Status:

COMPLETED

Opiate-Induced Tolerance & Hyperalgesia in Pain Patients

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Conditions:

Chronic Low Back Pain

Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Opiates such as morphine are the cornerstone medications for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. Recent evidence suggests that pain patients on chronic opioid therapy become more sensitive to pa...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • opioid naïve (or less than 4 vicodin equiv/day)
  • 18-70 years old
  • candidate for opioid therapy for nonmalignant pain.

Exclusion

  • history of substance abuse or severe psychiatric disease
  • use of medications for the treatment of neuropathic pain as these may alter tolerance or hyperalgesia
  • neurological conditions interfering with experimental pain testing, e.g. severe peripheral neuropathy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

139 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00246532

Start Date

October 1 2005

End Date

August 1 2009

Last Update

April 30 2012

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Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, United States, 94025