NCT00957645

Central Post-Stroke Pain - a Prospective Study

Central Post-Stroke Pain - a Prospective Study of Consecutively Admitted Patients With Recent Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 275 (actual)
• Sponsor: Danish Pain Research Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Part 1: The purpose of the first part of the study is to investigate the prevalence of pain at stroke onset and 3 and 6 months after stroke in a consecutive cohort of stroke patients admitted to a stroke unit. Part 2: The purpose of the second part of the study is to identify patients who develop central post-stroke pain within the first 6 months following stroke and to try to identify early prognostic factors for the development of pain.

Detailed description

Part 1: * Within 3 days of admission: medical history, pain history, sensory examination * Telephone follow-up at 3 and 6 months post-stroke: pain history Part 2: * Medical history, Pain history, Sensory examination

Conditions

• Pain

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-02-01
• Primary completion: 2010-05-01
• Completion: 2010-07-01
• First posted: 2009-08-12
• Last updated: 2011-08-30