Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04355221
Pulsed Radiofrequency in Trigeminal Neuralgia
Pulsed Radiofrequency in Treatment of Classic Trigeminal Neuralgia (Prolonged Duration Versus Higher Voltage)
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The current study investigated the efficacy of pulsed radiofrequency in pain reduction in TN patients and compared the efficacy and the impact on the quality of life of the standard technique with a prolonged duration technique and a higher voltage one. Entire enrolled patients were diagnosed as classic TN according to the international headache society classification (IHS, 2013) and underwent brain MRI and MRA to exclude secondary causes. Patients were randomly divided into three groups, Group A patients underwent PRF using the standard settings, group B patients underwent PRF with prolonged duration and Group C patients underwent PRF with higher voltage. VAS and pain amplitude reduction were recorded before the intervention and 1 hour, 1 day, 1week, 1 month, 6 months and 1year after it. Quality of life was assessed before and 1 year after the intervention.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | pulsed radiofrequency | Pulsed radiofrequency of the trigeminal nerve using NeuroTherm NT 1100 RF generator device |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-07-01
- Completion
- 2019-07-01
- First posted
- 2020-04-21
- Last updated
- 2020-04-21
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04355221. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.