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Filter by:Even 20-50% of patients under sedation and mechanical ventilation develops myopathy and / or neuropathy which difficulties both the process of extubation and the functional recovery. The objective of this project is to analyze the effect of muscle electrostimulation (ESM) on muscle weakness acquired in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and its consequences. Study design: a single center, prospective, randomized trial to be held in the ICU of " Universitarian hospital La Fe" in collaboration with the service of Neurophysiology of the hospital. All patients undergoing sedation and mechanical ventilation (with an expected duration longer than 48h) and without any of the exclusion criteria detailed in the Methodology section will be included in the study. The intervention will consist of a muscular electrostimulation with the Super Pro Excel 70,UltratoneTM. The stimulation will be performed in 10 muscle groups (5 per side) following established protocols, at least 5 days a week. We will evaluate muscle strength by Medical Research Council scale, functional capacity by Barthel scale and Neurophaty Disability Scale, all clinical events will be collected and electrophysiologic, echographic and histologic parameters will be measured. The process of extubation will be performed following an established protocol, the duration will be collected as the same manner as ICU.
Oxaliplatin (Ox) is part of most treatment regimens for colorectal cancer. However, it may induce side effects, such as a specific injury to peripheral nerves called neuropathy. Ox-induced neuropathy is frequently painful. The presence of pain after its administration may hamper the full chemotherapeutic treatment of patients with colorectal cancer receiving this agent. Recently, it has been suggested that the appearance of acute neuropathy after oxaliplatin (Ox) infusion could predict the distal polyneuropathy seen some months after treatment. These two adverse events related to Ox treatment probably share different mechanistic backgrounds. However, recent experimental data suggest that both types of peripheral neuropathies are able to induce central sensitization, a major step to the occurrence of chronic pain. Pregabalin is a molecule used to teat neuropathic pain since it can diminish the peripheral sensitization seen in this painful condition. Recently, it has also been shown that pregabalin can be used to treat neuropathic pain related to Ox treatment. In the present study, we will test the hypothesis that Pregabalin administrated exclusively for three days before and three days after the Ox infusion is able to prevent the occurrence of pain secondary to both the acute and chronic Ox-associated neuropathies. In the classical FLOX chemotherapeutic regimen, Ox is infused in nine sessions during a six-month period. Patients will be followed for a year and nerve conduction tests, quantitative sensory evaluation, pain, quality of life and functional scales will be used to assess the impact of this strategy in the prevention of pain. If this strategy proves to work, this information will have a major impact in the cancer prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer since Ox will be able to administer in its full dose, and will not be limited by neuropathic side effects.
The purpose of this trial is to determine if the effect of oxcarbazepine on chronic peripheral nerve pain depends on the supposed mechanism of the pain, ie. if oxcarbazepine mainly relieve pain in patients with irritable nerves.
The purpose of the study is to determine the efficacy of etoricoxib on pain patients. The investigators assume that patients with neuropathic pain will have greater pain relief then patients on placebo.
To describe if there are differences in the subjective, objective and electrophysiologic parameters of diabetic polyneuropathies at baseline, four (4) weeks, eight (8) weeks, and twelve (12) weeks after Cilostazol therapy.
Polyneuropathy of different etiologies is often associated with pain and the standard treatment for this type of pain is gabapentinoids or antidepressants. The hypothesis of this study is that the combination of the gabapentinoid pregabalin and the antidepressant imipramine will provide better pain relief than the single compounds alone. This is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, 4-way, cross-over trial of pregabalin 300 mg/day, imipramine 75 mg/day and their combination versus placebo. The study will include 60 patients and the treatment outcome will be pain intensity as measured by numeric rating scales.
This study was to determine whether ranolazine was effective in the treatment of neuropathic pain in patients with coronary artery disease. Eligibility required neurological examination by the study doctor and assessment of the patient's pain. Eligible participants were randomized to receive blinded study medication for a total of 12 weeks.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of methadone alone and in combination with SAB378 for the treatment of painful HIV-associated neuropathy.
Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is a new concept of mechanical ventilation. NAVA delivers assist to spontaneous breathing based on the detection of the electrical activity of the diaphragm. We study the effect of NAVA in patients with critical illness associated polyneuropathy / polymyopathy (CIP/M)
Polyneuropathy associated with anti-MAG monoclonal IgM gammopathy is responsive of mainly a sensory deficit in predominantly males ,aged 40-70 years. Significantly high serum anti-MAG antibodies are linked with demyelinating features of the peripheral nerves.Rituximab, an anti-CD 20 monoclonal antibody is a new drug which reduces B-lymphocytes. This study will test the safety and efficacy of rituximab in the treatment of patients with anti-MAG polyneuropathy.