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Treatment of Recurrent Trigeminal Neuralgia by Using Extended Duration of Pulsed Radiofrequency

NCT03396406 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-01-11

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Summary

Forty patients with history of recurrent TN were recruited in Assiut University Hospitals, Pain Unit from 2012 to 2017. Before the study, all patients were given adequate and informative data about the nature of the study, interventional procedure and its possible complications, and a well-informed written consent was obtained from each patients.

Conditions

  • Trigeminal Neuralgia

Interventions

DEVICE

Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF)

received PRF at 42°C for 8 minutes followed by CRF at 60°C for 270s

DEVICE

thermocoagulation

received sole CRF at 70°C for 270 s

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Abdelrady S Ibrahim, M.D. · Assiut university faculty of medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-09-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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