Levetiracetam in Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury

Phase 4 Completed 36 enrolled Danish Pain Research Center UCB Nordic A/S · collab

RandomizedCrossoverDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam on chronic neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury, and to examine its effect on spasms and evoked pain.

Timeline

Start: 2005-11
Primary completion: 2008-03
Completion: 2008-12

Publications

Finnerup NB, Grydehoj J, Bing J, Johannesen IL, Biering-Sorensen F, Sindrup SH, Jensen TS. Levetiracetam in spinal cord injury pain: a randomized controlled trial. Spinal Cord. 2009 Dec;47(12):861-7. doi: 10.1038/sc.2009.55. Epub 2009 Jun 9.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Levetiracetam	Other / unclassified	1000 mg	—
Comparator	Levetiracetam	Other / unclassified	1500 mg	—

Levetiracetam in Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury

Summary

Timeline

Publications

Drugs

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