Treatment of Chronic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) or Amputation

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Pain is a major problem for people after spinal cord injuries and amputations. This is a study to test how pain is affected by adding methadone to a six-week program of weekly physical therapy, relaxation training and counseling. Individuals who qualify for this study will receive a comprehensive medical and physical therapy evaluation.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
• Treatments: Methadone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals with spinal cord injury or amputation, who have persistent pain of three months or longer duration.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women

• Allergy to latex, methadone, or diphenhydramine

• Surgery planned

• History of substance abuse in past two years

• History of major psychiatric disorder