Welcome to the Facial Pain Registry!

A patient registry is a collection of standardized information about a group of patients who share a condition. The information may be used for a variety of purposes such as conducting natural history studies and supporting disease specific clinical trial recruitment.

The purpose of the Facial Pain Registry is to bring the facial pain community together and collect data. By contributing their stories, participants play a crucial role in helping researchers, doctors, and policymakers gain deeper insights into the true impact of facial pain, ultimately paving the way for better outcomes.

Your Voice Matters. Let data tell your story.

For Patients

Get Involved
Information collected during this study may be used to help provide opportunities for patients and researchers to collaborate on facial pain research.

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For more information, contact the registry staff at [email protected].

For Healthcare Professionals

Drive Research
This is a unique facial pain patient registry. Are you interested in using our data to further your research?

For more information, contact the registry staff at [email protected].

Your participation in The Facial Pain Registry provides the opportunity to share your unique experience in the areas of diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, medications and more. Each person who participates in the registry contributes their personal experience to facial pain research. By sharing stories through data, you can help to inform the development of new treatment options and a better understanding of the disease. 

Your participation is voluntary, and your information will be kept confidential.

Goals of the Facial Pain Registry

The primary aim of the Facial Pain Registry is to conduct a prospectively planned and efficient natural history study that will lead to a better understanding of the disease and its course and pace over time. Other registry objectives include the following: 

  • 01

    To provide a convenient online platform for participants (or caregivers) to self-report their experiences with neuropathic facial pain.

  • 02

    To develop a contact database that allows notifications to eligible participants of research studies and clinical trials.

  • 03

    To characterize and describe the population affected by neuropathic facial pain as a whole, enhancing the understanding of prevalence, phenotype, and the rate of progression of signs and symptoms over time.

  • 04

    To help the neuropathic facial pain community develop recommendations and standards of care.

  • 05

    To be a case-finding resource for researchers designing retrospective, interventional or prospective studies.

  • 06

    To determine the impact of neuropathic facial pain on activities of daily living and mental health over time using validated outcome measures.

  • 07

    To enable personalized healthcare through published data that may improve communication between participants and healthcare professionals.

Qualifying and Comorbid Conditions

  • Anesthesia dolorosa
  • Classical trigeminal neuralgia (TN1)
  • Cluster Headache
  • Facial pain caused by dental injury
  • Facial pain caused by tumor
  • Facial pain from an injury
  • Geniculate neuralgia
  • Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
  • Migraine
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Occipital neuralgia
  • Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain (atypical facial pain/TN2)
  • Post-herpetic neuralgia
  • SUNCT/SUNA
  • Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD)
  • Trigeminal autonomic cephalagia

Frequently Asked Questions