Perineural injections of incobotulinumtoxin-A for diabetic neuropathic pain of the lower extremities : protocol for a phase II, single-centre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial (the PINBOT study)

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INTRODUCTION: Diabetic neuropathic pain (DNP) is a debilitating complication affecting 15-20% of people with diabetes and is a predictor of depression, poor sleep and decreased quality of life. Current pharmacological treatments are often insufficient and have significant side-effects. Subcutaneous or intradermal botulinumtoxin-A (BonT-A) is an effective and safe treatment for neuropathic pain but is limited by the need to cover the entire affected area with injections. For large cutaneous areas, infiltration of the sensory nerve supply with BonT-A could provide similar effects, with a single injection. We aim to investigate the safety, efficacy, and effects on quality of life, physical activity, depressive symptoms and activities of daily living of perineural injections of BonT-A in patients with DNP of both lower extremities.

METHODS: This study is a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial. 80 participants with moderate to severe DNP of both legs will be randomised 1:1 to receive injections of either 100 units incobotulinumtoxin-A or a saline placebo around each distal sciatic nerve for two cycles of 12 weeks. Average daily pain scores will be recorded once a day from 1 week prior to the first treatment and through the entire study period. Primary outcomes are differences between groups in daily and weekly mean pain scores. Secondary outcomes are levels of physical activity, depression scores, health-related quality of life, activities of daily living, sensory profiles and motor function, recorded at baseline, 4, 12, 16 and 24 weeks. The use of rescue medication and adverse events will be recorded throughout the study period.

ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study is approved by the Danish Committee on Health Research Ethics and the Danish Medicines Agency. EU-Clinical Trial Information System (EU: 2022-500727-68-01), clinicaltrials.gov (ID: NCT05623111). Results will be published in peer-reviewed journals in open-access formats and data made available in anonymised form.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT05623111.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

BMJ open - 14(2024), 1 vom: 22. Jan., Seite e074372

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Klee, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Hørmann Thomsen, Trine [VerfasserIn]
Enggaard, Thomas Peter [VerfasserIn]
Bitsch, Martin Sabro [VerfasserIn]
Simonsen, Louise [VerfasserIn]
Jensen, Rigmor Højland [VerfasserIn]
Biering-Sørensen, Bo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic pain
Clinical Trial Protocol
Diabetic neuropathy
Journal Article
Neurological pain
Pain management
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Toxicity

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Date Completed 25.01.2024

Date Revised 30.01.2024

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05623111

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074372

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367530597