DPBRN Persistent Pain and Root Canal Therapy

NCT01201668 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 133265U01DE016747
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 500
• Locations: 2 countries
• Sites: 8

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to document by survey the occurence of tooth pain present 3 months and 6 months after root canal therapy in the patients recruited for the DPBRN "Peri-operative tooth pain" study. This study will access the feasibility of obtaining 3 month and 6 month follow-up data on the patient enrolled in the DPBRN "Peri-operative tooth pain" study.

Conditions

Root Canal Therapy; Persistent Tooth Pain

Keywords

post-operative pain; root canal therapy; feasibility; post-surgical persistent pain

Study Arms (1)

Persistent Tooth Pain

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The participants directly involved in this study are the patients who have sought dental treament in the practitioner-investigators' practices. The practitioner-investigators will be endodontists and general dentists.

You may qualify if:

• years old
• Permanent adult tooth requiring its first non-surgical root canal therapy
• patients with more than 1 tooth requiring root canal therapy are eligible, but only the first root canal procedure will be included to avoid problems of correlation within patients

You may not qualify if:

• evidence of prior root canal therapy, including iatrogenic, but not disease-induced pulp access of the tooth being considered
• patients with obvious cognitive impairments (e.g., past stroke with communication deficits, dementia,mental disability)
• patients unable to return for 6 month follow-up

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dental Practice-Based Research Network: lead
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR): collaborator
• HealthPartners Institute: collaborator
• Kaiser Permanente: collaborator
• Permanente Dental Associates Group, Oregon: collaborator
• University of Copenhagen: collaborator
• University of Florida: collaborator
• University of Alabama at Birmingham: collaborator
• University of Minnesota: collaborator

Study Sites (8)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, 35294-0007, United States

Location

University of Florida College of Dentistry

Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States

Location

Health Partners Dental Group

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55440-1309, United States

Location

Health Partners Research Foundation

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55440-1524, United States

Location

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

Location

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

Portland, Oregon, 97227, United States

Location

Permanente Denrtal Associates

Portland, Oregon, 97232, United States

Location

University of Copenhagen Royal Dental College

Copenhagen, Denmark

Location

Related Links

• Dental Practice-Based Research Network
• Dental Practice-Based Research Network

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Postoperative Complications; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Donald R Nixdorf, DDS, MS

  University of Minnesota

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: NETWORK
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor and Chair, Department of General Dental Sciences

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2010
• First Posted: September 14, 2010
• Study Start: August 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2011
• Study Completion: September 1, 2011
• Last Updated: September 20, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-09

Locations

US (7); DK (1)