Health-economic Evaulation of Interventional Pain Mangement

Eques Indolor AB

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Pain

Treatments: Other: Radio-frequency dennervation of facet joint; Other: Diagnostic nerve-blocks performed under direct x-ray vision

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01835704

SE-Dnr-2012-446-31M-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

To establish the cost per QALY (Quality Adjusted life Years) gained all patients that are referred to a specialized interventional pain clinic are assessed by Euroqol EQ-5D to measure the health-related quality of life at the first visit and then during the following year. Quality of life is calculated from EQ-5D by using hte TTO-validated UK-value set. With this and calculations of the cost we will be able to calculate the cost per QALY-gained which makes it possible to compare interventional pain managment to other treatments for pain patients.

Enrollment: 1,540 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

1,540 participants in 2 patient groups

Chronic pain associated to facet-joints

Description:

Patients where the pain can be localized to the facet joints.

Treatment:

Other: Radio-frequency dennervation of facet joint

Chronic pain of other origin

Description:

Patients with pain that can not be localized to facet joints.

Treatment:

Other: Diagnostic nerve-blocks performed under direct x-ray vision