MRI AND QST ANALYSIS IN TGN AND PIFP

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  MRI AND QST ANALYSIS IN TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA (TGN) AND PERSISTENT IDIOPATHIC FACIAL PAIN (PIFP)

• IRAS ID

  300078

• Contact name

  Bernhard Frank

• Contact email

  bernhard.frank@liv.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 9 months, 26 days

• Research summary

  In this brain imaging study we aim to detail the geometrical characteristics of the compression by a blood vessel and look for size abnormalities of the main areas of the central nervous system looking after sensation like touch and pain in patients with classical trigeminal neuralgia (TGN) and persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) and correlate those findings to pain descriptors and clinical examination findings on a questionnaires specific for patients with TGN and PIFP as well as more detailed examination finding from quantitative sensory testing (a battery of test looking a detection and pain thresholds to light touch, mechanical pressure, temperature and vibration sense.

• REC name

  North East - York Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  21/NE/0109

• Date of REC Opinion

  8 Jun 2021

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion