A multicentre randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study of lacosamide, pregabalin, and tapentadol on spinal pain biomarkers
Our findings support the RIII threshold as an objective spinal biomarker to assess antihyperalgesic drug effect. This study informs future choices of biomarkers, optimal timing, and analysis strategies in analgesic research.
Authors
- Rolf-Detlef Treede
- André Mouraux
- Thomas Li
- Louisien Lebrun
- Luis Garcia-Larrea
- Anna V. Kostenko
- Charbel Salameh
- Andrea Truini
- Caterina M. Leone
- Nanna B. Finnerup
- Solenn Gousset
- Bernd Genser
- Clarence Rong
- Charles Quesada
- Giulia di Stefano
- Bo Jiang
- Giuseppe di Pietro
- Niko Möller-Grell
- Ombretta Caspani
- Caroline Perchet
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- European Molecular Biology Organization (DE)
- Inserm (FR)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon (FR)
- Central Institute of Mental Health (DE)
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Heidelberg-Mannheim (DE)
- Teva Pharmaceuticals (United States) (US)
- Danish Pain Research Center (DK)
- Ospedale San Giuseppe (IT)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- Université Jean Monnet (FR)
- UCLouvain (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Neurophysiology
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2026.2111591
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 32.84