Management of Pain Associated With Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Conditions
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Interventions
- Registration Number
- NCT05324761
- Lead Sponsor
- Al-Kindy College of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Neuropathic pain is a common complication following different types of spine surgery making negative impact on health, along with life style changes and management, many neurologist prescribed either Pregabalin or Gabapentin to manage this condition with overall good results.
our study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Pregabalin and Gabapentin in the management of this condition and to compare between them
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
- Patients with Previous spine surgery and subsequent chronic back pain
- Patients with connective tissue diseases
- Patients with psychiatric illnesses
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Pregabalin Pregabalin 75mg A dose of 75 mg of Pregabalin twice daily for one month will be prescribed to each patient enrolled this study arm Gabapentin Gabapentin 300mg A dose of 300 mg of Gabapentin twice daily for one month will be prescribed to each patient enrolled this study arm
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Efficacy in Neuropathic pain management outcome will be assessed one month after the initiation of medication Visual analogue scale pain, minimum score is 0, maximum is 10, the higher ther score the more severe pain
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Laith Thamer Al-Ameri
🇮🇶Baghdad, Iraq