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- Clinical Trial NCT03291197
Tolerability of Suprascapular and Median Nerve Blocks for the Treatment of Shoulder-hand Syndrome
September 3, 2019 updated by: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Assessing the Tolerability of Suprascapular and Median Nerve Blocks for the Treatment of Shoulder-hand Syndrome - a Feasibility Study
Shoulder-hand syndrome (SHS) in stroke patients is painful and lowers quality of life.
Unfortunately, the cause of SHS is not known, diagnosing SHS can be difficult, and treating it can be hard.
Recent research has shown that certain nerve blocks are good for treating shoulder pain for stroke patients, but no one has looked specifically as SHS.
Investigators think that specific nerve blocks involving a shoulder nerve (the suprascapular, or SSc nerve) and a hand nerve (the median nerve) will be helpful in reducing SHS pain.
Investigators will use ultrasound guidance to accurately inject these nerves.
These injections have never been described for SHS patients however, so investigators want to make sure people with SHS can go through with the injections without too much pain or discomfort.
That is, the investigators want to test the tolerance of these injections for people with SHS.
Investigators are also hoping to better understand how consistent a set of diagnostic criteria, called the Budapest criteria, are at diagnosing SHS in order to be able to accurately diagnose this condition.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
5
Phase
- Phase 4
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
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Ontario
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N5C8
- Elisabeth Bruyère Hospital
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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
18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects are required to be 18 years of age or older and have a presumptive diagnosis of SHS post-stroke with a minimum visual analog scale of 40mm (greater than 40mm is considered moderate pain).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects will be excluded from the study if they have significant cognitive impairment (mini-mental state examination <23) and language deficits (difficulty cooperating due to aphasia) as this may affect their response to the outcome measures. Subjects with uncontrolled hypertension (>180/110), septicemia, and brachial plexus injuries will be excluded. Patients who are blind and deaf will also be excluded, as they will be unable to adequately complete the post-procedure survey and VAS. Patients on anticoagulation medications will also be excluded on a case-by-case basis and medications will be held prior to injection if required for safety. Patients with INR >1.5 will be excluded.
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
- Primary Purpose: OTHER
- Allocation: NA
- Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
- Masking: NONE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: Open label treatment
These patients will receive suprascapular and median nerve blocks for shoulder hand syndrome.
Investigators will assess the tolerability of his procedure using pre-defined criteria (outlined elsewhere).
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Ultrasound guided injection of the median and suprascapular nerve of the affected side.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of Participants Demonstrating Tolerability of Suprascapular and Median Nerve Blocks
Time Frame: 12 months
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To evaluate the tolerability of ultrasound-guided suprascapular and median nerve blocks in stroke patients with SHS as determined using the Budapest criteria.
Since tolerability is a subjective measure, it will be defined by a composite outcome including: A) Pain score prior to, during, and immediately following the procedure as measured by the visual analog scale (VAS); B) the rate of serious adverse events associated with this procedure; and C) the level of patient acceptance and satisfaction as determined by a validated post-procedure survey.
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12 months
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Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Time Frame: measured at baseline, within 1 hour after, and 2 weeks post intervention
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Pain scale used to address a difference following intervention.
Pain is measured on a horizontal line from 0 to 100mm, with 0 being no pain and 100 being the worst imaginable pain.
Participants place a vertical mark on the line indicating their pain intensity.
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measured at baseline, within 1 hour after, and 2 weeks post intervention
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Inter-rater Agreement of Budapest Criteria
Time Frame: 12 months
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Investigators will assess the reproducibility of the Budapest clinical criteria for newly suspected cases of SHS.
This will be achieved by determining the level of inter-rater agreement between a resident and a staff physician working in stroke rehabilitation.
Investigators will thus determine if there is variability in the clinical diagnosis among physicians with different levels of expertise.
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12 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: T Mark Campbell, MD, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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 (ACTUAL)
October 15, 2017
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
October 14, 2018
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
October 14, 2018
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
September 19, 2017
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
September 19, 2017
First Posted (ACTUAL)
September 25, 2017
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
September 30, 2019
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
September 3, 2019
Last Verified
July 1, 2019
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Pathologic Processes
- Nervous System Diseases
- Disease
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
- Autonomic Nervous System Diseases
- Syndrome
- Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Central Nervous System Depressants
- Peripheral Nervous System Agents
- Sensory System Agents
- Anesthetics
- Anesthetics, Local
- Bupivacaine
Other Study ID Numbers
- 20170066-01H
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
YES
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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