A 17-Week Trial To Assess Pregabalin For The Treatment Of Nerve Pain Due To Spinal Cord Injury

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if pregabalin relieves nerve pain associated with spinal cord injury compared to placebo (pill that contains no active medicine). This study will also evaluate the safety of pregabalin in this patient population.

Timeline

Start

2007-01

Primary completion

2011-02

Completion

2011-02

Publications

• Schug SA, Parsons B, Almas M, Whalen E. Effect of Concomitant Pain Medications on Response to Pregabalin in Patients with Postherpetic Neuralgia or Spinal Cord Injury-Related Neuropathic Pain. Pain Physician. 2017 Jan-Feb;20(1):E53-E63.
• Markman JD, Jensen TS, Semel D, Li C, Parsons B, Behar R, Sadosky AB. Effects of Pregabalin in Patients with Neuropathic Pain Previously Treated with Gabapentin: A Pooled Analysis of Parallel-Group, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trials. Pain Pract. 2017 Jul;17(6):718-728. doi: 10.1111/papr.12516. Epub 2016 Dec 1.
• Cardenas DD, Nieshoff EC, Suda K, Goto S, Sanin L, Kaneko T, Sporn J, Parsons B, Soulsby M, Yang R, Whalen E, Scavone JM, Suzuki MM, Knapp LE. A randomized trial of pregabalin in patients with neuropathic pain due to spinal cord injury. Neurology. 2013 Feb 5;80(6):533-9. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318281546b. Epub 2013 Jan 23.

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