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