DPBRN Persistent Pain and Root Canal Therapy

September 16, 2011 updated by: Gregg H. Gilbert, DDS, MBA, FAAHD, Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Persistent Pain and Root Canal Therapy

The purpose of this study is to document by survey the occurence of tooth pain present 3 months and 6 months after root canal therapy in the patients recruited for the DPBRN "Peri-operative tooth pain" study. This study will access the feasibility of obtaining 3 month and 6 month follow-up data on the patient enrolled in the DPBRN "Peri-operative tooth pain" study.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

500

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Denmark
      • Copenhagen, Denmark
        • University of Copenhagen Royal Dental College
  • United States
    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294-0007
        • University of Alabama at Birmingham
    • Florida
      • Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610
        • University of Florida College of Dentistry
    • Minnesota
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
        • University of Minnesota
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55440-1309
        • Health Partners Dental Group
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55440-1524
        • Health Partners Research Foundation
    • Oregon
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97227
        • Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97232
        • Permanente Denrtal Associates

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

19 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The participants directly involved in this study are the patients who have sought dental treament in the practitioner-investigators' practices. The practitioner-investigators will be endodontists and general dentists.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 19-70 years old
  • Permanent adult tooth requiring its first non-surgical root canal therapy
  • patients with more than 1 tooth requiring root canal therapy are eligible, but only the first root canal procedure will be included to avoid problems of correlation within patients

Exclusion Criteria:

  • evidence of prior root canal therapy, including iatrogenic, but not disease-induced pulp access of the tooth being considered
  • patients with obvious cognitive impairments (e.g., past stroke with communication deficits, dementia,mental disability)
  • patients unable to return for 6 month follow-up

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Persistent Tooth Pain

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Dental Practice-Based Research Network

Collaborators

University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Copenhagen
University of Florida
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
University of Minnesota
HealthPartners Institute
Kaiser Permanente
Permanente Dental Associates Group, Oregon

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Donald R Nixdorf, DDS, MS, University of Minnesota

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 13, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 13, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

September 14, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 20, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 16, 2011

Last Verified

September 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 133265
  • U01DE016747 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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