Conditions: Neuropathy, Paraneoplastic
Keywords: neuropathy,paraneoplastic paraneoplastic peripheral neuropathy pain hyperalgesia
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 14
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Painful chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common complication of cancer therapy with few treatment options. CIPN is a complex side effect that varies between individuals and can be difficult to describe, difficult to treat and can significantly effect quality of life for patients.

The purpose of this study is to determine if patients with painful CIPN will have a decrease in pain scores after treatment with the MC-5A device.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Sham therapy device to area of painful chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) for 45 minutes daily x 10 days arm 2: MC-5A therapy to the area of painful CIPN for 45 minutes daily for a total of 10 days.

Interventions: intervention 1: MC-5A intervention 2: Sham device
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 45 minutes daily x 10 treatments (given over the course of 2 weeks) intervention 2: Sham therapy daily x 45 minutes for 10 treatments (given over course of 2 weeks)

Protocol document: