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Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial on Perioperative Pregabalin to Reduce Late-onset CRPS After TKA (PregTKA)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Pfizer
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Asokumar Buvanendran, Rush University Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00558753
First received: November 14, 2007
Last updated: July 25, 2012
Last verified: July 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

The Department of Anesthesiology is conducting a clinical trial to evaluate if pregabalin given prior to and for several days after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) will reduce the prevalence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) at late postoperative times. The prevalence of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is 13% at 6 months post-surgery. CRPS is a painful debilitating condition, with 4 main classes of symptoms : sensory, including burning, allodynia, and hyperalgesia in the affected limb; vasomotor, including temperature asymmetry and skin color changes; edema and sudomotor, including sweating; and movement disorders and dystrophy, including decreased range of motion, motor dysfunction (weakness, tremor, dystonia) and changes in hair, nails or skin.


Condition Intervention Phase
CRPS
 Drug: pregabalin
Drug: Placebo
 Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial on Perioperative Pregabalin to Reduce Late-onset Complex Regional Pain Syndrome After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Resource links provided by NLM:

Drug Information available for: Pregabalin
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Rush University Medical Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Epidural Medication Consumption Rate [ Time Frame: 36 h ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    Epidural medication consumption was recorded for each 4-h interval from the completion of surgery to the time that the epidural was discontinued (same as the time to achieve hospital discharge criteria). Because the discontinuation time varied from patient to patient (as they achieved physical therapy criteria), the average hourly consumption (total analgesic used divided by the total infusion time) was used as the measure of epidural drug use.


Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Neuropathic Pain (S-LANSS > 12) [ Time Frame: 3 and 6 months post-surgery ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
    Patients will be evaluated in blinded fashion for lower extremity CRPS at pre-op, 1, 3, and 6 months postsurgery based initially on telephone interviews. An S-LANSS score of 12 or more was an indication of chronic neuropathic pain. Patients with an S-LANSS score of 12 or more at 6 mo came to the physician's office for a standardized physical examination, which included the S-LANSS examination items (allodynia and hyperalgesia) directly assessed by the physician, plus a pinprick evaluation.

  • Knee Range of Motion (Active Flexion) [ Time Frame: 1-30 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 240
Study Start Date: April 2006
Study Completion Date: June 2010
Primary Completion Date: June 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: 1 Placebo
Half of the patients will receive PO placebo for 14 days
 Drug: Placebo
Placebo for Given 2 hours prior to surgery, and twice a day for 14 postoperative days.
Other Name: Placebo
Experimental: 2 Pregabalin
PO pregabalin 300 mg 2 hours prior to surgery, and 150 mg twice a day for 10 postoperative days. Pregabalin will be tapered to 75 mg twice daily between days 11 to 12 and then to 50 mg twice daily between days 13 to 14 post operatively and then stopped.
 Drug: pregabalin
PO pregabalin 300 mg 2 hours prior to surgery, and 150 mg twice a day for 10 postoperative days. Pregabalin will be tapered to 75 mg twice daily between days 11 to 12 and then to 50 mg twice daily between days 13 to 14 post operatively and then stopped.
Other Name: Lyrica

Detailed Description:

The Department of Anesthesiology is conducting a clinical trial to evaluate if pregabalin given prior to and for several days after Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) will reduce the prevalence of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) at late postoperative times. The prevalence of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is 13% at 6 months post-surgery. CRPS is a painful debilitating condition, with 4 main classes of symptoms : sensory, including burning, allodynia, and hyperalgesia in the affected limb; vasomotor, including temperature asymmetry and skin color changes; edema and sudomotor, including sweating; and movement disorders and dystrophy, including decreased range of motion, motor dysfunction (weakness, tremor, dystonia) and changes in hair, nails or skin.

Gabapentin and the related more potent compound pregabalin have been shown to reduce postoperative pain in animal models. Pregabalin also reduces neuropathic pain in rats. In patients, gabapentin has been administered before surgery to treat postoperative pain. In addition, pregabalin has been given postoperatively to reduce dental pain after molar extraction. Gabapentin has been used for many years in patients with neuropathic pain, including reflex sympathetic dystrophy. More recently, pregabalin has also been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of neuropathic pain. However, no clinical study has investigated whether perioperative administration of gabapentin or pregabalin can reduce persistent long-term pain syndromes e.g. CRPS.Subjects between the ages of 21 and 80 will be recruited after obtaining an Informed Consent.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   21 Years to 80 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. History of osteoarthritis
  2. Subjects who can understand and communicate in English.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Younger than 21 years or older than 80 years.
  2. American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status IV.
  3. Prior usage of gabapentin (or pregabalin) will not be an exclusionary criterion; however, patients will have been withdrawn from these medications for at least 7 days before surgery.
  4. Patients with a history of neuropathic pain conditions.
  5. Patients who are currently enrolled in another investigational study.
  6. Pre-existing heart conditions

  7. Patients on thiazolidinedione class of anti-diabetic medications (eg. rosiglitazone, pioglitazone).

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  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00558753

Sponsors and Collaborators
Rush University Medical Center
Pfizer
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Asokumar Buvanendran, M.D. Rush University Medical Center
  More Information

Publications:

Responsible Party: Asokumar Buvanendran, Attending Physician, Rush University Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00558753     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: ABuv102007
Study First Received: November 14, 2007
Results First Received: January 11, 2012
Last Updated: July 25, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Pregabalin
Analgesics
 Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Pharmacologic Actions
Central Nervous System Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Anticonvulsants

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