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Controlling Herpes Zoster-Associated Pain Using EpiStim Catheter, a Specific Drug Delivery Device :A pilot study

Controlling Herpes Zoster-Associated Pain Using EpiStim Catheter, a Specific Drug Delivery Device :A pilot study - Controlling Herpes Zoster-Associated Pain Using EpiStim Catheter :A pilot study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000015214
Enrollment
30
Registered
2014-09-21
Start date
2014-09-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

herpes zoster patient

Interventions

1. Affected spinal segment through electrical stimulation can be found using Epistim 2. We inject the drug to lesion precisely

Sponsors

Korea University Guro Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. herpetic eruption accompanied skin rash with multiple grouped vesicle of less than 1 month duration or 2. chronic herpes zoster-associated pain patient more than 1 month duration

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) For those suffering other cancer 2) For those suffering meningitis or pneumonia 3) Pregnant or Lactating women 4) For those suffering inflammation 5) For those suffering liver dysfunction 6) For those suffering myelo -suppression 7) For those suffering kidney dysfunction 8) For those having bleeding tendency or undertaking anti-coagulation or anti-platelet therapy 9) For those suffering psychiatric disorder 10) For those suffering uncontrolled Diabetes mellius 11) For those who have history of cardiac infarction in the last three months, or suffering angina pectoralis 12) For those having history of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis or interstitial pneumonia 13) For those who refuse

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
relief of VAS(visual analog pain scale) score

Countries

Asia(except Japan)

Contacts

Public ContactJung eun Kim

Korea University Guro Hospital Department of Anesthesiology and Pain medicine

geri200@gmail.com82-10-7271-5391

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026