Could fabry disease be a hidden cause of chronic pain?
NCT ID NCT01178164
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested 137 people with chronic pain of unknown cause to see if they had Fabry disease, a rare genetic disorder. Researchers used blood tests to check for the condition. The goal was to find out how common Fabry disease is in this group and help diagnose it earlier.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If this study finds that Fabry disease is a hidden cause of chronic pain, it could lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment for some patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed prevalence study, not a treatment trial. It only looked at one hospital's patients, so results may not apply to everyone with chronic pain.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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137 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Sep 2010
- Finished
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Sep 2012
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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6 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * patients of both sex * aged from 6 to 65 * with chronic pains of unknown aetiology including: * acroparesthesias * and/or pain crises evolving more than 3 months * continued neuropathic evolving more than 3 months * and/or multiple pains evolving more than 3 months * and/or recurrent abdominal crises of pain who come for a clinical visit in the Centre Douleurs Chroniques in the CHU of Bordeaux. Exclusion Criteria: * chronic pain of known cause
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Douleurs Chroniques, Hopital Pellegrin
Bordeaux, 33076, France
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