Active clinical trials for "Peripheral Nervous System Diseases"

The purposes of this study are to: 1) find out if pregabalin relieves pain in subjects with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy; 2) find out if pregabalin is safe at a dose of 600 mg/day (taken twice a day); and 3) find out if changes in nerve function happen during the study.

Patients with type 2 DM who are following will be enrolled into the study. Two visits were scheduled for data collection, physical examination and laboratory testing of the patients: the first prior to initiation of alpha lipoic acid (ALA) administration (baseline visit) and the second at the end of the third month following initiation of ALA (2nd visit).

Non-invasive brain stimulation can increase cortical excitability in the visual system, but it is not known if this is of clinical value. The investigators now assessed if repetitive, transcranial alternating current stimulation (rtACS) can improve visual field size in patients with optic nerve damage. The investigators hypothesized that rtACS would improve visual functions within the defective visual field sectors of the visual field (primary outcome measure).

The intent of this study is to treat subjects with painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN) who also have pain on walking and to determine whether or not pregabalin demonstrates improvement relative to placebo on the following: reducing DPN pain, reducing pain on walking, and providing other benefits associated with daily activities and quality of life.

The purpose of this grant is to collect pilot data to assess the amount of botulinum toxin that needs to be injected into the calf muscles of subjects with diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, and a plantar ulcer to decrease muscle strength. We hypothesize that a decrease in plantar flexor muscle strength will temporarily decrease plantar pressure. The decrease in plantar pressure will provide temporary protection to the new tissue as it gains tolerance to high stress with the long term potential outcome as a decrease in the ulcer recurrence rate.

This is a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel group study of EpiCept™ NP-1 Topical Cream (amitriptyline 4%/ketamine 2%) in approximately 200 patients with pain in the lower extremities due to diabetic nerve pain.

The trial used single-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-dose study. The trial planned to enroll sixty-two healthy volunteers. The subjects were allocated to seven dose groups, including 25 mg (4+2), 50 mg (8+2), 100 mg (8+2), 200 mg (8+2), 400 mg (8+2), 800 mg (6+2) and 1200 mg (6+2). Each dose group was allocated test drugs and placebos according to the proportion of subjects in the brackets mentioned above.

Study CLO-311 is a multicenter, open-label, single-arm study to assess the long-term use of Clonidine Gel in the treatment of pain associated with PDN. Subjects who have completed their 12-week participation in Study CLO-290 or Study CLO-310 are eligible to rollover into this study and receive active study drug in an open-label manner.

Aim is to validate that non-invasive brain stimulation can increase cortical excitability in the visual system. The investigators assess if transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) can improve visual field size in patients with optic nerve damage. Hypothesis: tACS would improve visual functions within the defective visual field (primary outcome measure).

We postulate that frequency-modulated electromagnetic stimulation (FREMS) may decrease pain in patients with painful diabetic neuropathy.