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A 17-Week Trial To Assess Pregabalin For The Treatment Of Nerve Pain Due To Spinal Cord Injury

CompletedPhase 3NCT00407745
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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)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if pregabalin relieves nerve pain associated with spinal cord injury compared to placebo (pill that contains no active medicine). This study will also evaluate the safety of pregabalin in this patient population.

Study details

Official title
A 17-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Multi-Center Trial Of Pregabalin For The Treatment Of Chronic Central Neuropathic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury
Sponsor
Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.
Organization
Pfizer
Start date
2007-01
Primary completion
2011-02
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years
Results posted
Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
Countries
Chile, China, Colombia, Czechia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Philippines, Russia, United States
Total sites listed
67

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects with nerve pain after Spinal cord injury (traumatic, diving, ischemic and after removal of benign tumors (except meningioma and fibromas) * Pain has to be chronic(continuous for at least 3 months or intermittent for at least 6 months * Pain score at least 4 in 4 of 7 days prior to receive treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregabalin use in the last 60 days, prior intolerance to pregabalin * Creatinine clearance \<60 mL/min. * White blood cell count \<2500/mm3; neutrophil count \<1500/mm3; platelet count \<100 x 103/ mm3. * Abuse of drugs or alcohol * Unstable medial conditions * Clinically significant abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG). * Presence of severe pain associated with conditions other than spinal cord injury that could confound the assessment or self-evaluation of pain due to spinal cord injury.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00407745