Status:

RECRUITING

Trigeminal Neuralgia Electrophysiology

Lead Sponsor:

University of Minnesota

Conditions:

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The study intervention is to perform standard somatosensory evoked responses limited to the face during rhizotomy procedures of the gasserian ganglion (trigeminal ganglion) for the treatment of trigem...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria (TGN):
  • Adults of 18 years or older
  • Scheduled to undergo percutaneous rhizotomy for facial pain
  • Exclusion Criteria (TGN):
  • Facial pain of unclear origin (i.e. not clearly TGN pain)
  • Rhizotomy procedure canceled
  • Inclusion Criteria (Healthy controls)
  • Adults of 18 years or older
  • Exclusion Criteria (Healthy Controls)
  • Diagnosis or history of facial pain such as TMD or TGN
  • History of migraine
  • History of any functional pain disorder: fibromyalgia, IBS, CRPS
  • Recent chronic pain (within last month)
  • Unwilling to participate for two hours in lab
  • Current acute pain

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 4 2022

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    April 7 2027

    Estimated Enrollment :

    30 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT05269472

    Start Date

    April 4 2022

    End Date

    April 7 2027

    Last Update

    November 19 2025

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    University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455