Pain Evaluation and Treatment
CompletedNCT00362167
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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 offers evaluation and treatment for patients with a spectrum of acute and chronic pain syndromes. The protocol is not designed to test new treatments; rather, patients will receive current standard of care treatments. The purposes of the study are: 1) to allow physicians in NIDCR's Pain and Neurosensory Mechanisms Branch to gain more knowledge about treating acute and chronic pain and possibly identify new avenues of research in this area; and 2) to establish a pool of patients who may be eligible for new studies as they are developed. (Participants in this protocol will not be required to join a new study; the decision will be voluntary.) Patients 12 years of age and older with an acute or chronic pain syndrome may be eligible for this study. Women of childbearing potential and women who are pregnant or breastfeeding will not be enrolled in this study, drugs may have unknown or untoward side effects on the baby. Participants will provide a medical history, as well as occupational and social information. They will have a standard neurological examination, including a test of cognitive (thinking) abilities, muscular function, reflexes and sensory examination. The latter involves testing with a pin placed on the surface of the skin. Participants will also have routine blood tests and will fill out questionnaires on their daily functioning and psychological well being. Additional procedures may include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and possible referral to a psychiatrist for evaluation of depression or emotional difficulties. Participants will be treated according to their individual pain problem. Treatments may include medicines, exercises, physical therapy, nerve blocks and dietary changes. Medicines given in this study are commonly used by doctors to treat pain, but for many, there is little research to back up their use. This study will provide information on the effectiveness of these treatments. Participants will keep a daily log in which they…
Study details
- Official title
- Evaluation and Treatment of Pain (Training Protocol)
- Conditions
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- Organization
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- Start date
- 2001-02-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 4 Years
- 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: Patients of 4 years of age and older, both genders, and all racial/ethnic groups with acute or chronic pain that will help the Branch fulfill its objectives. Women of childbearing potential, or who are pregnant or lactating, will only undergo tests and procedures, and/or receive medications for which data exists proving minimal risk to the fetus. The diagnostic tests will only include medically-indicated radiation exposure. Referral is needed from the patients' physician or dentist. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients with significant cognitive impairment. Pregnancy or lactation, if this status precludes proposed diagnostic procedures or therapies. Patients with serious organ system dysfunction (e.g. heart failure, ischemic heart disease).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00362167