Status:

COMPLETED

The Effect of Intravenous Lidocaine on Allodynia

Lead Sponsor:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Collaborating Sponsors:

American Society of Regional Anesthesia

Conditions:

Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

19+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to study if lidocaine, given intravenously, reduces pain.

Detailed Description

Clinicians use lidocaine intravenously in a fashion that suggests that it might have analgesic effects. Therefore, we test the hypothesis that lidocaine reduces pain intensity in response to experimen...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome diagnostic criteria by the Work Safe BC. vi

Exclusion

  • History of Substance abuse
  • Other Medications: CRPS patients are expected to be treated for chronic pain, whether the current treatment regimen interferes with sensory motor testing will be determined on a case by case basis.
  • Coronary Artery Disease (CAD): unstable
  • Congestive Heart Failure (CHF): unstable
  • Heart Arrhythmia: symptomatic
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Lidocaine Allergy
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Rev IV): Axis I: Common Axis I disorders include depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and schizophrenia. Axis II: borderline personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and mild mental retardation.
  • Presence of Contraindications for MRI
  • Presence of electronically, magnetically, and mechanically activated implants
  • Electronically, magnetically, and mechanically activated implants
  • Ferromagnetic or electronically operated active devices like automatic cardioverter defibrillators
  • Cardiac pacemakers
  • Metallic splinters in the eye
  • Ferromagnetic haemostatic clips in the central nervous system (CNS)
  • Claustrophobia
  • Pregnancy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00659633

Start Date

December 1 2008

End Date

August 1 2016

Last Update

July 21 2017

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35249