Hidden genetic disorder found in chronic pain patients?
NCT ID NCT02450604
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested 776 people with chronic pain of unknown cause to see if they had Fabry disease, a rare inherited disorder that can cause pain, kidney, heart, and nerve problems. Researchers used enzyme tests in men and genetic tests in women to find cases. The goal was to see 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 successful, this could help doctors identify Fabry disease earlier in people with unexplained chronic pain, leading to better management.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only looks for the disease and does not test any therapy, so it cannot directly improve outcomes.
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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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776 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2015
- Finished
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Dec 2021
- 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 80 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 80, * 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 pain Centres of France. Exclusion Criteria: * chronic pain of known cause
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Anesthésie, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré
Garches, 92380, France
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CETD La Timone, AP-HM
Marseille, 13385, France
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CeRCa, Unité de Neuromyologie, CHU de Fort de France
FORT de France, Martinique, 97261, France
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Centre Antidouleurs, CHU de Reims
Reims, 51092, France
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Centre Douleurs Chroniques, CH de la Côte Basque
Bayonne, 64109, France
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Centre Douleurs Chroniques, CHU de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, 33076, France
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Centre d'Analgésie Pédiatrique, Equipe Régionale Ressource en Soins Palliatifs-Equipe " Enfant-Do ", CHU de Toulouse
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Centre d'Analgésie, CHRU Lapeyronie
Montpellier, 34295, France
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Centre d'Evaluation et de Traitement de la Douleur, CHU de Nîmes
Nîmes, 30029, France
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Centre d'évaluation et de traitement de la Douleur, Hôpital Pierre-Paul Ricquet
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Centre de la Douleur, CHRU de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, 67091, France
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Centre de la douleur de l'Adulte et de l'Enfant, CHU de Grenoble
Grenoble, 38043, France
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Cs douleur chronique GHSR, CHU Sud Réunion
Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, 97448, France
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Médecine - Consultations Douleur, CH de La Réole
La Réole, 33192, France
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Pole enfant - CETD Salengro, CHRU de Lille
Lille, 59037, France
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Pôle Anesthésie Consultation douleur, CHRU de Lille
Lille, 59037, France
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Service d'Explorations Fonctionnelles et Consultations Neurologiques, CH Lyon-Sud
Pierre-Bénite, 69495, France
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Service de Médecine de la Douleur et de Médecine Palliative, Hôpital Lariboisière-APHP
Paris, 75475, France
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Service de lutte contre la douleur et d'Anesthésie, CH Périgueux
Périgueux, 24 019, France
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Service de médecine Polyvalent, CH de La Dracénie
Draguignan, 83007, France
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Unité Douleur et Soins Palliatifs, CH La Rochelle-Réaunis
La Rochelle, 17019, France
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