Drug trial aims to stop chronic pain before it starts in breast cancer patients

NCT ID NCT03216187

Summary

This study tested whether pregabalin (a nerve pain medication) could prevent long-term pain after breast cancer surgery. It focused specifically on patients identified as high-risk for developing chronic pain. Patients received either pregabalin or a placebo starting before surgery and continuing for two weeks afterward.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Brustzentrum Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois CHUV

    Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland

  • Clinique de Genolier

    Genolier, 1272, Switzerland

  • Clinique des Grangettes

    Geneva, Switzerland

  • Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève HUG

    Geneva, 1211, Switzerland

  • Inselspital

    Bern, 3010, Switzerland

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