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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00143442
Date of registration: 01/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Pfizer
Public title: Study of [S,S]-Reboxetine in Patients With Postherpetic Neuralgia, Who Are Gabapentin Treatment Failures
Scientific title: A 5-Week, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multi-Center Study Of [S,S]-Reboxetine In Patients With Postherpetic Neuralgia (PHN), Who Are Gabapentin Treatment Failures.
Date of first enrolment: December 2003
Target sample size: 184
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00143442
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:   Pfizer CT.gov Call Center
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Affiliation:  Pfizer
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients must have pain present for more than 3 months after the healing of shingles
skin rash.

- Patients at screening must have a score > or = 40 mm on the pain visual analogue
scale.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with poor renal function.

- Patients with other severe pain, that may impair the self-assessment of the pain due
to shingles.

- Patients with abnormal electrocardiogram.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pain
Intervention(s)
Drug: [S,S]-Reboxetine
Primary Outcome(s)
The numerical pain intensity rating scale is used to assess pain and a change from baseline in pain score for week 5 will be calculated.
Secondary Outcome(s)
- The mean endpoint (week 5) sleep interference score change from baseline - Analysis of the Patient Global Impression of Change - Analysis of the Clinical Global Impression of Change - Analysis of the SF-McGill questionnaire
Secondary ID(s)
A6061001
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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