Duloxetine vs. Placebo in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis Knee Pain

Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to determine if duloxetine reduces pain severity in patients with osteoarthritis knee pain.

Timeline

Start

2007-02

Primary completion

2008-05

Completion

2008-05

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority or other test); Duloxetine vs Placebo; p <0.001; Mixed Models Analysis; note: P-value for Week 13 Change from Baseline. NCT00433290 ↗

Publications

• Yue L, Wang J, Enomoto H, Fujikoshi S, Alev L, Cheng YY, Skljarevski V. The Clinical Relevance of Pain Severity Changes: Is There Any Difference Between Asian and Caucasian Patients With Osteoarthritis Pain? Pain Pract. 2020 Feb;20(2):129-137. doi: 10.1111/papr.12835. Epub 2019 Nov 20.
• Williamson OD, Schroer M, Ruff DD, Ahl J, Margherita A, Sagman D, Wohlreich MM. Onset of response with duloxetine treatment in patients with osteoarthritis knee pain and chronic low back pain: a post hoc analysis of placebo-controlled trials. Clin Ther. 2014 Apr 1;36(4):544-51. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2014.02.009. Epub 2014 Mar 17.
• Hochberg MC, Wohlreich M, Gaynor P, Hanna S, Risser R. Clinically relevant outcomes based on analysis of pooled data from 2 trials of duloxetine in patients with knee osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. 2012 Feb;39(2):352-8. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.110307. Epub 2011 Dec 1.

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