Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT01744522
Leech Therapy for Postherpetic Neuralgia
Pilot Study on the Influence of Leech Therapy on Pain and Sensory Processing in Patients With Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 6 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universität Duisburg-Essen · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 85 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate, whether leech therapy for the treatment of postherpetic pain improves pain and sensory function. Therefore 20 patients with PHN undergoing leech therapy at the investigators outpatient clinic will be included in this observational trial.
Detailed description
see above
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Leech therapy | Leech therapy: Using medicinal leeches After piercing the skin and injecting anticoagulants (hirudin) and anaesthetics, they suck out blood of the incision. After 30 to 60 minutes they fall off and the wound -after a short time of after-bleeding- is bandaged up. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-04-01
- Completion
- 2014-04-01
- First posted
- 2012-12-06
- Last updated
- 2014-04-11
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01744522. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.