Use of Topical Lidocaine to Reduce Pain in Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy
Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Group 1: 18-70 years of age, non-diabetic with no nervous system disease (healthy control group)
- Group 2: 18-70 years of age with Type I or Type II diabetes with significantly painful diabetic neuropathy (VAS > 40mm at Baseline)
- Group 3: 18-70 years of age with Type I or Type II diabetes with non- painful or insignificantly painful diabetic neuropathy (VAS < 40mm at Baseline)
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of clinically significant liver disease, serious peripheral vascular disease, a blood clotting disorder, or any other medical condition felt to be exclusionary by the investigator
- Allergy to lidocaine
- Unwillingness to sign informed consent or any other reasons for which the investigator feels the subject cannot complete the study
- Women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or trying to become pregnant
- History of slow-healing diabetic foot ulcers
- Current skin or soft tissue lesions on the foot that will interfere with application of the lidocaine patch and or skin biopsies
- Subjects taking Class I antiarrhythmics
- HgA1c > 11%
- Active cancer within the previous two years except treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin
- Co-morbidities that can produce neuropathy
- Subjects taking sodium channel blockers within one week of study treatment and throughout the study
- Subjects taking any other experimental drugs within 30 days prior to Screening Visit (Visit 1)
- Application of lidocaine patch to either foot within two weeks of Screening Visit (Visit 1)
Sites / Locations
- Albany Medical College
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Other
Other
Other
Healthy control patients
Type I or Type II diabetes with painful diabetic neuropathy
patients with non-painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy
Subjects 18 to 70 years of age, non-diabetic with no nervous system disease. Lidocaine 5% patch applied to both feet daily, Skin biopsies at biaseline and end of study.
18 to 70 years old with significantly painful diabetic neuropathy.Lidocaine 5% patch applied to both feet daily, Skin biopsies at biaseline and end of study.
18-70 years of age with Type I or Type II diabetes with non-painful or insignificantly painful diabetic neuropathy.Lidocaine 5% patch applied to both feet daily, Skin biopsies at baseline, 4 weeks, and end of study.