NCT02624661

Glycerol Block of the Trigeminal Ganglion in Trigeminal Neuralgia Using a New Neuronavigation-based Surgical Technique

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Trigeminal neuralgia is one of the strongest pains known to humans. Some patients do not have enough effect with the available pharmaceutical treatments and are offered a type of surgery, which involves the injection of glycerol in a nerve structure called trigeminal ganglion. The researchers will do a pilot study on 10 patients with a new surgical technique using neuronavigation. The researchers believe that this new neuronavigation-based system can improve the precision of the technique and reduce the risk for complications.

Conditions

• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Headache Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Glycerol

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-01
• Primary completion: 2019-01-01
• Completion: 2019-01-01
• First posted: 2015-12-08
• Last updated: 2019-03-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway