Motor Cortex Versus Insula Stimulation Using Transcranial Current Stimulation on Chronic Post-mastectomy Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05544604
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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 is designed to evaluate the effect of two concentric electrode transcranial direct current stimulation over the primary motor cortex versus insular cortical targets in post mastectomy neuropathic pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effect of Motor Cortex Versus Insula Cortical Targets Stimulation Using Concentric Electrode Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Chronic Post-mastectomy Pain; a Randomized Sham Controlled Study
- Conditions
- Post-Mastectomy Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- South Egypt Cancer Institute
- Collaborators
- Assiut University
- Start date
- 2020-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-12-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Egypt
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * eighty patients within age group 18-65 years old with post mastectomy neuropathic pain that are resistant to medical treatment in the form of tramadol hydrochloride 100 mg twice daily, pregabalin 75 mg twice daily and Amitriptyline 25 mg once daily for at least two months or associated with significant adverse effect from medication will be involved in this study. Exclusion Criteria: * We will exclude patients with intracranial metallic devices or with pacemakers or any other device. We also exclude those with extensive myocardial ischemia and those known to have epilepsy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05544604