The Design of Analgesic Clinical Trials

by Mitchell B. Max

Summary

This volume is a definitive guide to the clinical evaluation of new agents and methods for pain control. It reviews the regulatory requirements for new analgesic agents, describes the most efficient ways to screen compounds for efficacy and toxicity, explains how to plan a series of controlled trials, and discusses analgesic studies for problems such as postoperative pain, neuropathic pain syndromes, cancer pain, low back pain, osteoarthritis, sickle cell disease, sports injuries, orofacial pain, headache, and dysmenorrhea.