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NCT ID: NCT00637533 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

A Pilot Clinical Trial of Sympathetic Blockade With Botulinum Toxin Type A to Treat Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): a Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled, Crossover Trial.

Start date: May 2004
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

Lumbar sympathetic blocks are part of the standard of care for treating patients with sympathetically-maintained pain (e.g. in complex regional pain syndrome or reflex sympathetic dystrophy- RSD). In these patients lower extremity pain can be reduced or abolished temporarily by blocking sympathetic nerves by doing a lumbar sympathetic block. Patients who respond only transiently to sympathetic blocks often choose between potentially dangerous lumbar sympathetic block with neurolytic agents, surgical sympathectomy, continued severe refractory debilitating pain or other risky invasive surgical procedures such as spinal cord electrical stimulation.. It is hypothesized that Botulinum Toxin Type A (BTA) injected in a lumbar sympathetic block can provide extended sympathetic blockade and thus pain relief. This pilot study aims to see if BTA can be used safely in lower extremity sympathetic blocks, and might be useful in providing prolonged pain relief.

NCT ID: NCT00636064 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

A Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Valdecoxib Plus Parecoxib Versus Valdecoxib Plus Placebo for the Treatment of Pain After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Start date: January 2003
Phase: Phase 3
Study type: Interventional

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of parecoxib/valdecoxib therapy and placebo/valdecoxib therapy for the treatment of pain after coronary artery bypass surgery

NCT ID: NCT00631111 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

Study Evaluating the Efficacy of an Ibuprofen Effervescent Tablet in the Treatment of Post-Surgical Dental Pain

Start date: November 2007
Phase: Phase 3
Study type: Interventional

Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of a single dose of an ibuprofen effervescent tablet in the treatment of pain following third molar extraction in comparison to single doses of placebo, standard ibuprofen tablets, and effervescent aspirin plus vitamin C tablets.

NCT ID: NCT00628472 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

Novel Technique for Botulinum Toxin Injection to Minimize Patient Discomfort

Start date: January 2007
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

This single blinded randomized pilot study was performed on 21 Caucasian females to determine if injections through follicular openings were less painful than traditional injections for cosmetic botulinum toxin type A injections.

NCT ID: NCT00627289 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

Selective Neurectomy and Mesh Removal for Chronic Postherniotomy Pain

Start date: February 2008
Phase: N/A
Study type: Observational

Chronic postherniotomy pain affects every day activities in 5-8% of patients. However, no established treatment for this pain syndrome exists and previous reports on the effect of surgical intervention suffer from methodological problems. The neurophysiological characteristics suggest that pain arises from deeper neuronal structures injured during surgery or by ongoing inflammation from the mesh. This study investigates the effect of removing inserted mesh and compressed nerves on pain related daily impairment of activities assessed by the validated AAS questionnaire before and 6 months after surgery

NCT ID: NCT00627211 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

Carbon Dioxide Versus Air Insufflation in Oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD)

Start date: February 2008
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

Comparison on the effect on patient pain and discomfort by using CO2 instead of air for insufflation during gastroscopy.

NCT ID: NCT00621907 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

Study : LEVOBUPIVACAINE Versus Placebo

LEVOBU
Start date: March 2008
Phase: Phase 3
Study type: Interventional

The locoregional anaesthesia is increasingly important in surgical practice, often allowing to simplify per- and post-operative analgesia. caesarian occurs in 20 % of delivery leading to a longer hospitalization because of the pain resulting from the surgery. The Levobupivacaïne (Chirocaïne) administered through catheters placed in the caesarean scars, showed its efficiency in post-operative analgesia. Method : realization of a double blind prospective randomized study, control versus placebo Purpose : to show that the local administration of a unique dose of analgesia reduce the post-operative pain with a little or non-invasive technique

NCT ID: NCT00621374 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

Management of Pain in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis

Start date: February 2008
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

The purpose of this study is to see if treatments that include components of self-hypnosis training and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help decrease pain in people with MS.

NCT ID: NCT00620490 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

Paravertebral Analgesia Associated With Intravenous Morphine PCA After Thoracotomy

Start date: March 2008
Phase: Phase 3
Study type: Interventional

osteolateral thoracotomy is a painful surgical procedure.Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) is usually considered as the "gold standard" for postoperative thoracic analgesia. Unfortunately, it's not always possible to realize it because of contraindications or because of technical failures.Analgesia using a paravertebral block is an alternative to the TEA : it provides an unilateral sensitive and sympathetic block using a catheter.In our study, the catheter will be placed by the thoracic surgeon at the end of the surgical procedure, under direct vision, to insure maximal security also on patients on antiplatelets agents, anticoagulants or with haemostasis disorders (the placement of the catheter by the anaesthetist with the loss of resistance technique is contraindicated in these cases).Patients will be randomized to receive either a continuous 48-hours infusion of ropivacaine 0,5% or saline serum in the control group.All patients are connected to a PCA pump with intravenous morphine and will receive paracetamol and nefopam.The visual analogic scale (VAS) at rest and on movement, total morphine consumption and side effects will be recorded during the first 48 hours after surgery. The aim of this study is to prove a decrease of pain at rest and on movement, a decrease of the cumulated total morphine dose consumption and a decrease of the side effects (nausea, vomiting, pruritus, sedation, bradypnea, urinary retention).

NCT ID: NCT00618904 Completed - Pain Clinical Trials

Efficacy of Probiotic Bacteria in Subjects With IBS or Functional Diarrhea/ Bloating

Start date: December 2005
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

To determine if probiotics bacteria, specifically lactobacillus and bifidobacterium, improve gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with IBS, functional diarrhea, or functional bloating.