Patient Assisted Intervention for Neuropathy: Comparison of Treatment in Real Life Situations

Summary

The purpose of this large comparative effectiveness study led by Richard J. Barohn, MD, of the University of Kansas Medical Center, is to learn about the safety and effectiveness of nortriptyline, duloxetine, pregabalin and mexiletine in treating cryptogenic sensory polyneuropathy (CSPN).

Timeline

Start

2014-10

Primary completion

2017-09

Completion

2017-09

Publications

• Barohn RJ, Gajewski B, Pasnoor M, Brown A, Herbelin LL, Kimminau KS, Mudaranthakam DP, Jawdat O, Dimachkie MM; Patient Assisted Intervention for Neuropathy: Comparison of Treatment in Real Life Situations (PAIN-CONTRoLS) Study Team; Iyadurai S, Stino A, Kissel J, Pascuzzi R, Brannagan T, Wicklund M, Ahmed A, Walk D, Smith G, Quan D, Heitzman D, Tobon A, Ladha S, Wolfe G, Pulley M, Hayat G, Li Y, Thaisetthawatkul P, Lewis R, Biliciler S, Sharma K, Salajegheh K, Trivedi J, Mallonee W, Burns T, Jacoby M, Bril V, Vu T, Ramchandren S, Bazant M, Austin S, Karam C, Hussain Y, Kutz C, Twydell P, Scelsa S, Kushlaf H, Wymer J, Hehir M, Kolb N, Ralph J, Barboi A, Verma N, Ahmed M, Memon A, Saperstein D, Lou JS, Swenson A, Cash T. Patient Assisted Intervention for Neuropathy: Comparison of Treatment in Real Life Situations (PAIN-CONTRoLS): Bayesian Adaptive Comparative Effectiveness Randomized Trial. JAMA Neurol. 2021 Jan 1;78(1):68-76. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.2590.
• Brown AR, Gajewski BJ, Aaronson LS, Mudaranthakam DP, Hunt SL, Berry SM, Quintana M, Pasnoor M, Dimachkie MM, Jawdat O, Herbelin L, Barohn RJ. A Bayesian comparative effectiveness trial in action: developing a platform for multisite study adaptive randomization. Trials. 2016 Aug 31;17(1):428. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1544-5.

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