Ketamine for phantom limb pain: a six-month outpatient study
Part of Brain & nervous system, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests whether ketamine, given as an outpatient treatment, can reduce phantom limb pain over six months. You would come to a clinic for multiple ketamine sessions, with at least a week between each session, and be followed for a year.
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Who can take part
- You must have phantom limb pain that is happening right now.
- You need to live within 50 miles of a study site in California or New Mexico.
- You cannot be taking certain medicines like theophylline, sympathomimetics, or long-acting opioids.
- Your daily opioid dose must be 50 mg morphine equivalent or less (or you don't take opioids).
- You must be willing to stop alcohol, marijuana, or nicotine for at least 24 hours before each treatment.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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