Controlled Study of Farabloc for Chronic Phantom Limb Pain Among Veteran Amputees

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Phantom Limb Pain

In brief

The primary purpose of this study is to determine if the group using Farabloc shows a greater reduction in pain levels than the group not using Farabloc at 6-week, 12-week and 1-month post treatment follow-ups.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00797849

Run by

Southern California Institute for Research and Education

People needed

57

Starts

2008-11-01

Expected to finish

2011-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-03-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Upper or lower extremity amputees with healed stumps
• Experience episodes or intermittent PLP
• At least 3 episodes of PLP during the previous 6 weeks
• Have not used Farabloc within the last 6 months

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant women are excluded from the study
• Stump complications (e.g., cellulites and stump pain caused by new bone spur within the past 12 months
• Previous use of Farabloc within 6 months

Where it is running

• VA Long Beach Healthcare System — Long Beach, California, United States

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