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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine whether Magnetic Marker Monitoring is an appropriate opportunity to diagnose and to quantify a suspicious gastroparesis in subjects with diabetic polyneuropathy.
The purpose of this study is to find out the impact of improving diabetes control through weight reduction and lifestyle changes on a common diabetes complication called peripheral neuropathy.
To obtain preliminary estimates of the safety and efficacy of the ANS Eon™ Implantable Pulse Generator with ANS leads in the treatment of subjects with diabetic polyneuropathy.
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in industrialized countries is estimated to be about 7.3% and its incidence has been growing in recent years. The prevalence of diabetic neuropathy in the diabetic patient population is up to 50%. When limb surgery is necessary, it is reasonable to assume that diabetic patients will benefit from a peripheral regional anesthesia because of the severe comorbidities associated with DM. On the other hand, the use of regional anesthesia (RA) has generally not been recommended in patients with preexisting neuropathies mainly because of medical liability issues, as worsening neuropathy could be attributed to nerve damage caused by the regional anesthetic. The current state of the art of peripheral regional anesthesia for the identification of correct placement of an injection needle suitably close to the target nerve is to elicit a motor response by current injection through the needle. Constant reduction of the current as the nerve is approached ensures close proximity so that an effective nerve block is obtained when the local anesthetic is delivered through the needle, and absence of a motor response at 0.3 mA is generally accepted as a safety marker to avoid harmful intraneural injection. An important deficit in our understanding is whether diabetic neuropathy influences the stimulation parameters for peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), possibly decreasing safety. The currently proposed research is guided by the hypothesis that nerves in patients with DM are more resistant to stimulation and the current thresholds for PNS have to be set much higher to prevent injections from occurring within the epineurium. The investigators will examine the effect of DM on nerve excitability in a blinded, prospective, observational case control trial. Accordingly, the investigators have defined following aims: Specific Aim 1: To characterize the required stimulation current in patients with and without diabetes mellitus. Specific Aim 2: Follow-up to examine if the rate of adverse neurologic events is higher in diabetic patients. Specific Aim 3: Guided by the results, formulate recommendations for the performance of regional anesthesia in patients with a history of DM. These experiments will provide better understanding of the needle-current-nerve relationship during peripheral nerve stimulation. Findings from this study will have a major impact on patient safety, especially in the subgroup with preexisting neuropathy, undergoing regional anesthesia.
Metabolic disorders such as diabetes mellitus, glucose intolerance and possibly metabolic syndrome can induce a peripheral neuropathy. To investigate the effect of physical training and diet education on neuropathic symptoms and neurophysiological parameters of patients with metabolic neuropathies.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the NormaTec PCD, a non-invasive pneumatic compression device with the patented peristaltic pulse pneumatic waveform, in the treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN). The study will compare treatment with a NormaTec PCD and a sham device to assess whether the NormaTec PCD improves the signs and symptoms of DPN.
Tramadol is an opioid analgesic, which is widely used in the treatment of acute and neuropathic pain. Treatment of neuropathic pain often requires a combination of pain medications due to the complex nature of neuropathic pain and frequent inadequate response to drug treatment. Common drugs used concomitantly with tramadol are SNRI antidepressant duloxetine and anticonvulsants such as pregabalin. Both tramadol and duloxetine have serotonergic effects and duloxetine has also a potential to inhibit metabolism of tramadol. The objective of the study is to investigate the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic interaction of oral tramadol with duloxetine and pregabalin in patients with chronic neuropathic pain due to postherpetic neuralgia or diabetic polyneuropathy. All subjects will receive tramadol and duloxetine or tramadol and pregabalin in a randomized double-blind order. Primary end point is O-desmethyltramadol concentration.
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the clinical effects of the investigational drug, SB-509, in subjects with diabetic neuropathy.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety profile of orally administered tapentadol ER dosages of 100 to 250 mg twice daily in patients with chronic, painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) over long-term exposure of up to 1 year.
The purpose of the study is to determine whether or not surgical decompression of the common peroneal, tibial, and deep peroneal nerves in the legs of persons with diabetic peripheral neuropathy is effective treatment.