Clinical trials: Quantitative Sensory Testing
CIPN - Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
The Influence of Chemotherapy on Position Sense
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is one of the most prevalent side-effects of chemotherapy, causing sensory and motor symptoms in patients.
- Conditions
- CIPN - Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Breast Cancer
- Trial name
- ProprioCIPN (NCT07367711)
- Testing
- Questionnaire - Edinburgh Handedness Assessment, Questionnaire - QuickDash, Questionnaire - EORTC QLQ-CIPN20
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 145 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Opioid-use Disorder, Pain, Acute
Acute Pain Management in Patients on Opioid Replacement Therapy
This is an outpatient randomized within subject placebo-controlled human laboratory investigation of analgesia (as assessed with quantitative sensory testing; QST) from ketamine alone and in combination with hydromorphone in…
- Trial name
- NCT03933865
- Testing
- HYDROmorphone Injectable Solution, Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Healthy
Vestibular Pain Interactions
The goal is to establish the practical usefulness of vestibular stimulation for modulating pain perception and to describe the possible mechanisms that could underlie neural vestibular-somatosensory interactions.
- Trial name
- VPI (NCT02358954)
- Testing
- Quantitative sensory testing, CHEPS, 3D Turntable
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Healthy
Quantitative Sensory Testing of the Lower Lip After Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block, and Evaluation of the Role of the Contra-lateral Inferior Alveolar Nerve
The purpose of this study is to determine the contribution of the innervation of the contra-lateral mandibular nerve for the innervation of the lower lip area.
- Trial name
- NCT01530074
- Testing
- Temporary blocking of mandibular nerve
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- K Blal
Chronic Pancreatitis
A Pilot Study in Endoscopic Therapy on Quality of Life and Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis
This study is a prospective study designed to assess the effect of pancreatic endotherapy on quality of life, pain levels, pancreatic exocrine function, and endocrine function.
- Trial name
- EQuiPP (NCT05012150)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Knee Osteoarthritis
Neurofeedback for Pain Sensitization in Knee Osteoarthritis
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a training method called neurofeedback is safe and practical to use in people with knee osteoarthritis (knee OA).
- Trial name
- NCT07832682
- Testing
- FWR Down-Conditioning Neurofeedback
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Northeastern University
Chronic Pancreatitis, Chronic Pain
Pancreatic Quantitative Sensory Testing (P-QST)
Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) is a novel investigative technique used in other pain conditions to evaluate patterns of chronic pain, and in this study will be used to elucidate pain patterns in patients with Chronic…
- Conditions
- Chronic Pancreatitis, Chronic Pain, Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis
- Trial name
- NCT06996535
- Testing
- Quantitative Sensory Test 1, Quantitative Sensory Test 2, Quantitative Sensory Test 3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Healthy
Neural Contributions to Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia With Blood Flow Restriction
This experimental study explores the neurophysiological mechanisms associated with pain modulation following a single session of low-intensity resistance exercise combined with BFR in healthy young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07122011
- Testing
- Low-Intensity Resistance Training with BFR
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Gran Rosario
Endometriosis, Postoperative Pain
Postoperative Pain Trajectories After Endometriosis Surgery
The pain associated with endometriosis reflects a multifactorial pathophysiology combining peripheral nociception, central sensitisation and psychosocial factors.
- Conditions
- Endometriosis, Postoperative Pain, Pain Trajectories, Chronic Postsurgical Pain
- Trial name
- TRACK-ENDO (NCT07882498)
- Testing
- Perioperative quantitative sensory testing, questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Chronic Pain
Pain Trajectories in Severe Persistent Inguinal Post-herniorrhaphy Pain
Severe persistent postsurgical pain (PPP) remains a major healthcare challenge. In the third most common surgical procedure in the UK, inguinal herniorrhaphy, including 85,000 surgeries in 2015, an estimated 1,500 to 3,000…
- Trial name
- NCT03881124
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Peripheral Neuropathy
Tapentadol Versus Oxycodone - a Mechanism-based Treatment Approach in Neuropathic Pain
The purpose of this study is to elucidate whether the additional mechanism of analgesia, i.e. reuptake inhibition of norepinephrine, of tapentadol leads to a change in different pain signs and symptoms in comparison to oxycodone.
- Trial name
- NCT01458015
- Testing
- tapentadol, oxycodone
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
Healthy
Effects of Urban Afforestation Activity on Pain Mechanisms
This single-group pretest-posttest clinical trial aims to evaluate the effects of a single-session afforestation activity on pain thresholds.
- Trial name
- NCT05364034
- Testing
- Urban Afforestation Intervention Program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
Genotype, Pain
Genetics and Pain Severity in Sickle Cell Disease
Background: Pain is the most common symptom of sickle cell disease. Episodes of severe sickle cell pain are known as "crises." High rates of pain crises are associated with a higher risk of early death.
- Conditions
- Genotype, Pain, Genetic Variation, Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST)
- Trial name
- NCT01441141
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Endometriosis, Pain
Quantitative Sensory Testing and Central Sensitization in Endometriosis
Endometriosis is a gynecologic condition where there is growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus, leading to severe pelvic pain.
- Trial name
- NCT06215937
- Testing
- No Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre
Smoking Cessation Intervention, Pain
Oklahoma Study of Native American Pain Risk IV: Smoking Cessation and Pain
The goal of this pilot study is to assess whether 4-weeks of verified smoking abstinence following financial incentive treatment for smoking cessation improves physiological markers of chronic pain risk in adult Native American…
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation Intervention, Pain, Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction
- Trial name
- OK-SNAPIV (NCT07080788)
- Testing
- Smoking Cessation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Sickle Cell Disease, Pain
Integrative Medicine in Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease
The proposed research is to determine the clinical efficacy and neurobiological mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia in patients with sickle cell disease.
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Pain, Acupuncture, Quantitative Sensory Testing
- Trial name
- NCT05045820
- Testing
- needling acupuncture, laser acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Arthritis, Psoriatic, Hand Osteoarthritis
Central Pain Mechanisms in Patients With Hand-Osteoarthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Healthy Controls
In this trial different parts of the pain signalling system involved in two rheumatic diseases - painful hand osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis, is examined.
- Trial name
- NCT03703934
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University Hospital
Musculoskeletal Pain, Fibromyalgia
Neural Mechanisms of Light Driven Analgesia
The goal of this study will be to understand the biological mechanisms that are responsible to light-driven analgesia. Light presented to the retina has been shown to have pain relieving properties in pre-clinical and clinical…
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Pain, Fibromyalgia, Healthy Controls Group - Age and Sex-matched
- Trial name
- NCT07245303
- Testing
- S-cone modulating visual stimulus, Equal Energy White Visual Stimulus, Green light visual stimulus (S-OFF)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Opioid-Related Disorders, Chronic Pain
Study of the Treatment of Experimental Pain in Buprenorphine Maintained Persons With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Pain is very common in persons with a history of addiction, but few studies have examined the best treatment of pain in this population.
- Trial name
- 1401 (NCT02372591)
- Testing
- Buprenorphine, Hydromorphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Fibromyalgia
Prolonged Nightly Fasting in Fibromyalgia
The present randomized-controlled pilot trial will test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an 8-week prolonged nightly fasting (PNF) intervention protocol in 20 adults with fibromyalgia.
- Trial name
- NCT05581849
- Testing
- Prolonged Nightly Fasting, Health Education Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University