VIPER: Veterans Integrated Pain Evaluation Research
CompletedNCT01715766
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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)
The purpose of the study is to learn about the causes of different types of pain that can occur in people who have had an amputation. By gathering information through blood tests, photographs, a nerve test, and questionnaires, we hope to de-code how each individual's special characteristics affect the type and amount of pain they experience in their amputated limb.
Study details
- Official title
- VIPER: Veterans Integrated Pain Evaluation Research- Molecular Subtypes of Chronic Pain Syndromes
- Conditions
- Sponsor
- Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management
- Collaborators
- Duke University
- Start date
- 2012-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 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: * Male and female active duty military personnel age 18 years and older undergoing treatment at WRAMC and future WRNMMC with the diagnosis of post injury amputation of 1 limb, more than 3 but less than 18 months prior to enrollment. In particular, phantom limb pain patients will be included Exclusion Criteria: * Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (Primary major head trauma and diagnosis of traumatic brain injury resulting in documented, permanent or prolonged cognitive deficits that would preclude participation in the study (i.e. decreased intellectual capacity, marked memory deficits, or inability to communicate verbally or in writing) * Significant cognitive deficits that would preclude participation in the study. * Substantial hearing loss without alternative means of communication. * Documented spinal cord injury with permanent or persistent deficits. * Diagnosis of fibromyalgia or other chronic pain syndrome such as chronic headaches. * Evidence of ongoing tissue damage pain, infection, bone spur, or poorly fitting prosthesis.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01715766