Study of Proteins Associated With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
TerminatedNCT00033969
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
This study will try to learn more about complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS (previously known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy, spreading neuralgia, and sympathalgia), by examining the release of small proteins in the blood of patients with this condition. Patients with CRPS usually have three types of symptoms: * Sensory abnormalities increased sensitivity to pain or a painful reaction to a harmless stimulus * Perfusion abnormalities alterations in blood flow, temperature abnormality, swelling, decrease or increased nail growth, and hair and skin changes * Motor abnormalities weakness, guarding (Holding the limb in such a fashion that it minimizes accidental or intentional contact from possible sources of pain), and atrophy (wasting) The cause of CRPS is unknown, and there are no definitive diagnostic tests for the condition. Because early treatment improves the prognosis of CRPS, a test that enables early diagnosis would be important for optimal medical management. The findings of this study may contribute to the development of such a test and possibly new drug treatments. Normal healthy volunteers and patients of any age with complex regional pain syndrome who are in otherwise good general health may be eligible for this study. Participants will have a medical history, physical examination and collection of a blood sample. They will fill out several questionnaires, providing information on their health, personality, mood, pain levels, and symptoms. Participation in the study requires one outpatient clinic visit.
Study details
- Official title
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Proteomics Study
- Conditions
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- Organization
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- Start date
- 2002-04-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
* INCLUSION CRITERIA * Male or female patients referred by their physician with the diagnosis of CRPS criteria as outlined by Stanton-Hicks et al. OR * Healthy volunteers will be screened according to the eligibility criteria as specified in the appendix (see Healthy Subject Eligibility). * Age restrictions: Patients and volunteers must be (Bullet)18 years of age at the time of enrollment. There is no upper limit for age of inclusion. * Good general health (other disease states could may confound the results see exclusion criteria) * Willing to have blood drawn * Willing to have behavioral measures * Willing to provide a directed medical history * There is expected to be a greater number of females than males being recruited to this study since there is a much higher occurrence of CRPS in women. Additionally, it is expected to be equal across all ethnic groups. However, we do not anticipate requiring any special recruiting strategies for specific gender or ethnic groups. EXCLUSION CRITERIA * Contraindication to blood screening * Advanced disease other than the CRPS (cardiovascular, liver, kidney disease ASA III or above excluding CRPS) that may cause a theoretical inclusion of samples resulting in confounding results. * Pregnant and lactating women. No exclusions will be made based on race, gender, or religion.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00033969