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NCT03902860

Measurement of the Skin Sympathetic Nerve Activity During Stellate, Thoracic, and Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglia Block

Completed Last updated 22 November 2023
What this trial tests

trial in Chronic Pain Requiring Stellate, Thoracic, and Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglia Blockade in 32 participants. Completed in 6 May 2020.

Timeline
15 May 2019
Primary endpoint
8 April 2020
6 May 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorSeoul National University Hospital
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment32
Start date15 May 2019
Primary completion8 April 2020
Estimated completion6 May 2020
Sites1 location across South Korea

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Seoul National University Hospital

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Chronic Pain Requiring Stellate, Thoracic, and Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglia Blockade. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Sympathetic nerve activity can be measured transcutaneously in awake patients by computer-based filtering of raw signal obtained via skin leads attached on the chest and the right arm. Electrocardiogram can be removed by applying a high-pass filter setting of 150 Hz. Electromyogram can be filtered by applying a high-pass filter setting of 500 Hz or a band-pass filter setting of 500-1000 Hz. Currently, the therapeutic effect of stellate, thoracic, and lumbar sympathetic ganglia block (SGB, TSGB, and LSGB, respectively) in patients with chronic pain is generally evaluated by using thermogram/thermography (change in temperature of the upper or lower extremeties) or questionnaire-based scoring. However, it is not known whether the skin sympathetic nerve activity (SKNA) can be measured in patients undergoing SGB/TSGB/LSGB and used as an alternative tool for assessing the therapeutic effect of SGB/TSGB/LSGB. Therefore, we planned this pilot study to observe whether the SKNA can be obtained in patients undergoing SGB/TSGB/LSGB and whether it is well correlated to thermogram or questionnaire-based scoring. If the SKNA is observed and decreases after SGB/TSGB/LSGB, it will be presented in milivolt (uV) and compared to that of pre-block values.

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