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Quantitative Sensory Testing and PET/CT Scanning in Assessment of Surgical Outcome for Lumbar Disc Herniation

NCT03894943 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2019-04-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with lumbar disc herniation suffer from pain and morbidity. Surgical intervention can be a quick and effective relief, however some individuals experience less favorable outcome.

This study tries to investigate and test the differences in pain perception and pain modulation between individuals. Using PET/CT scans the investigators try to visualize pain perception and -modulation in the CNS. This is subsequently correlated with a battery of pain tests and the surgical outcome of disc herniation surgery.

Conditions

  • Lumbar Disc Herniation
  • Radiculopathy Lumbar

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

PET/CT scan

Patient receive a PET/CT scan of their cerebrum and lumbar spine prior to surgery, 4-6 weeks after surgery and 6 months after surgery

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Quantitative Sensory Testing

Patients undergo a battery of quantitative sensory tests prior to surgery, 4-6 weeks after surgery and 6 months after surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Odense University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Spine Centre of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christian Støttrup, MD · Sygehus Lillebælt

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-30
Primary Completion
2018-11-30
Completion
2018-11-30

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