Status:
COMPLETED
Pulsed Radiofrequency in Trigeminal Neuralgia
Lead Sponsor:
Mansoura University
Conditions:
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The current study investigated the efficacy of pulsed radiofrequency in pain reduction in TN patients and compared the efficacy and the impact on the quality of life of the standard technique with a p...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients are diagnosed as classic TN according to the international headache society classification of headache disorders
- Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain of at least 4 or more.
- Pain is refractory to medical treatment (for at least 3 months with three drugs including carbamazepine with optimum dosage) or patients who developed intolerable side effects from medications.
Exclusion
- Symptomatic (secondary) TN: which is causes by structural lesion other than neurovascular compression such as multiple sclerosis, tumors, stroke or trauma according to the international headache society classification (IHS, 2013).
- Local infection at the site of the needle puncture. Bleeding tendency or coagulopathy. Previous treatment with invasive treatments such as radiofrequency thermo coagulation, destructive chemical injection, gamma knife treatment, percutaneous balloon micro-compression or microvascular decompression.
- Major mental or psychiatric disorders. History of drug abuse.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2016
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04355221
Start Date
July 1 2016
End Date
July 1 2019
Last Update
April 21 2020
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