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Chronic Pain After Intensive Care Unit: Clinical Predictors

NCT07117396 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2025-08-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Thanks to medical advances, more patients now survive their stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). However, many people who leave the ICU face long-term health problems, known as Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS). This can include physical weakness, memory or thinking problems, anxiety or depression - and chronic pain.

Chronic pain is pain that lasts more than 12 weeks and can interfere with your daily life. Studies show that many ICU survivors still experience moderate to severe pain even a year after they go home, especially in the shoulders. This pain is often linked to conditions like severe infections or older age, but it's not yet fully understood.

To help improve care, researchers at Attikon University Hospital in Athens are studying ICU survivors to learn:

How common chronic pain is

Where it appears in the body

How severe it is

How it affects everyday activities

They are also looking at health history, treatments received in the ICU, and lab results to see if any of these are linked to pain after discharge.

If you or your loved one has been in the ICU and experiences ongoing pain, know that you're not alone - and that researchers and doctors are working to better understand and manage this problem.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Attikon Hospital

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-11
Primary Completion
2025-06-01
Completion
2025-06-01

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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Diseases

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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