Please assess the completion status of the following clinical trial:

Trial Title: Effectiveness and Safety of Methadone Versus Placebo for the Control of Neuropathic Pain in Different Etiologies

Study Design Characteristics:
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Intervention Model: PARALLEL
- Observational Model: None
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Time Perspective: None
- Masking: TRIPLE
- Phase: PHASE3
- Number of Arms: 2.0

Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:~1. Presence of an exclusive neuropathic pain (without other main pain syndrome occurring concomitantly at the same body area);~2. Pain lasting at least 6 months (chronic) and being present most of the days;~3. Pain fulfilling the current IASP (The International Association for the Study of Pain) criteria for defined Neuropathic Pain and with a score on the DN4 questionnaire (Douleur Neuropathique Pain 4 Questions) ≥ 4 (positive);~4. The pain must be of at least moderate intensity (score on a visual analogue pain scale ≥ 40/100) despite the use of first and second line drugs in an adequate dosing.~Exclusion Criteria:~* Patients under the age of 18 or over 85;~* Who has neuropathic pain duration less than 6 months;~* Who do not have an exclusive neuropathic pain (without other main pain syndrome occurring concomitantly at the same body area);~* Patients with neuropathic pain intensity less than 40 out of 100 on a visual analogue pain scale;~* Who scored less than 4 on the DN4 scale;~* Who wishes at any time to abandon the study;~* Patients with a previous allergic reaction to any of the drugs involved in the study (methadone) or placebo components;~* Patients in current use or in the last 14 days of medication (s) inhibitor (s) of monoamine oxidase (MAOI) or other medications with potential drug interaction with methadone;~* Patients in current continuous use of opioids (including methadone);~* Patients with a history of opioid abuse;~* Patients with a history of heavy/abusive alcohol consumption;~* Who is under judicial litigation, police custody or institutionalized for other reasons;~* Pregnant women, lactating women or women of childbearing age (without the use of an adequate contraceptive method);~* Patients with participation in another research protocol that implies the use of some medication during the 30 days preceding the inclusion in the project;~* Who uses illegal drugs;~* Patients unable to assess the risks and benefits of participating in the present study (eg, language barriers, psychiatric disorders or cognitive impairment);~* The presence of psychiatric disorders such as uncontrolled posttraumatic stress disorder, uncontrolled depression, uncontrolled anxiety disorder and suicidal ideation;~* Who has acute or chronic renal failure;~* Who has liver or heart failure;~* Who has a history of elevated cardiac QT interval, risk factors for elevated QT interval (including drugs that can prolong that interval), as well as cardiac arrhythmias/cardiac conduction abnormalities;~* Who has serious or intolerable adverse reactions to any component of the drugs involved in the study;~* Patients with a previous history of severe asthma or severe respiratory disease that may increase the risk of respiratory failure;~* Patients with active infectious gastrointestinal disease, active inflammatory gastrointestinal disease and obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract;~* Patients with history of recent traumatic brain injury (less than 7 days) or severe at any time interval;~* Who has moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome;~* Who has uncontrolled hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism;~* Patients with a history of uncontrolled epilepsy;~* Patients with current intracranial hypertension;~* Patients with grade III obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg / m2).

- Gender: ALL
- Minimum Age: 18 Years
- Maximum Age: 85 Years
- Healthy Volunteers: f

Study Arms:
- methadone (Type: EXPERIMENTAL): In this arm patients will take methadone 5mg
- placebo (Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR): In this arm patients will take placebo tablets (the same number, color and physical aspects as the methadone tablets).

Based on this trial design, predict the completion outcome and termination type (if applicable).

Answer: outcome: complete