Management of Pain Associated With Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

Al-Kindy College of Medicine

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

Treatments: Drug: Gabapentin 300mg; Drug: Pregabalin 75mg

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05324761

13 Al-KindyCM

Details and patient eligibility

About

Neuropathic pain is a common complication following different types of spine surgery making negative impact on health, along with life style changes and management, many neurologist prescribed either Pregabalin or Gabapentin to manage this condition with overall good results.

our study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Pregabalin and Gabapentin in the management of this condition and to compare between them

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with Previous spine surgery and subsequent chronic back pain

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with connective tissue diseases
• Patients with psychiatric illnesses

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Pregabalin

Active Comparator group

Description:

A dose of 75 mg of Pregabalin twice daily for one month will be prescribed to each patient enrolled this study arm

Treatment:

Drug: Pregabalin 75mg

Gabapentin

Active Comparator group

Description:

A dose of 300 mg of Gabapentin twice daily for one month will be prescribed to each patient enrolled this study arm

Treatment:

Drug: Gabapentin 300mg