Hyperalgesia Clinical Trial
Official title:
The Relationship Between Saliva β-endorphins Levels, Sensitivity and Tolerance to Cold Pain and Perception of Pain in Oral Surgery Procedures in Adult Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the correlation between β-endorphin levels in blood
plasma and saliva in healthy participants with different pain sensitivity and in those with
acute pain in oral and maxillofacial region.
Expected results
- Relation between blood plasma and saliva β-endorphins levels
- Differences of blood plasma β-endorphins levels in healthy participants with different
pain sensitivity and in those with acute pain
- Differences of saliva β-endorphins levels in healthy participants with different pain
sensitivity and in those with acute pain
- Objective method of patient's pain sensation evaluation
- Correlation between patient's self-reported understanding of pain levels in oral
surgery procedures, levels in saliva and blood plasma β-endorphins levels and
sensitivity to cold test results
Study protocol:
Selection of participants
1. Evaluation of pain perception in oral surgery procedures by healthy adult participants.
2. Groups formation, according to the results from first stage, resulting in high and low
pain rating participants groups.
3. Control group formation from patients with acute pain in oral and maxillofacial region
Control rating of participants
1. Patients that have been assigned to groups according to subjective pain ratings in oral
surgery procedures will have to repeat the same questionnaire to ensure the correct group
assignment.
2. Patients that have been assigned to groups according to subjective pain ratings in oral
surgery procedures, will undergo the sensitivity and tolerance to cold pain test.
3. Patients that were assigned to control-acute pain group, will be included in further
study stages only with clinically diagnosed cause of acute pain in oral and maxillofacial
region to avoid possible psychogenic or general diseases pain.
Evaluation of β-endorphins - sampling
1. Saliva samples will be collected by all further included participants by one selves
participants with researchers supervision.
2. Blood samples will be collected from forearm veins by researcher. Evaluation of
β-endorphins - laboratorial examination
1. Levels of β-endorphins in saliva and blood will be evaluated according to manufacturer of
β-endorphins evaluation kit for human research. Every sample will be evaluated twice and the
mean level will be evaluated.
Statistical analysis
1. Statistical analysis will be produced to access all possible relationships
Fear of dental pain, despite the modern analgesia methods, is still a trigger for many
patients, resulting in fear of dentistry. Pain and anxiety during the oral surgery
procedures are related to each other. Since fear is a multi-caused state, it is important to
analyse each causing factor. Pain sensitivity, or fear of pain, in dental office is
different in each person because of various psychological aspects, but also because of
genetic code. Pain mechanism is a complex system with many different pathways, resulting in
possibility to feel pain. It is interesting that despite the anxiety and stress having a
positive correlation with perceived pain, high stress levels may reduce the pain sensation.
Stress mechanism involves pain regulation, which may result in hyperalgesia or analgesia.
During the stress many organ systems are activated, including the hypothalamic secretion of
beta-endorphins, causing analgesia. Therefore, beta-endorphins are secreted by pituitary
gland and then spreads to all body by diffusion. However, some studies suggest that
beta-endorphins can be also produced by immune cells during the inflammation.
Beta-endorphins act like natural morphines, binding the mu-receptors and activating the pain
reduction system, therefore beta-endorphin plasma levels correlates with expressed pain.
Various studies suggest that low level of peripheral plasma beta-endorphin levels act in
chronic pain and trigeminal neuralgia development. Beta-endorphins have also been found as
predictive factors to set the overtraining in sports, which result in muscles overloading
because of euphoric and analgesic effects. Therefore, investigators have hypothesised that
beta-endorphins could be a reliable factor determining patient's pain sensitivity or
chronical non-painful processes. Also, since pain rating is usually based on self-reported
questionnaires, beta-endorphins evaluation may be possible objective pain evaluation.
However, most studies evaluating beta-endorphins levels are based on blood samples
evaluation, and blood sampling is a painful and stressful event by itself. Beta-endorphins
can also be assessed in saliva, however no previous studies have evaluated the relation
between saliva beta-endorphins and plasma beta-endorphins in patients with different pain
sensitivity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between plasma
beta-endorphin and saliva beta-endorphin levels in patients with different pain sensitivity
and patients with acute pain in maxillofacial region.
Study design
- Assessment: Healthy participants will be assessed in two groups regarding the
evaluation of pain in common procedures in oral surgery self-reported questionnaire.
The questionnaire is composed from 10 items, including perception of pain during
surgical procedures and perception of post-operative healing caused pain. Procedures,
such as anaesthetic injection, wisdom tooth removal, mobile tooth extraction, stitches
removal, implantation and incision are composed into questionnaire. All items must be
rated in numerical rating scales (NRS) from 1 - no pain to 10 - extreme pain, according
to patient's assumption. Participants to further clinical trial will be randomly
selected to form two groups with low and high pain rating. Further involved
participants will have to repeat pain rating questionnaires to avoid possible
accidental items rating. Cold pressor test will be enrolled for both groups in further
described method.
- Cold pressor test. Participants will have to hold their hand up to the wrist in 5°
temperature water, since it was suggested as a medium temperature giving the results of
appropriate test time and felt pain. The water temperature below 15°C is known to
stimulate nociceptors and provoke pain, however the testing time is relatively to long
and the minimum temperature to this test of -2°C quickly provokes pain and it encumbers
time evaluation. Digital thermometer will be used to ensure even temperature during the
test with error of 0,5°C. The time of first painful sensation (pain threshold) will be
noted and patients will be asked to self-report the felt pain in 1-10 NRS, afterwards
the time of hand withdraw will be also recorded (pain tolerance) and the pain will be
rated as described before. The maximum time of the test will be 4 minutes. If at the
end of 4 minutes patient is still continuing, he will be asked to rate pain felt at 4
minutes moment in 10 points NRS and the test will be withdraw.
- Patients to control - acute pain group will be assessed randomly from those, coming for
help because of acute pain in oral and maxillofacial region. Patients will be asked to
voluntarily participate in research, with the aim of best patient's care and least
interference to the needed treatment procedures. Only patients with clinically
diagnosed cause of acute pain will be enrolled, even though it is stated that pain is
present for patient, whenever a patient reports pain, with the aim to avoid any
psychogenic pain. Also, patients will be asked to rate their present pain in NRS and
only those assessing pain not less than 4 out of 10 points will be further included,
since it is described as moderate pain at 4-6 points and severe pain at 7-10 points.
Also, NRS is known as appropriate numerical method, if pain is empirically tested.
- Β-endorphins evaluation. Participants from non-acute-pain group will be tested the
other day than cold-pressor test to eliminate the effect of pain pressor test
stimulated stress, resulting in sympathetic system activation, including β-endorphins
production. Before the sampling patients will be asked to calm and stay still until
they feel relaxed to avoid possible stress effect on results. The saliva samples will
be collected by participants with researcher's supervision in sterile test-tubes. It is
known that β-endorphins can be found in saliva, however it is not commonly used in pain
evaluating researches. Afterwards the blood sampling will be provided with the aim not
to produce blood collection caused stress before saliva sampling. Blood samples will be
used as control samples to ensure the presence of β-endorphins in organism at exact
moment and to rate the blood β-endorphins concentrations relation with saliva
β-endorphin levels.
- Β-endorphins sampling in control - acute pain group will be provided at the same day as
acute pain is felt. This group will be used as control, since it is presumed that acute
pain and stress increases β-endorphins levels. Saliva sample will be collected by
participant under the researcher's supervision. Afterwards the blood sample will be
collected.
- Laboratorial examination. Will be performed according to manufacturer's
recommendations.
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