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Last refreshed on: 22 August 2016
Main ID:  NCT02868801
Date of registration: 08/07/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Jiangsu HengRui Medicine Co., Ltd.
Public title: Efficacy and Safety of Pregabalin Sustained Release Tablet for Postherpetic Neuralgia EASOPSRTFP
Scientific title: Efficacy and Safety of Pregabalin Sustained Release Tablet for Postherpetic Neuralgia -A Multicenter,Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: March 2015
Target sample size: 280
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02868801
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:     Liang Yunsheng, M.D.
Address: 
Telephone: UN
Email: liangyunsheng@hotmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Lu Qianjin, M.D.
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Central South University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Outpatient ,Patients can not stay in the hospital overnight;

2. Patients must have pain present for more than 3 months after the healing of the
herpes zoster skin rash;

3. At least 4 days and at least 8 pain diaries(Pain Numeric Rating Scale) must be
completed satisfactorily within the seven days of single-blind, placebo run-in
period, and the average pain score must be greater than or equal to 4;

4. At screening (V0) and enrollment (V1), patients must have a score of greater than or
equal to 40 mm on the 100 mm pain visual analog scale;

5. Women were neither pregnant nor lactating, and those of childbearing age had a
confirmed negative serum pregnancy test at baseline and practiced an appropriate
method of contraception throughout the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Decrease of =30% on their pain VAS or = 4 between any two pain diaries during the
placebo run-in period.( in order to remove potential placebo-responders);

2. Patients who had failed to respond to previous treatment for PHN with gabapentin at
doses =1200 mg/day ;

3. History of using pregabalin or participation in a previous trial of pregabalin;

4. Patients with a skin condition or severe non-PHN pain that might impair the self
assessment of pain caused by PHN;

5. Patients with other Nervous system disorders which might impair completing the pain
diaries or sleep interference diaries;

6. History of epilepsy and being treated by drug therapy;

7. Previous surgical therapy for PHN;

8. History of using effective therapies during 2 weeks before screening (V0),eg:
acupuncture and moxibustion, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation;

9. Potentially retinal toxicity of drugs past or now;

10. Prohibited medications without appropriate washout;

11. Malignancy within the past 2 years;

12. Laboratory examination: WBC<2.5×109/L;ANC<1.5×109/L;PLT<100×109/L;ALT/AST>3ULN;

13. Creatinine clearance = 60 mL/min;

14. Positive antibody of Hepatitis c,Human immunodeficiency virus ,Treponema pallidum ;

15. Patients who are allergic to or intolerant of pregabalin or other drugs which have a
similarly chemical structure ;

16. History of illicit drug or alcohol abuse within the last 2 years;

17. Clinically significant or unstable hepatic, respiratory, or hematologic illnesses or
psychologic conditions; unstable cardiovascular disease which may increase the risk
of participation the clinical trial in the opinion of the study investigator.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Postherpetic Neuralgia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Pregabalin SR tablet 330mg/day
Drug: Pregabalin SR tablet 165mg/day
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Pregabalin SR tablet 660mg/day
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of Responders [Time Frame: 15 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
50% reduction in weekly mean pain score from baseline to study completion [Time Frame: 15 weeks]
Change of Mean Sleep Interference Scores from study completion to baseline [Time Frame: 15 weeks]
Change of Mean Pain Scores from study completion to baseline [Time Frame: 15 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
HRPRBL-PHN
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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