Safety and efficacy of pregabalin in adolescents with fibromyalgia: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial and a 6-month open-label extension study

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Arnold, Lesley M ^a   Schikler, Kenneth N ^b   Bateman, Lucinda ^c   Khan, Tahira ^d   Pauer, Lynne ^d   Bhadra Brown, Pritha ^d   Clair, Andrew ^d   Chew, Marci L ^d   Scavone, Joseph ^d   Alario, Anthony ^e   Babhulkar, Sushrut Sudhir ^f   Berenguer, Ramon ^g   Freeman, Pamela ^h   Gold, Jeffrey ⁱ   Goodman, Steven ^j   Jarosova, Hana ^k   Lee, Wendy ^l   Liss, Jonathan ^m   Lvovich, Svetlana ⁿ   Maiquez, Adonis ^o   Morcos, Nabil ^p   Nellikunja, Shankara ^q   Passo, Murray ^r   Schanberg, Laura ^s   Sharma, Vijai Prakash ^t   Spencer, Charles ^u   Toth, Mary ^v   Veeravalli, Sarath Chandra Mouli ^w   Weng, Wen Chin ^x   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Bateman Horne Center of Excellence   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Sushrut Hospital   (India)

^g Florida Medical Center   (United States)

^h Nephrology Associates of Central Florida   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^j Delray Research Associates   (United States)

^k Bioregeneracni a rehabilitacni centrum   (Czech Republic)

^l Carolina Research Center Atlantic Urology Clinics   (United States)

^m Medical Research and Health Education Foundation Inc   (United States)

ⁿ ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^o Harmony Clinical Research Inc   (United States)

^p Apex Research Institute   (United States)

^q Mallikatta Neuro Centre   (India)

^r MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^s DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^t KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^u NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^v AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^w KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^x NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

more..

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Juvenile fibromyalgia; Pain; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BACKACHE; CHILD; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MIGRAINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NAUSEA; OPEN STUDY; OROPHARYNX PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT GLOBAL IMPRESSION OF CHANGE; PNEUMONIA; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP QUALITY; SOMNOLENCE; SPRAIN; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGABALIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84982843521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12969-016-0106-4     Document Type: Article

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