Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03606915
Investigating the Role of Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Between Pain and Other Neuronal Disease
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 131 (actual)
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 20 Years – 90 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Measure the cytokines, transforming or neurotrophic factors in CSF and plasma as the pain markers and as a new therapeutic target for pain control.
Detailed description
The research protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the Protection of Human Subjects at National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH/B-ER-104-070). The study procedures were performed according to the rules of IRB and fully explained to the participants. Blood and CSF samples were collected and compared the difference in no pain group, acute pain group, and chronic pain group.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | pain evaluation | collect CSF during spinal anesthesia |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-07-10
- Primary completion
- 2019-12-31
- Completion
- 2019-12-31
- First posted
- 2018-07-31
- Last updated
- 2020-02-26
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Taiwan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03606915. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.