Efficacy of Parecoxib on Patients With CRPS (NCT01523379) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Efficacy of Parecoxib on Patients With CRPS
Plain-language summary
The complex regional pain syndrom is a weighty disease that often results in a lifelong disability. Mostly this disease appears unilateral after comparatively mundane fractures or operations. In early stages CRPS shows inflammatory processes. These inflammatory components can be seen as edema and vasodilatation. These inflammatory processes lead us to the hypothesis that selective COX-2-inhibitors might help patients with CRPS.
Who can participate
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with saved diagnosis of CRPS of the upper extremity based on the current used criteria for diagnosis plus a positiv 3-phase-sceletal-scintilgraphy, if they show pathological PPT-values in QST on the ipsilateral site (Z-values \> 2 in age- and gender-based Z-transformation of the raw values)• age ≥ 18 years• Existence of an age-based normal creatinin-clearance (calculated with a defined formula)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Important cardiovascular illness for the purpose of heart failure (NYHA II - IV), coronary heart disease (CHD), peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD) or unstable hypertension (values constantly over 140/90 mm Hg)
* Florid kidney disease
* Cerebral disease
* Neurological systemic disorder (exception: beginning polyneuropathy with normal values of the PPT on the opposite side)
* Lesion of the median nerve (ipsi- oder contralateral)
* Acute bleeding disease
* Known ulcer of the stomach or duodenum
* Inflammatory bowel disease
* Positive anamnesis of a gastrointestinal bleeding in the last 5 years
* Important hepatic dysfunction (Child- pugh \> 9)
* Hypersensitivity to the agent or to sulfonamides
* Known allergy to acetylsalicylic acid, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs or other selectiv cyclooxygenase-inhibitors
* Pregnancy and lactation period
* Intake of one of the following drugs (current or in the last 3 days)
* selective-serotonin-reuptake-inhibitor
* cetoconazole
* rifampicin
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1Based on my diagnosis and history, is this trial worth exploring for me — or is there a standard treatment we should try first?
2What does this trial's phase tell us about how much is already known about its safety and benefit?
3What would taking part actually involve for me — visits, tests, time, and travel?
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3What happens during screening, and what happens if the study team confirms I don't meet the criteria after those tests?
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5How will being in the trial affect my regular care, and will my own doctor stay informed and involved?
6Can I leave the trial at any point if I change my mind, and what would happen to my care if I do?
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