Central Post-Stroke Pain - a Prospective Study

NCT ID: NCT00957645

Last Updated: 2011-08-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 275 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2008-02-29
• Study Completion Date: 2010-07-31

Brief Summary

Part 1: The purpose of the first part of the study is to investigate the prevalence of pain at stroke onset and 3 and 6 months after stroke in a consecutive cohort of stroke patients admitted to a stroke unit.

Part 2: The purpose of the second part of the study is to identify patients who develop central post-stroke pain within the first 6 months following stroke and to try to identify early prognostic factors for the development of pain.

Detailed Description

Part 1:

• Within 3 days of admission: medical history, pain history, sensory examination
• Telephone follow-up at 3 and 6 months post-stroke: pain history

Part 2:

• Medical history, Pain history, Sensory examination

Conditions

Pain

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Recent cerebrovascular stroke

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe dementia, aphasia or psychosis
• Patients who cannot cooperate at time of inclusion
• Patients who do not understand Danish

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Danish Pain Research Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Henriette Klit, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Danish Pain Research Center

Other Identifiers

20060116

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id