Active clinical trials for "Fibromyalgia"

A 9-week randomized double-blind, multi-center study of 172 patients, who after 1 week baseline evaluation are randomized to either fixed dose pregabalin starting at 75 mg BID for one week and increased to 150 mg BID for 7 weeks or flexibly dosed pregabalin given BID (75-300 mg/d) increased gradually over 4 weeks then maintained at that same dosing for 4 weeks.It is proposed that use of flexible dosing combined with nightly dosing would have similar pain relief to fixed dosing, would improve adherence, would have less side effects and would be more likely to improve sleep.

Randomized equivalency trial of the effects of strength training compared to aerobic exercise on pain severity in adults with fibromyalgia.

Background: Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) of the shoulder girdle and cervical region is a common musculoskeletal problem that is often chronic or recurrent. It has demonstrated the effectiveness of different treatments such as exercise, injection but not comparing them with each other. The objective of this research was to demonstrate whether lidocaine injection into trigger points combined with a physical therapy program was more effective than each separatetreatment in improving pain, function and quality of life in a group of patients with myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) of the shoulder girdle and cervical region. Design: Single-blind, randomized, controlled clinical trial with three parallel groups in the departments of physical medicine and rehabilitation of two urban hospitals. There were 127 patients with myofascial pain in the shoulder girdle for more than six weeks in length and pain greater than 40 mm on the visual analog scale (VAS). There were three intervention groups: physical therapy (PT), lidocaine injection (LI), or the combination of both (PT + LI). The primary outcome at one month was the VAS, and the secondary outcomes were measured using the SF36 pain scaleat one and three months. Keywords: Myofascial pain, trigger points, lidocaine injection, physical therapy.

The purpose of this study is to see if a device called the Resonator can help to reduce pain and improve aspects of health and quality of life for people with fibromyalgia.

A controlled randomised trial (CRT). 60 men who fulfil the ACR-criteria for Fibromyalgia or Chronic Widespread Pain (Wolfe 1990) participate in the study. The main objective of the study is to compare the effect of a graded strength training program and a low intensive pool exercise program.

The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the effect of Lyrica on Wake after sleep onset in subjects with fibromyalgia with sleep maintenance disturbance (on polysomnogram)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the durability of effect of milnacipran for the treatment of fibromyalgia in patients receiving long-term milnacipran treatment and to characterize the effects of milnacipran on multiple symptoms of fibromyalgia, as demonstrated by changes in symptoms following the discontinuation of milnacipran.

This study will compare pregabalin with placebo over a 15 week period in adolescents with fibromyalgia aged 12-17 years to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pregabalin.

The objective of this trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Xyrem® compared to placebo for the treatment of fibromyalgia in a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, parallel group trial.

The primary objective is to evaluate the long-term safety of desvenlafaxine succinate sustained-release (DVS SR) during open-label treatment in adult outpatients with fibromyalgia syndrome.