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Tetrodotoxin for Moderate to Severe Cancer-Related Pain: A Multicentre, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Design Trial

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العنوان: Tetrodotoxin for Moderate to Severe Cancer-Related Pain: A Multicentre, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Design Trial
المؤلفون: Neil A. Hagen, Lyne Cantin, John Constant, Tina Haller, Gilbert Blaise, May Ong-Lam, Patrick du Souich, Walter Korz, Bernard Lapointe
المصدر: Pain Research and Management, Vol 2017 (2017)
بيانات النشر: Hindawi Limited, 2017.
سنة النشر: 2017
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine (General)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine (General), R5-920
الوصف: Objective. This study evaluated subcutaneous injections of tetrodotoxin (TTX) for the treatment of moderate to severe, inadequately controlled cancer-related pain. Methods. Eligible patients were randomized to receive TTX (30 μg) or placebo subcutaneously twice daily for four consecutive days. Efficacy was assessed using pain and composite endpoints (including pain and quality of life measures), and safety was evaluated using standard measures. Results. 165 patients were enrolled at 19 sites in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with 149 patients in the primary analysis “intent-to-treat” population. The primary analysis supports a clinical benefit of TTX over placebo based on the pain endpoint alone with a clinically significant estimated effect size of 16.2% (p=0.0460). The p value was nominally statistically significant after prespecified (Bonferroni Holm) adjustment for the two primary endpoints but not at the prespecified two-sided 5% level. The mean duration of analgesic response was 56.7 days (TTX) and 9.9 days (placebo). Most common adverse events were nausea, dizziness, and oral numbness or tingling and were generally mild to moderate and transient. Conclusions. Although underpowered, this study demonstrates a clinically important analgesic signal. TTX may provide clinically meaningful analgesia for patients who have persistent moderate to severe cancer pain despite best analgesic care. This clinical study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00725114).
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1203-6765
1918-1523
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1203-6765; https://doaj.org/toc/1918-1523
DOI: 10.1155/2017/7212713
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/ed60ff06802d4a0a9fa69a9b64ff54e9
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.60ff06802d4a0a9fa69a9b64ff54e9
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:12036765
19181523
DOI:10.1155/2017/7212713