Viewing Study NCT04117035



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Study NCT ID: NCT04117035
Status: RECRUITING
Last Update Posted: 2023-06-27
First Post: 2019-09-18

Brief Title: A Personalised Radiosurgery Procedure for People With Trigeminal Neuralgia to Improve Pain Quality of Life and Reduce Complications
Sponsor: University of Leeds
Organization: University of Leeds

Study Overview

Official Title: A Personalised Radiosurgery Procedure for People With Trigeminal Neuralgia to Improve Pain Quality of Life and Reduce Complications - a Confidence in Concept Pilot Study PROMOTION
Status: RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2023-06
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: The aim of this study is to evaluate prospectively the feasibility and impact of personalised gamma knife radiosurgery treatment protocol versus current standard protocol for people with idiopathic or Multiple Sclerosis-related Trigeminal Neurolgia MS related TN on effectiveness in pain relief the development of morbidity and quality of life

Patients with TN or MS-related TN are referred to the National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Sheffield for clinical consultation and will undergo gamma knife radiosurgery GNRS for treating trigeminal neuralgia if eligible The GKRS treatment is provided as a standard National Health Service NHS routine care The current procedure has been proven to be safe and effectiveness in reducing the pain caused by TN The current GKRS treatment protocol performs the treatment on the trigeminal nerve close to the brainstem which might result in higher complication rate mainly facial numbness This study will conduct a pilot randomised controlled trial to evaluate an alternative treatment protocol which will perform the GKRS treatment at the retrogasserian zone further away from the brainstem This treatment protocol has been widely used in Europe and USA and is safe and effective Most studies adopting this protocol have shown less complication rate after treatment
Detailed Description: Trigeminal neuralgia TN is a condition of excruciating facial pain characterized by brief repeated electric shock-like pains Like idiopathic TN people with multiple sclerosis MS related TN PwMSTN often suffer from episodic facial pain often excruciating that may be related to demyelination of the trigeminal pathways It is estimated that people with multiple sclerosis PwMS are 20 times more likely to present with TN symptoms than non-MS people and a recent review estimated that 4-8 of PwMS have TN Patients with TN or MS-related TN who no longer respond to treatment often opt for non-invasive gamma knife radiosurgery GKRS with variable outcomes Factors such as patient characteristics target treatment location and radiation dosage could affect the efficacy of pain relief and result in post-surgical morbidity There is no consensus of the best GKRS target treatment location or the optimal radiation dosage for GKRS treatment among centers this results in great variability across centers in patient outcomes of pain control and morbidity This prospective surgical pilot study will recruit PwTN and PwMS-related TN from the National Center for Stereotactic Radiosurgery Sheffield to evaluate the impact of a personalized GKRS treatment protocol on safety efficacy pain control and morbidity The personalized procedure will target the treatment location on trigeminal nerve further away from the brain stem as compared to the current standard treatment location that is closer to the brain stem The personalized procedure may reduce the radiation dose to the brain stem and then reduce the adverse effects of the treatment The recruited PwTN and PwMS-related TN will be randomly allocated to either the personalized GKRS treatment protocol group or the standard GKRS treatment protocol group The efficacy in pain relief and morbidity will be evaluated between the treatment groups at 6 months and 12 months post-surgery

This study does not have main ethical legal issues The GKRS treatment is provided as routine NHS care and the study will only alter the treatment location for those patients who would normally go through the standardtreatment protocol Therefor there will be no management issues

Information collected during this study will be kept confidential All data collected for this study will be kept safely and securely on secure NHS computer server and paper records at the clinic All data will be handled strictly according to the University of Leeds privacy notice for research participants

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None
Secondary IDs
Secondary ID Type Domain Link
115658 OTHER University of Leeds None