Impact of Cerebellar Mass Resection on Pain Processing
Completed
Conditions studied: Cerebellar Neoplasm
In brief
The purpose of the study is to evaluate how cerebellar resection surgery may affect pain sensation and the way the brain "reads" pain signals. By measuring brain activity in children and adolescents following surgery, the investigators hope to gain valuable information about pain processing in the brain.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02261649
- Run by
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- People needed
- 24
- Starts
- 2014-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-02-01
Who can join
Age: 6 and older, up to 38. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- Claustrophobia
- Significant medical (e.g. asthma, renal, cardiac, gastrointestinal or immunological) or brain- related disorders (e.g. seizures, autism, psychiatric conditions such as severe depression, psychosis)
- Metallic or magnetic implants that pose a risk to the participant or to the data quality
- Weight > 285 pounds (weight limit of the fMRI table)
- History of drug abuse or positive drug screen
- Positive pregnancy screen
- Use of antidepressants or anticonvulsants, excepting patient usage after resection
- Significant alcohol history (ingestion of 5 or more glasses (> 40 oz) of alcohol per week)
- Tattoos containing metallic ink on the neck, shoulders, upper arm and head (which could heat up in the scanner, and potentially cause blistering or burning)
- Cardiac pacemakers
- Aneurysm clips and other vascular stents, filters, clips or other devices
- Prosthetic heart valves
- Other prostheses
- Neuro-stimulator devices
- Implanted infusion pumps
- Cochlear (ear) implants
- Ocular (eye) implants or known metal fragments in eyes
- Exposure to shrapnel or metal filings (sheet metal workers, welders, and others)
- Participants that require anesthesia to complete an MRI scan
- Receipt of a medication via transdermal patch
Where it is running
- Boston Children's Hospital — Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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