Conditions: Neuralgia Spinal Cord Injuries
Keywords: Pain central neuropathic pain
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 220
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate if pregabalin relieves nerve pain associated with spinal cord injury compared to placebo (pill that contains no active medicine). This study will also evaluate the safety of pregabalin in this patient population.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: flexible dosing over 4 weeks followed by 12 weeks maintenance and one week taper period

Interventions: intervention 1: placebo intervention 2: pregabalin
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Placebo intervention 2: Pregabalin capsules taken twice daily up to 17 weeks (150-600 mg/day)

Protocol document: