# Central Sensitisation and Postoperative Pain

> **NCT04220697** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Université Catholique de Louvain** · enrollment: 70 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Thoracotomy
- Hyperalgesia
- Hyperalgesia, Secondary
- Central Sensitisation
- Electroencephalography
- Persistent Postsurgical Pain
- Humans

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** electroencephalography (EEG)
- **OTHER:** questionnaires
- **OTHER:** high frequency electrical stimulation of the forearm skin (HFS)
- **OTHER:** cutaneous mechanical pinprick stimulation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04220697
- **Lead sponsor:** Université Catholique de Louvain
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2020-01-29
- **Primary completion:** 2022-09-30
- **Final completion:** 2022-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 70 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04220697

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04220697, "Central Sensitisation and Postoperative Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04220697. Licensed CC0.

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