Intrathecal Therapy for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: An Analysis of Its Efficacy
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Chronic Pain |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Musculoskeletal |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 7/13/2018 |
| Start Date: | March 1, 2009 |
| End Date: | March 31, 2013 |
Our hypothesis is that patients with intrathecal delivery systems for chronic non-cancer pain
will report no improvement treatment efficacy when compared to patients with chronic pain
managed with oral or systemic opioid therapies. Our secondary hypothesis is that patients
with intrathecal delivery systems for chronic non-cancer pain will report no improvement in
treatment efficacy when compared to patients with chronic pain who are managed with
non-opioid therapies.
will report no improvement treatment efficacy when compared to patients with chronic pain
managed with oral or systemic opioid therapies. Our secondary hypothesis is that patients
with intrathecal delivery systems for chronic non-cancer pain will report no improvement in
treatment efficacy when compared to patients with chronic pain who are managed with
non-opioid therapies.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males or females greater than 18 years of age with legal decision making ability.
- Subjects receiving care at the Brigham and Women's Hospital Pain Management Center.
- Subjects must have a history of chronic pain > 6 months and must have been a patient
in the BWH Pain Center > 6 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pain due to metastatic cancer or to cancer that is locally invasive
- Patients with a primary diagnosis of spasticity, receiving intrathecal baclofen
- Evidence of psychosis or hospitalization for psychiatric illness during study
- Pregnancy at any time during the study
- Altered mental status that would make subject unable to complete outcome
questionnaires
- Significant chronic medical illness, such that requires frequent hospitalization or
health care utilization (ie: renal failure requiring dialysis, heart failure or
cardiac disease requiring surgery or intensive care admission, pulmonary disease
requiring intubation or hospitalization, pancreatitis requiring hospitalization,
vascular disease requiring surgery or hospitalization, etc.)
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