UMIN ID: UMIN000008738
Registered date:20/08/2012
Research on the pain associated with herpes zoster and postherpetic neuraligia
Basic Information
| Recruitment status | Complete: follow-up continuing |
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| Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied | Zoster accociated pain and postherpetic neuralgia |
| Date of first enrollment | 2012/05/01 |
| Target sample size | 100 |
| Countries of recruitment | Japan |
| Study type | Observational |
| Intervention(s) |
Outcome(s)
| Primary Outcome | Distibution of pain spots in healthy adults. Relationship of the distibutions between herpetic skin lesions and pain density as well as allodynia regions. Relationship in the dermatomes between pain spot distribution and suscptibility to zoster^associated pain or PHN. |
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| Secondary Outcome | The contribution of age, gender, underlying dieases, drugs on the evaluation above. |
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
| Age minimum | 20years-old |
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| Age maximum | Not applicable |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Include criteria | |
| Exclude criteria | Paitents whose herpetic lesions are not suitable for the use of algesimeter. |
Related Information
| Primary Sponsor | University of Toyama |
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| Secondary Sponsor | Department of Anethesiology, University of Toyama Department fo Anethesiology, Nihon University School of Medicine |
| Source(s) of Monetary Support | school fund |
| Secondary ID(s) |
Contact
| public contact | |
| Name | Kimiyasu Shiraki |
| Address | 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194 Japan |
| Telephone | 076-434-7255 |
| kshiraki@med.u-toyama.ac.jp | |
| Affiliation | Universitu of Toyama Department of Virology |
| scientific contact | |
| Name | Kimiyasu Shiraki |
| Address | 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194 Japan |
| Telephone | 076-434-7255 |
| Affiliation | University of Toyama Department of Virology |