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Linking altered central pain processing and genetic polymorphism to drug efficacy in chronic low back pain

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Title
Linking altered central pain processing and genetic polymorphism to drug efficacy in chronic low back pain
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BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, September 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40360-015-0023-z
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Andreas Siegenthaler, Jürg Schliessbach, Pascal H. Vuilleumier, Peter Juni, Hanns U. Zeilhofer, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Michele Curatolo

Abstract

Inability to predict the therapeutic effect of a drug in individual pain patients prolongs the process of drug and dose finding until satisfactory pharmacotherapy can be achieved. Many chronic pain conditions are associated with hypersensitivity of the nervous system or impaired endogenous pain modulation. Pharmacotherapy often aims at influencing these disturbed nociceptive processes. Its effect might therefore depend on the extent to which they are altered. Quantitative sensory testing (QST) can evaluate various aspects of pain processing and might therefore be able to predict the analgesic efficacy of a given drug. In the present study three drugs commonly used in the pharmacological management of chronic low back pain are investigated. The primary objective is to examine the ability of QST to predict pain reduction. As a secondary objective, the analgesic effects of these drugs and their effect on QST are evaluated. In this randomized, double blinded, placebo controlled cross-over study, patients with chronic low back pain are randomly assigned to imipramine, oxycodone or clobazam versus active placebo. QST is assessed at baseline, 1 and 2 h after drug administration. Pain intensity, side effects and patients' global impression of change are assessed in intervals of 30 min up to two hours after drug intake. Baseline QST is used as explanatory variable to predict drug effect. The change in QST over time is analyzed to describe the pharmacodynamic effects of each drug on experimental pain modalities. Genetic polymorphisms are analyzed as co-variables. Pharmacotherapy is a mainstay in chronic pain treatment. Antidepressants, anticonvulsants and opioids are frequently prescribed in a "trial and error" fashion, without knowledge however, which drug suits best which patient. The present study addresses the important need to translate recent advances in pain research to clinical practice. Assessing the predictive value of central hypersensitivity and endogenous pain modulation could allow for the implementation of a mechanism-based treatment strategy in individual patients. Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01179828.

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Country Count As %
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 128 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 17 13%
Student > Master 16 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 11%
Researcher 9 7%
Other 6 5%
Other 23 18%
Unknown 44 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 26 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 12%
Neuroscience 7 5%
Unspecified 6 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 5%
Other 16 12%
Unknown 53 41%
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