Treatment of Chronic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) or Amputation
CompletedNot applicableNCT00006448
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Pain is a major problem for people after spinal cord injuries and amputations. This is a study to test how pain is affected by adding methadone to a six-week program of weekly physical therapy, relaxation training and counseling. Individuals who qualify for this study will receive a comprehensive medical and physical therapy evaluation.
Study details
- Official title
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and Amputation Pain Prevention and Treatment
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Amputation, Traumatic
- Pain
- Interventions
- Behavioral: cognitive therapy
- Procedure: Physical Therapy
- Drug: Methadone
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Start date
- 1996-08
- Primary completion
- 2001-07
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals with spinal cord injury or amputation, who have persistent pain of three months or longer duration. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Allergy to latex, methadone, or diphenhydramine * Surgery planned * History of substance abuse in past two years * History of major psychiatric disorder
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00006448