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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00058890
Date of registration: 14/04/2003
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Public title: Gabapentin to Treat Itch in Patients With Liver Disease
Scientific title: Study of Gabapentin for the Pruritus of Cholestasis
Date of first enrolment: November 2000
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00058890
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Nora V Bergasa, M.D.
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Affiliation:  New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria include:

- Patients from ages 18 to 80 with chronic pruritus secondary to liver disease

Patients must have:

- a normal chest X- ray during the previous year

- normal thyroid function tests (treated thyroid dysfunction is acceptable)

- controlled diabetes, if diabetes mellitus is present

- negative fecal occult blood within the previous year

Exclusion criteria include:

- history of hepatic encephalopathy

- decompensated liver disease as suggested by ascites and history of variceal bleeding

- malignancy

- inability to practice contraception

- pregnancy

- creatinine > 1.7 mg/dl

- hemoglobin < 10mg/dl

- S/P liver transplantation

- HIV infection



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cholestasis
Cirrhosis
Itching
Liver Disease
Pruritus
Intervention(s)
Drug: gabapentin
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in scratching activity monitoring system
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in visual analogue scale for pruritus
Secondary ID(s)
R03 --9618 (completed 2005)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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