Active clinical trials for "Neuralgia"

This study is a randomized, open-label multi-center evaluation of the tolerability of treatment with NGX-4010 in conjunction with pre-patch topical application of one of three 4% lidocaine-based local anesthetic products. Eligible subjects will have moderate to severe neuropathic pain secondary to painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN), postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) or HIV-associated neuropathy (HIV-AN), with average numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) scores during screening of 3 to 8 (inclusive).

Evaluate long-term safety and efficacy of pregabalin in patients with chronic neuropathic pain.

We assessed the effects of the N Methyl aspartate receptor antagonist Ketamine on long-term post thoracotomy pain. We hypothesized that ketamine could prevent supersensitization of the central nervous system involved in this chronic neuropathic pain.

A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of ORAVESCENT Fentanyl Citrate for the Management of Breakthrough Pain in Opioid-Tolerant Patients with Chronic Neuropathic Pain

In our current clinical trial, we are comparing the effects of two NMDA receptor antagonists to placebo in patients with painful distal symmetrical diabetic neuropathy or post-herpetic neuralgia. The treatments in this three-period crossover study are dextromethorphan, up to 920 mg/day (about 8 times the antitussive dose), memantine, 30-50 mg/day, and placebo. Memantine is an NMDA antagonist used in Europe to treat Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. The underlying hypothesis, based on studies of painful neuropathies in animal models, is that neuropathic pain is caused largely by sensitization of central nervous system neurons caused by excitatory amino acid neurotransmitters, acting largely through NMDA receptors. A previous small trial of dextromethorphan suggested efficacy in diabetic neuropathy pain. The study requires one visit to the NIH outpatient Pain Research Clinic, and consists of three 9-week treatment periods. Patients who respond to one of the medications will be invited to participate in further controlled studies of the medication followed by up to several years of open-label treatment under continued observation.

new technique in targeting V2 under ultrasound guidance

Chronic pain symptoms can lead to sleep and mood disorders, restrict domestic and work activities and have a significant impact on quality of life. The prevalence of chronic pain in the general population varies between 10 and 52% depending on the study, 7% of which is neuropathic pain. Anxiety-depression comorbidities are found in a large number of patients, with harmful consequences on pain since they exacerbate symptoms and their repercussions. Conversely, pain increases psychological distress. Ketamine has been used in the context of depressive episodes for its rapid action. It is also increasingly used in chronic pain due to its ability to regulate the "wind-up" effect, a phenomenon involved in the central hypersensitization that is inevitably present in neuropathic pain of prolonged duration. Several studies have found electroencephalographic (EEG) signatures associated with a good antidepressant response to Ketamine. The frequency, absolute and relative power and cordance of the EEG signal in certain frequency ranges (theta, alpha, beta and gamma) could be useful to guide and adapt therapies for depression and pain.

This study is being done to test the safety and efficacy of the study drug LY3857210 for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain.

used ultrasound-guided platelet rich plasma nerve block to treat Intractable Postherpetic Neuralgia.

Neurodynamics, i.e., the mobilization of the peripheral nervous system, is a physical approach to the treatment of pain; the method relies on influencing pain physiology via mechanical treatment of neural tissues and the non-neural structures surrounding the nervous system. Neural mobilization (NM) is used to treat various disorders of the nervous system concerning the length and mobility of peripheral nerves, as the nerve mobilizing refers to techniques that help to reestablish motion between a nerve and its surrounding soft tissues, thus to treat the nerves that have become entangled within the soft tissue, as it leads to tension release on a nerve by stretching and pulling one end of the nerve during keeping the other end in a relaxed state.