The Effect of Neurontin on Pain Management in the Acutely Burned Patient

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pain, Burn Injury

In brief

Burn patients have extreme pain. Opioids are the main agents used for analgesia. We therefore propose a single center study to fruther assess the efficacy of neuropathic agents in controlling the pain associated with acute thermal injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01265056

Run by

Lucy A Wibbenmeyer

People needed

53

Starts

2010-02-01

Expected to finish

2011-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-01-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• All admitted patients with LOS expected to be > 48 hours (usually burn injury > 5%)
• > 18 years of age
• Thermal injury to skin

You may not qualify if…

• Prisoners
• Pregnant or nursing women
• Children <18 years of age
• Frostbite or non thermal injury to skin
• Renal insuffiency (creatinine clearance < 60mL/min) or failure (on renal replacement)
• Expected length of stay < 48 hours (this usually includes burn <5%

Where it is running

• University of Iowa Burn Center — Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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