Raynaud’s patients are being recruited to participate in a clinical trial at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine’s Division of Plastic Surgery.
The trial examines the use of Botox® to relieve pain in the hands and fingers by increasing the blood flow. This appears to be a follow-up study to the one we reported in an earlier blog post from September 2011.
For more information on the study, call Jenny at 217-545-7014, email raynauds@siumed.edu, or learn more on SIU’s website.
I was initially very interested in participating in this until I read ” Participants or their insurance will be billed for standard treatment and clinic visits.” It sounds like a great study, but it seems the only people who can participate must either be insured or have a generous amount of spending money. If it weren’t for that, and travel expenses, I’d be signing on the dotted line.
Hi Kari, yes, this is unusual for trials. But why not give them a call and see what costs will be involved? Please let us know what you learn!