Comparison of Two Modes of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in Chronic Neuropathic Radiculalgia
CompletedNot applicableNCT04169477
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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 compare 2 types of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) to treat chronic neuropathic pain. TENS involves the application of electrical stimulation to the skin via surface electrodes to stimulate nerve fibres for pain relief.
Study details
- Official title
- Superiority, Prospective, Multicentric, Randomized, Single-blind, Cross-over Study Comparing 2 Modes of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in Chronic Neuropathic Radiculalgia
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: CEFAR Primo Pro (TENS device)
- Sponsor
- Lille Catholic University
- Start date
- 2019-10-08
- Primary completion
- 2022-05-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- France
- Total sites listed
- 4
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18 years old or older * Patients with chronic neuropathic radiculalgia from at least 3 months of evolution * Radiculalgia VAS \> or egal to 40/100 * Neuropathic pain diagnostic (DN4) score \> or egal to 4 * Patient who has accepted to participate in the study by signing the informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Dermatosis in the painful dermatome * Venous or arterial thrombosis of the lower limbs * Patient with active implantable medical device * Severe cognitive disorders * Patient under a legal protection regime(guardianship/curatorship/guardianship of justice) * Previous use of TENS to treat radiculalgia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04169477