Dextromethorphan and memantine after ketamine analgesia: a randomized control trial
Intravenous ketamine is often prescribed in severe neuropathic pain. Oral -methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonists might prolong pain relief, reducing the frequency of ketamine infusions and hospital admissions. This clinical trial aimed at assessing whether oral dextromethorphan or memantin...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Drug design, development and therapy development and therapy, 2019-01, Vol.13, p.2677-2688 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Intravenous ketamine is often prescribed in severe neuropathic pain. Oral
-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonists might prolong pain relief, reducing the frequency of ketamine infusions and hospital admissions. This clinical trial aimed at assessing whether oral dextromethorphan or memantine might prolong pain relief after intravenous ketamine.
A multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial included 60 patients after ketamine infusion for refractory neuropathic pain. Dextromethorphan (90 mg/day), memantine (20 mg/day) or placebo was given for 12 weeks (n=20 each) after ketamine infusion. The primary endpoint was pain intensity at one month. Secondary endpoints included pain, sleep, anxiety, depression, cognitive function and quality of life evaluations up to 12 weeks.
At 1 month, dextromethorphan maintained ketamine pain relief (Numeric Pain Scale: 4.01±1.87 to 4.05±2.61,
=0.53) and diminished pain paroxysms (
=0.03) while pain intensity increased significantly with memantine and placebo (
=0.04). At 3 months, pain remained lower than at inclusion (
=0.001) and was not significantly different in the three groups. Significant benefits were observed on cognitive-affective domains and quality of life for dextromethorphan and memantine ( |
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ISSN: | 1177-8881 1177-8881 |
DOI: | 10.2147/DDDT.S207350 |