drugset

drugset / Trial / NCT00006427

Chronic Pain After Amputation

NCT00006427 ↗

Phase 4 Completed 125 enrolled Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

RandomizedSingle-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

This trial will test the effectiveness of amitriptyline in relieving chronic pain of adults that have had an amputation

Timeline

Start: 1996-08
Primary completion: 2001-07
Completion: —

Publications

Background Davis RW. Successful treatment for phantom pain. Orthopedics. 1993 Jun;16(6):691-5. doi: 10.3928/0147-7447-19930601-10.
Background Onghena P, Van Houdenhove B. Antidepressant-induced analgesia in chronic non-malignant pain: a meta-analysis of 39 placebo-controlled studies. Pain. 1992 May;49(2):205-219. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(92)90144-Z.
Background Philipp M, Fickinger M. Psychotropic drugs in the management of chronic pain syndromes. Pharmacopsychiatry. 1993 Nov;26(6):221-34. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1014359.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Amitriptyline	Small molecule	—	—

Indications

No indication recorded.