Status:

COMPLETED

Tolerability of Suprascapular and Median Nerve Blocks for the Treatment of Shoulder-hand Syndrome

Lead Sponsor:

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Conditions:

Shoulder Hand Syndrome

Complex Regional Pain Syndromes

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Shoulder-hand syndrome (SHS) in stroke patients is painful and lowers quality of life. Unfortunately, the cause of SHS is not known, diagnosing SHS can be difficult, and treating it can be hard. Recen...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Subjects are required to be 18 years of age or older and have a presumptive diagnosis of SHS post-stroke with a minimum visual analog scale of 40mm (greater than 40mm is considered moderate pain).

Exclusion

  • Subjects will be excluded from the study if they have significant cognitive impairment (mini-mental state examination \<23) and language deficits (difficulty cooperating due to aphasia) as this may affect their response to the outcome measures. Subjects with uncontrolled hypertension (\>180/110), septicemia, and brachial plexus injuries will be excluded. Patients who are blind and deaf will also be excluded, as they will be unable to adequately complete the post-procedure survey and VAS. Patients on anticoagulation medications will also be excluded on a case-by-case basis and medications will be held prior to injection if required for safety. Patients with INR \>1.5 will be excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 15 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 14 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

5 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03291197

Start Date

October 15 2017

End Date

October 14 2018

Last Update

September 30 2019

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Elisabeth Bruyere Hospital

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N5C8