Efficacy of Pregabalin for Peripheral Neuropathic Pain: Results of an 8-Week, Flexible-Dose, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Conducted in China

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-166

  Guan, Yuzhou ^a   Ding, Xinsheng ^b   Cheng, Yan ^c   Fan, Dongsheng ^d   Tan, Lan ^e   Wang, Yongjun ^f   Zhao, Zhongxin ^g   Hong, Zhen ^h   Zhou, Dong ⁱ   Pan, Xiaoping ^j   Chen, Shengdi ^k   Martin, Andrew ^l   Tang, Haiyun ^m   Cui, Liying ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^e QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^f CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^k SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l Pf Izer Global Research and Development   (United States)

^m PFIZER INC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy; Neuropathic pain; Postherpetic neuralgia; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLICLAZIDE; GLIPIZIDE; INSULIN; MECOBALAMIN; METFORMIN; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; REPAGLINIDE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THIAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATARACT; CHINA; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; CHINA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954472100     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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