Prophylaxis of Neuropathic Pain by mémantine

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate if memantine administered during 4 weeks beginning 2 weeks before surgery induces a decrease of painful intensity 3 months after surgery, compared to placebo group.

Timeline

Start

2012-02

Primary completion

2013-11

Completion

2013-11

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Compared with placebo, patients receiving memantine showed at three months a significant difference in post-mastectomy pain intensity PMID 27050431 ↗

paper This study shows for the first time the beneficial effect of memantine to prevent post-mastectomy pain development PMID 27050431 ↗

Publications

• Morel V, Joly D, Villatte C, Dubray C, Durando X, Daulhac L, Coudert C, Roux D, Pereira B, Pickering G. Memantine before Mastectomy Prevents Post-Surgery Pain: A Randomized, Blinded Clinical Trial in Surgical Patients. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 6;11(4):e0152741. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152741. eCollection 2016.
• Pickering G, Morel V, Joly D, Villatte C, Roux D, Dubray C, Pereira B. Prevention of post-mastectomy neuropathic pain with memantine: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Aug 20;15:331. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-331.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Memantine	Unknown	5 mg	—
Subject	Memantine	Unknown	20 mg	—

Indications