The Effect of Neurontin on Pain Management in the Acutely Burned Patient

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Burn patients have extreme pain. Opioids are the main agents used for analgesia. We therefore propose a single center study to fruther assess the efficacy of neuropathic agents in controlling the pain associated with acute thermal injury.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Lucy A Wibbenmeyer; University of Iowa
• Treatments: Gabapentin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All admitted patients with LOS expected to be > 48 hours (usually burn injury > 5%)

• > 18 years of age

• Thermal injury to skin

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prisoners

• Pregnant or nursing women

• Children <18 years of age

• Frostbite or non thermal injury to skin

• Renal insuffiency (creatinine clearance < 60mL/min) or failure (on renal replacement)

• Expected length of stay < 48 hours (this usually includes burn <5%