed to determine if different doses of buprenorphine (either tapering doses or steady doses) are effective in managing chronic, non-cancer pain in individuals who also are addicted to opiate pain medicines.
- Trial name
- NCT00552578
- Testing
- buprenorphine/naloxone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Refractory Angina
Study Protocol of Intramyocardial Injection of Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells for Refractory Angina
Therapeutic neovascularization is an innovative strategy for cardiac tissue recovery due to chronic, intense ischemia. Thus stem cell therapy has become a promising procedure for the large number of patients with refractory…
- Trial name
- ReACT (NCT01966042)
- Testing
- Local sedation, Bone Marrow Aspiration, Minithoracotomy
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- CellPraxis Bioengenharia Ltda.