Gabapentin in Phantom and Stump Pain

Danish Pain Research Center

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Amputation of Lower Limb

Treatments: Drug: Gabapentin

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00169013

Gabapentin2002

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate whether gabapentin can prevent phantom and stump pain after amputation.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Amputation of crus or femur

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients who cannot cooperate
2. Fertile women without sufficient contraceptives
3. Allergy to gabapentin
4. Earlier amputation of the same limb except toes
5. Serious lever, kidney, cardiac, respiratory, haematological disease.-

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind