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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02747940
Date of registration: 01/04/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Public title: Neurologic Signatures of Chronic Pain Disorders
Scientific title: Neurologic Signatures of Chronic Pain Disorders
Date of first enrolment: December 2015
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02747940
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Shuu-Jiun Wang, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Control: devoid of any systemic or neurological diseases

- Chronic migraine: by ICHD-III (International Classification of Headache Disorder)
criteria

- Fibromyalgia: by ACR (American College of Rheumatology) 2010 criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

- history of major systemic illness, including uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes,
chronic renal insufficiency, autoimmune diseases or malignancies

- history of neurological disorders which might affect sensation such as previous stroke
or peripheral neuropathy

- history of substance abuse (except painkillers)

- heavy smokers (with a daily consumption >20 cigarettes)

- pregnancy or lactation

- any contraindication for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

- and any obvious infection or inflammation over a period of at least 1 month before the
study.



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Migraine
Chronic Pain
Fibromyalgia
Intervention(s)
Drug: flunarizine and/or pregabalin
Primary Outcome(s)
clinical improvement after treatment (2) headache/pain frequency [attacks per month] [Time Frame: 4 months]
clinical improvement after treatment (1) headache/pain intensity [NRS, numeric rating scale] [Time Frame: 4 months]
clinical improvement after treatment (3) headache/pain duration [hours per day] [Time Frame: 4 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
EEG change after treatment [Time Frame: 4 months]
sensory and pain threshold change after treatment [Time Frame: 2 months]
Autonomic function change after treatment [Time Frame: 2 months]
Secondary ID(s)
2015-10-001BC2015-11-001AC002B
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C.
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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