Effect of Ketamine on Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia

NCT00833755 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 79

Last updated 2020-07-23

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare pain threshold, pain tolerance, and wind up, as measured by QST, before and after a single dose of ketamine infusion under two clinical conditions: chronic pain patients on opioid therapy and chronic pain patients without opioid therapy.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Ketamine

To compare pain threshold, pain tolerance, and wind up, as measured by QST, before and after a single dose of ketamine infusion under two clinical conditions: chronic pain patients on opioid therapy and chronic pain patients without opioid therapy.

DRUG

Placebos

To compare pain threshold, pain tolerance, and wind up, as measured by QST, before and after a single dose of ketamine infusion under two clinical conditions: chronic pain patients on opioid therapy and chronic pain patients without opioid therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jianren Mao, M.D., Ph.D. · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-05-31
Completion
2016-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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