Mi SciELO
Servicios Personalizados
Revista
Articulo
Indicadores
Citado por SciELO
Accesos
Links relacionados
Citado por Google
Similares en SciELO
Similares en Google
Compartir
Revista de la Sociedad Española del Dolor
versión impresa ISSN 1134-8046
Resumen
SANCTIS-BRIGGS, V. De et al. Efficacy and safety of pregabalin in neuropathic pain: Multicenter study. Rev. Soc. Esp. Dolor [online]. 2011, vol.18, n.5, pp.267-275. ISSN 1134-8046.
Aim and objective: This study was intended to avaluate the efficacy and tolerability of pregabalin in patients with neuropathic pain and concomitant medication. Material and methods: Investigator-initiated, prospective multicenter study, open-label, uncontrolled conducted in 10 pain units from Catalonia hospitals. Pregabalin was consecutively prescribed at the physicians' discretion to avoid selective bias. Inclusion criteria were: outpatient, age >18 years, admission diagnosis as "neuropathic pain" and informed consent. Exclusion criteria were pregnancy or cognitive disorders. Protocol scheduled five study visits: at baseline, 15 days, 1 month, 2 months, and 3 months of treatment. Titration of pregabalin doses was pre-specified. We recorded: age, sex, type of neuropathic pain (pure or mixed), VAS (baseline, 15 days, 1 month, 2 and 3 months), MOS sleep scale (baseline and third month), concomitant drug treatment and adverse effects episodes. Patients were divided into three groups: pregabalin + NSAID + tricyclic antidepressants (NSAID+TCA), pregabalin + NSAID + anxiolytics (NSAID+ANX), pregabalin + NSAID + opioids (NSAID+OPI). A parametric Student's t test and non-parametric Wilcoxon test for paired data of quantitative variables were performed. Results: 578 patients were recruited and 472 (81.66%) completed the study. 98.8% of patients were treated with politherapy. Pain relief: mean reduction by -3.6 (± 1.9) (p < 0.0001) points. By type of pain: mixed pain -3.7 (± 1.7) (p < 0.0001); pure neuropathic pain -3.4 (± 2.2) (p < 0.0001). By adjuvant medication, the NSAID + TCA group -3.1 (± 1.9) (p = 0.0002); NSAID + ANX -3.4 (± 2.0) (p < 0.0001); NSAID + OPI -3.7 (± 1.9) (p < 0.0001). Sleep improvement: mean reduction by -1.9 (± 6.4) (p < 0.0001) points. By type of pain: mixed pain -3.1 (± 7.0) (p < 0.0001); pure neuropathic pain -1.1 (± 4.2) (p < 0.0001). By adjuvant medication, NSAID+OPI -2.1 (± 6.0) (p < 0.0001); NSAID + TCA and NSAID + ANX groups both -1.0 not statistically significant (p = 0.1250 and p = 0.4063 respectively). 90 patients (15.6%) discontinued the study due to adverse effects. Conclusions: Treatment with pregabalin induces a fast and significant relief of neuropathic pain, improves sleep and shows a low drug interaction profile.
Palabras clave : Neuropathic pain; Pregabalin; Analgesics; Drug therapy.