Pilot Functional Imaging Study to Evaluate Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Pain in Breast Cancer Patients

Lynn Henry

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer; Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01639417

UMCC 2011.115

HUM 55687 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to better understand why some women with breast cancer develop chronic pain.

Full description

Women with breast cancer who either have chronic pain or who do not have chronic pain will be asked to enroll. Those who participate will have pictures taken of their brain using MRI when they are lying still and also when pressure is being applied to their thumbnails. These pictures will be compared to patients without breast cancer who do not have pain and to those who have other types of pain, such as fibromyalgia. By taking and analyzing these pictures the investigators hope to understand more about why breast cancer survivors develop pain after their diagnosis and treatment. In the future the investigators hope to better treat the pain or possibly even prevent the pain from occurring in the first place.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Breast Cancer Survivor with and without chronic pain
• Able to undergo MRI