EMONO for the Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain

Summary

To assess the effect of 3 consecutive days of one-hour administration of Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen 50%/50% (EMONO) versus placebo as Oxygen/Nitrogen 22%/78% (synthetic medical air), in add-on therapy to chronic analgesic treatments, on average pain intensity in patients with chronic peripheral neuropathic pain. A total of 250 randomised patients to be included in all the participating centres, i.e., 125 randomised patients in each of the 2 study groups treatments

Timeline

Start

2016-11

Primary completion

2018-08

Completion

2018-08

Publications

• Bouhassira D, Perrot S, Attal N, Ramirez-Gil JF, Delval C, Schaller M, Bessiere B, Houeto P, Sommer C. Combination of inhaled nitrous oxide and oral opioids induces long-lasting analgesic effects in patients with neuropathic pain: ProtoTOP study post hoc exploratory analyses. Pain. 2022 Sep 1;163(9):e1021-e1029. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002570. Epub 2021 Dec 20.
• Bouhassira D, Perrot S, Riant T, Martine-Fabre G, Pickering G, Maindet C, Attal N, Ranque Garnier S, Nguyen JP, Kuhn E, Viel E, Kieffert P, Tolle T, Delorme C, Deleens R, Ginies P, Corand-Dousset V, Dal-Col C, Serrie A, Chevrillon E, Gov C, Ramirez-Gil JF, Delval C, Schaller M, Bessiere B, Houeto P, Sommer C; ProtoTOP group. Safety and efficacy of an equimolar mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide: a randomized controlled trial in patients with peripheral neuropathic pain. Pain. 2021 Apr 1;162(4):1104-1115. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002109.

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