Systematic Chart Review of Carotidynia Patients

NCT ID: NCT02900872

Last Updated: 2016-09-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 14 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2009-01-31

Brief Summary

Systematic retrospective study of medical charts and medical imaging files, of patients consulting for acute neck pain and presenting unclassified abnormalities on dedicated vessel imaging.

Conditions

Carotidynia

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• acute cervical tenderness or neck pain fulfilling the characteristics of an idiopathic neck pain syndrome as defined by the International Headache Society in 1988
• the performing of a diagnostic imaging like MRI, CT or US of the cervical area with a dedicated vessel analysis
• unilateral or bilateral abnormalities of common carotid, carotid bifurcation or internal carotid arteries on dedicated vessel imaging.

Exclusion Criteria

• patients without imaging, or without dedicated vessel analysis
• patients presenting with pain caused by a clearly identified vascular disease on dedicated vessel analysis imaging such as carotid occlusion, carotid dissection, vasculitis like giant cell arteritis.
• patients with no abnormality on cervical or vessel imaging

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

Sponsors

Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

NETWORK

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Other Identifiers

NI_ALR_2015_3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id