Precision Medicine for Sng/Pain Control

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Drug, Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Patients have different response to different treatment modalities, and sore/pain medicine is no exception. In our experience, low-level laser (LLL), ultrasound, and prolotherapy can reduce sore /pain through different genetic pathway. Whether the therapeutic effect is controlled by the genetic variants of those sore /pain related genes or not, is still in debate. The aims of this study are (1) To find genetic SNPs which can determine the response of sore /pain treatment modalities. (2) To find possible metabolomics and proteomic markers of sore /pain. (3) To determine the algorithm of precision medicine for sore /pain control via the genetic markers. Investigators will recruit 80 myofascial pain patients from Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital Bei-Hu Branch in 2021 and 2022. The participants will receive LLL, ultrasound, and prolotherapy, and the therapeutic effect will be recorded. The blood and urine samples from the first, the second, and the third visits will be analyzed by next generation sequencing, and mass spectrometry to find the possible biomarker in 2023 and 2024. Investigators expect to develop the individualized treatment plan by means of these biomarkers. Hopefully, the results will be widely applied in the field of sore /pain medicine.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 20
Maximum Age: 100
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• (1) Age between 20-100 years old.

• (2) Diagnosed as myofascial pain syndrome patients and willing to receive treatment (including LLLT, therapeutic ultrasound, and local dextrose injection therapy).

Locations
Other Locations
Taiwan
National Taiwan University Hospital Bei-Hu Branch
RECRUITING
Taipei
Contact Information
Primary
Der-Sheng Han, Physician
dshan1121@yahoo.com.tw
0972-653-916
Backup
Der-Sheng Han, Physician
dshan1121@yahoo.com.tw
02-23717101
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-08-28
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 88
Treatments
Active_comparator: A.therapeutic ultrasound group
Group A receives 1 MHz therapeutic ultrasound for 5 min at a frequency of 2-3 times per week at the painful upper trapezius muscle.
Active_comparator: B.prolotherapy group
Group B receives hypertonic prolotherapy at perimysium of upper trapezius muscle. The injectant is 5ml 5% dextrose solution.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Leads: National Taiwan University Hospital

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov