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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

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALpain evaluationcollect 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.