Chronic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This trial tests the effectiveness of the drug amitriptyline vs placebo to relieve chronic pain in adults that have had a spinal cord injury.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• Treatments: Amitriptyline; Amitriptyline, perphenazine drug combination

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Spinal Cord Injury six months ago or longer

• Pain for 3 months or longer

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of cardiovascular disease, seizures, or glaucoma

• Currently taking antidepressant medications

• Currently hyperthyroid or taking thyroid medicine

• Currently pregnant