Esketamine plus nerve procedure for facial shingles pain
Treatments studied
Part of Brain & nervous system, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests whether adding a medication called esketamine to a standard nerve procedure (pulse radiofrequency) can better reduce facial pain from shingles. Esketamine may help block pain signals more effectively.
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Who can take part
- You must be 18 or older.
- Your pain must have lasted more than 3 months after the shingles rash started.
- The pain must be on your face (in one of the trigeminal nerve areas).
- Your average pain score must be at least 4 out of 10.
- You must be scheduled for a CT-guided pulse radiofrequency (PRF) treatment—a procedure that uses short pulses of energy to reduce pain in the nerve.
- You cannot have certain health conditions, such as sleep apnea, severe heart/lung/liver/kidney problems, immune diseases, cancer, or be pregnant.
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