New Clinical Trials June 2008
Below are abstracts of recent pain and pain management studies selected from the National Library of Medicine. Click on the link below each entry for the complete abstract.
California
Analgesics, Opioid
City: Los Angeles
Summary: A study comparing two medications for analgesic potency and side effects in a sample of individuals with moderate pain.
Cancer Pain
City: San Diego
Summary: A study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ExAblate treatment of metastatic bone tumors for the palliation of pain in patients who are not candidates for radiation therapy.
Musculoskeletal Diseases
City: Long Beach
Summary: A study to determine whether a new type of fabric, Celliant, can reduce elbow and wrist pain associated with chronic medical conditions such as carpel tunnel syndrome, arthritis or tennis elbow and whether it can increase blood flow and oxygenation levels in the arms and hands after wearing the material.
Nervous System Diseases
City: San Francisco
Summary: A research study to determine the effectiveness of the lidocaine patch in the management of neuropathic pain after breast cancer surgery.
Florida
Nervous System Diseases
City: Clearwater
Summary: A research study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug for the treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia.
City: Clearwater
Summary: A study to determine the best amount of study medicine for doctors to use in helping diabetes-related pain, also called diabetes-related neuropathic pain.
City: Ocala
Summary: A research study evaluating the safety and efficacy of a study drug in subjects with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
City: Tampa
Summary: A research study evaluating an investigational pain medication that is unique in how it affects pain in diabetic neuropathy.
Illinois
Herpes Zoster
City: Chicago
Summary: A clinical research study of an investigational vaccine to determine if it prevents shingles.
Michigan
Fibromyalgia
City: Bingham Farms
Summary: A study investigating a treatment for fibromyalgia.
Nervous System Diseases
City: Bingham Farms
Summary: A study to determine if an investigational drug works safely to reduce the pain of post-herpetic neuralgia.
Minnesota
Nervous System Diseases
City: Chaska
Summary: A research study of an investigational drug for the relief of pain in subjects with post-herpetic neuralgia.
New Jersey
Endometriosis
City: Lawrenceville
Summary: A clinical study to evaluate an investigational oral pill for the treatment of pain caused by endometriosis.
Fibromyalgia
City: Clementon
Summary: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, safety and efficacy study of XXXX in subjects with fibromyalgia.
City: Edison
Summary: A clinical research study of an investigational drug for fibromyalgia in comparison to an inactive placebo.
Headache Disorders
City: Clementon
Summary: A study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinectic profile of orally administered XXXXXX in patients during and between their acute migraine attacks.
New Mexico
Headache Disorders
City: Albuquerque
Summary: A clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of an investigational medication for migraines.
New York
Headache Disorders
City: Bronx
Summary: A study comparing three different doses of metoclorpamide for acute migraine.
City: Great Neck
Summary: A research study evaluating the effects of peripheral nerve stimulation (exciting a specific nerve, outside the brain and spinal cord) in migraine headaches.
City: Schenectady
Summary: A research study for patients suffering with migraines who have an active prescription for a butalbital-containing medication.
Herpes Zoster
City: Rochester
Summary: A research study testing the safety and tolerability of an investigational shingles vaccine.
Ohio
Endometriosis
City: Dayton
Summary: A clinical study to evaluate an investigational oral pill for the treatment of pain caused by endometriosis.
Oregon
Arthritis
City: Portland
Summary: A study to determine the effects of structured exercise programs on self-reported pain and disability in adults with hip osteoarthritis.
Endometriosis
City: Portland
Summary: A clinical research study seeks individuals who have been suffering from pelvic pain due to endometriosis.
Phantom Limb
City: Portland
Summary: This study seeks to use ultrasonography to quantify the degree to which neuroma size and the nature of surrounding tissue correlate with the experience of residual limb pain in trans-femoral amputees.
Pennsylvania
Cancer Pain
City: Philadelphia
Summary: A study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ExAblate treatment of metastatic bone tumors for the palliation of pain in patients who are not candidates for radiation therapy.
Tennessee
Endometriosis
City: Chattanooga
Summary: A clinical study evaluating an investigational oral pill for the treatment of pain caused by endometriosis.
Headache Disorders
City: Nashville
Summary: A research study evaluating an investigational medication, taken at the onset of migraine attacks, for migraine with or without aura.
Texas
Back Pain
City: San Antonio
Summary: A research study of an investigational once-a-day pain medication for individuals whose current prescription pain medication is not providing relief from chronic low back pain.
Cancer Pain
City: Houston
Summary: A study to determine the efficacy of Lenalidomide for the treatment of refractory cancer pain, as measured by the change on Edmonton symptom assessment scale (ESAS).
City: Houston
Summary: A study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ExAblate treatment of metastatic bone tumors for the palliation of pain in patients who are not candidates for radiation therapy.
Endometriosis
City: Austin
Summary: A clinical study to evaluate an investigational oral pill for the treatment of pain caused by endometriosis.
Fibromyalgia
City: San Antonio
Summary: A trial to assess the efficacy and safety of rotigotine in subjects with fibromyalgia syndrome.
Headache Disorders
City: San Antonio
Summary: A clinical research study evaluating an investigational medication that combines two medications to treat head pain associated with migraines in two different ways. This study seeks children ages 12-17 to participate.
Virginia
Back Pain
City: Charlottesville
Summary: A research study of an investigational topical drug for chronic lower back pain.
City: Charlottesville
Summary: A research study to examine the effect of an exercise program on a muscle in the abdomen of individuals with chronic low back pain.
Nervous System Diseases
City: Norfolk
Summary: A research study seeks diabetics who suffer from painful diabetic neuropathy.
Washington
Endometriosis
City: Seattle
Summary: A research study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of an investigational medication for the management of pelvic pain associated with endometriosis.
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