Active clinical trials for "Neuralgia"

Loxapine is an antipsychotic drug approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in several countries including the United States. In animal studies in mice, loxapine reduced neuropathic pain. Hence, in a proof-of-principle and dose-escalating study the tolerability and analgesic efficacy of loxapine will be evaluated in patients with neuropathic pain.

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive brain stimulation technique that utilizes low amplitude direct currents applied via scalp electrodes to apply currents to the brain and modulate the level of cortical excitability. tDCS applied over the dorsolateral prefrontal and motor cortex has been reported to be able to decrease pain sensation and to increase pain threshold in healthy subjects and is effective in reducing central chronic pain in patients with multiple sclerosis (PwMS.) In spite of the encouraging results of tDCS in PwMS, detailed mechanisms accounting for its analgesic effect have not yet been elucidated. This will be the first study to determine the effects of tDCS on whole and regional brain activity in PwMS with neuropathic pain to identify potential mechanisms of the analgesic effects of tDCS. These findings will provide targets for future studies investigating different stimulation areas, possible short- and long-term side effects, and specific target areas for other precise stimulation techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of pregabalin compared to placebo in reducing neuropathic pain associated with HIV neuropathy.

The primary objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of Eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) as therapy in subjects with Diabetic Neuropathic Pain (DNP) over a 15 week treatment phase.

This proposal is to conduct a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical study to examine the hypothesis that ramelteon would reduce pain score and improve functional status in subjects with neuropathic pain.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether pregabalin can decrease pain and improve quality of life in patients who have nerve pain on the mouth or the face

This study will explore the safety and efficacy of AGN201781 in patients with postherpetic neuralgia or post-traumatic peripheral neuralgia

The primary objective of this study is to compare the efficacy and patient preference for spinal cord stimulation (SCS) using the Precision device with the electrode array placed at T7 versus placement at T8. Eligible patients will have chronic intractable pain in the back or lower extremities and will have independently elected SCS as the next line of therapy. There is some anecdotal evidence that the coverage of the paresthesia resulting from T7 placement is preferable to that obtained by the more commonly used T8 placement but there has been no study to support this observation.

This study will determine whether treatment with an extended-release opioid or topical lidocaine is effective in relieving distal symmetric lower extremity burning pain associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). If treatment with topical lidocaine is efficacious, it will have important implications for understanding this chronic pain syndrome, which is widely assumed to be caused by central nervous system pathology.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the analgesic effect of paracetamol in patients suffering from pain with a peripheral neuropathic component in the presence of their usual treatment.