The goal of this randomized double blind three way (1:1:1) cross over clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and duration of analgesia of a single infusion of (2R,6R)-HNK 0.5mg/kg compared with ketamine 0.5mg/kg and saline with a 5-week interval between treatments on pain, pain qualities, physical function, pain interference, sleep disturbance and quality of life in subjects with neuropathic pain of the extremities. The questions that this study will address are: 1. What is the analgesic efficacy of (2R,6R)-HNK on pain intensity and pain qualities in patients with chronic (\>3 month) neuropathic pain (NP). 2. What will be the effective duration of a single infusion of (2R,6R)-HNK in patients with NP. 3. Will (2R,6R)-HNK reduce pain related effects including interference in daily activities of life, sleep disturbances and change the qualities of pain reported by patients. Participants will receive each of the three study drugs in a random order at 5-week intervals over a 15 week period. The drug will be administered as a 45-minute infusion. Participants will complete quantitative sensory and pain evaluations and complete patient reported pain outcomes prior to receiving the first study drug and at 7, 14 and 21 and 35 days following study drug administration.
Adult patients (18 to 80 years) with an established diagnosis of chronic (\> 3 month) neuropathic pain (NP) of the extremities will be identified and screened for study inclusion. After informed consent is obtained, subject will be randomized into a (2R,6R)-HNK (H), ketamine (K) or saline (S) infusion groups for each of the study drug administration periods. The group sequences for the infusions will be: KSH, HSK, KHS, SKH and HKS and each group will contain 5 subjects at each sequence. Study subjects will be evaluated for at least 7 days prior to the first treatment and for 35 days following each treatment. Researchers involved in the subject's care and assessments will be blinded to group allocation. Safety will be assessed throughout the study. Baseline safety assessments will include height, body mass index (BMI), weight, temperature, medical, visual and ocular history, physical examinations, and vital signs (VS). Prior to study commencement and 28 days after each drug infusion a blood chemistry panel, liver function tests (LFT), a complete blood count (CBC) and a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) will be obtained. A pretreatment quantitative pain evaluation will assess overall pain level, pain tolerance, pinprick hyperalgesia, touch, brush and cold allodynia. Patients will be maintained on their current scheduled analgesic regimen during the study and instructed to use on-demand analgesic only as needed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
25
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
RECRUITINGPain intensity
Area under the pain by time curve
Time frame: 35 days
Pain qualities
Change in the AUC's of T-metric score for pain qualities from the PROMIS neuropathic pain qualities questionnaire
Time frame: 35 days
PainDETECT questionnaire screening scores
Assessing weekly change in PainDETECT screening scores. PainDETECT is a patient-reported pain qualities assessment tool developed to screen for neuropathic pain. The assessment scale is scored from -1 to 38. Total scores of 12 or less indicates nociceptive pain, 13-18 represent possible neuropathic pain, and \>19 represents \>90% likelihood of neuropathic pain.
Time frame: 5 weeks
Analgesic consumption
Weekly analgesic consumption quantified using the MQS III
Time frame: 5 weeks
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