Donepezil Compared to Placebo in Patients With Chronic Neuropathic Pain

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

Based on laboratory studies, donepezil will improve pain relief more than placebo in patients with chronic neuropathic pain who are currently taking gabapentin or pregabalin.

Clinical Trial Description

Investigators are currently examining in the laboratory the mechanisms which lead to sprouting of noradrenergic fibers in the spinal cord in models of chronic pain as well as the mechanisms that lead to a novel noradrenergic - cholinergic circuit in the spinal cord. In addition to examining the circumstances which generate this increased capacity for analgesia and the mechanisms by which they occur, investigators will test in this protocol whether approved and experimental treatments for neuropathic pain exploit this increased capacity. This study is in patients with neuropathic pain taking gabapentin or pregabalin, and will test the clinical relevance of these preclinical data by comparing placebo to the cholinesterase inhibitor. Investigators focus not only on mechanistic hypotheses in the laboratory studies, but also on practical applications, using clinically approved drugs, including gabapentin and pregabalin to activate noradrenergic activity and donepezil (Aricept®), approved for the treatment of Alzheimer's dementia, but not previously tested to treat neuropathic pain, to inhibit cholinesterase. Each of these drugs may act by mechanisms in addition to those involved in descending noradrenergic inhibition, but investigators hypothesize that the therapeutic strength of their combination relies heavily on this cascade engendered by noradrenergic sprouting and altered α2-adrenoceptor function. The proposed studies will provide critical tests of this hypothesis and critical information to guide more effective clinical therapy of neuropathic pain. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT01743976
Study type	Interventional
Source	Wake Forest University Health Sciences
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Status	Terminated
Phase	Phase 4
Start date	December 2012
Completion date	October 23, 2013

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