Study tests gabapentin to curb opioid use after wisdom tooth extraction
NCT ID NCT04860141
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether taking a 600 mg dose of gabapentin two hours before wisdom tooth surgery can lower pain and the amount of opioid painkillers needed afterward. About 98 adults will be randomly assigned to receive either gabapentin or a placebo. Researchers will track pain levels and opioid use for up to 72 hours after the procedure.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 98 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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18 to 59 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects must be at or older than 18. * Screened body mass index (BMI) between 18-35 kg/m2. * American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification I and II. * Subjects must be willing and able to comply with protocol requirements. * Subjects must be able to understand the informed consent and must be able to sign a written informed consent form prior to the initiation of any study procedures. * A subject must have at least 1 partial or fully impacted third molar tooth removal. Exclusion Criteria: * hypersensitivity to gabapentinoids; * history of chronic opioid or gabapentin usage (regular use of opioids \>3 months) * history of recreational drug usage * a history or clinical manifestations of significant metabolic, hematologic, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurologic, hepatic, renal, urologic, musculoskeletal, psychiatric, or immunologic disorder, any acute, clinically significant illness or condition within 14 days prior to Day 1. * Patients with baseline pain. * Patients with any oral pathology will be excluded. * Pregnant or breastfeeding patients * An individual not legally competent to consent (e.g., incapacitated individuals, incompetents, minors)
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Locations
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Loma Linda University Health
RECRUITINGLoma Linda, California, 92354, United States
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