Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain in Landmine Victims: ANTARES
Lead Sponsor:
Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia
Collaborating Sponsors:
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Conditions:
Phantom Limb Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Phantom Limb Pain (PLP) is a neuropathic chronic syndrome, characterized by a painful sensation in a body part that has been amputated. The incidence of phantom limb pain is between 50-80% of all ampu...
Detailed Description
Background In 2007 Colombia was one of the five countries in the world with the highest number of anti-personnel landmine victims \[1\]. These are small devices designed to injure or kill people and a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Men and women 18 years or older
- Amputation at any level of one lower limb by anti-personnel land mines
- Symptoms compatible with PLP, defined as painful sensation, sensation of shooting, stabbing, boring, boring, sqeezing, throbbing and burning or paresthesia or any other pain sensation in a limb that doesn't exist anymore.
- Willingness to participate in the study and to sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion
- Diagnosis of complex regional pain syndrome.
- Any pathology that based on the judgment of the researcher that could alter the course of PLP (neoplasias, immunological disorders, etc.)
- Previous diagnosis of cancer.
- Renal insufficiency requiring dialysis treatment.
- Pregnancy
- History of epilepsy.
- Cardiac arrhythmias.
- Metallic prostheses in the skull.
- History of severe head trauma.
- Use of tricyclic antidepressants (amitriptyline, imipramine, clomipramine).
- Use of antipsychotic medication (chlorpromazine, levomepromazine, haloperidol, clozapine, olanzapine, etc.).
- Mentally or neurologically disabled patients that are considered not fit to approve their participation in the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
54 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01872481
Start Date
June 1 2013
End Date
October 1 2014
Last Update
February 8 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Fundacion Cardiovascular de Colombia
Floridablanca, Santander Department, Colombia, 0