Molecular and clinical markers of pain relief in complex regional pain syndrome: An observational study.

Autor: Reinhold AK; Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany., Kindl GK; Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany., Dietz C; Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany., Scheu N; Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany., Mehling K; Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany., Brack A; Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany., Birklein F; Department of Neurology, Mainz University Hospitals, Mainz, Germany., Rittner HL; Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European journal of pain (London, England) [Eur J Pain] 2023 Feb; Vol. 27 (2), pp. 278-288. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 14.
DOI: 10.1002/ejp.2058
Abstrakt: Background: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is marked by disproportionate pain after trauma. Whilst the long-term outcome is crucial to patients, predictors or biomarkers of the course of pain or CRPS symptoms are still lacking. In particular, microRNAs, such as miR-223, decreased in CRPS, have been described only in cross-sectional studies.
Methods: In this study, we characterised CRPS patients over a course of 2.5 years of standard treatment. The patient underwent clinical examination including pain measurement, symptom questionnaires, quantitative sensory testing (QST) and blood sampling. Exosomal microRNA levels were measured via qPCR. After follow-up, patients were stratified into 'pain relief' (mean pain reduced by ≥2 numeric rating scale) or 'persistence' (mean pain unchanged or worsened). The primary outcome was miR-223 and miR-939 expression, secondary outcomes were differences in clinical parameters between groups and time points.
Results: Thirty-nine patients were included, 33 of whom qualified for stratification. Overall, patients reported lower pain and improved clinical characteristics after 2.5 years, but no significant changes in QST or miR-223 and miR-939 expression levels. 16 patients met the criteria for pain relief. This was associated with stable exosomal miR-223 expression, whilst levels further decreased in pain persistence. Clinically, pain relief was marked by shorter disease duration and correlated positively with high initial pain.
Conclusion: We identified progressively reduced miR-223 as a putative biomarker of chronic CRPS pain. Clinically, this study underlines the importance of early diagnosis and treatment showing that high initial pain does not predict an unfavourable outcome. Finally, pain relief and recovery of sensory disturbances seem independent processes.
(© 2022 The Authors. European Journal of Pain published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Pain Federation - EFIC ®.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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