Pretreatment Identification of Duloxetine Success in Neuropathic Pain Patients
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to identify, prior to prescribing, which neuropathic pain
patients will benefit from duloxetine more specific the investigators aims are to:
- Verify whether presence of chronic pain alters the pain modulation mechanisms, such as
DNIC (diffuse noxious inhibitory control) and TS (temporal summation).
- Investigate whether anti-neuropathic medications such as duloxetine indeed change the
pain modulation profile, and whether this profile change is associated with a reduction
of clinical pain.