Table 2.
Outcome measure | Screening/baseline (s.d.) | LS mean change from baseline (s.e.) [95% CI] | LS mean difference (s.e.) [95% CI] | p value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pregabalin (N = 274) | Placebo (N = 265) | Pregabalin | Placebo | |||
Primary efficacy endpoint, week 15 mean pain | 6.41 (1.29) | 6.54 (1.31) | − 2.12 (0.15) [− 2.42, − 1.82] | − 1.90 (0.16) [– 2.21, − 1.60] | – 0.22 (0.16) [– 0.54, 0.10] | 0.1823 |
Week 1–15 overall mean pain effecta | 6.41 (1.29) | 6.54 (1.31) | – 2.10 (0.10) [– 2.29, − 1.90] | − 1.79 (0.10) [–1.99, − 1.60] | − 0.31 (0.12) [– 0.55, − 0.07] | 0.0117 |
Sleep interference, week 15 | 4.97 (2.30) | 4.99 (2.27) | − 2.29 (0.11) [− 2.51, − 2.07] | − 1.86 (0.11) [− 2.08, − 1.63] | − 0.43 (0.15) [− 0.71, − 0.14] | 0.0031 |
Endpoint BPI pain severity | 5.95 (1.50) | 5.90 (1.50) | − 2.40 (0.13) [− 2.66, − 2.15] | − 1.95 (0.13) [− 2.21, − 1.69] | − 0.46 (0.16) [− 0.77, − 0.14] | 0.0050 |
Endpoint BPI pain interference | 4.07 (2.16) | 4.06 (2.11) | − 1.72 (0.13) − 1.97, − 1.46] |
− 1.33 (0.13) [− 1.59, − 1.07] |
− 0.38 (0.16) [− 0.70, − 0.07] | 0.0168 |
BPI brief pain inventory, CI confidence interval, ITT intention to treat, LS least squares, SD standard deviation, SE standard error
Primary analyses and sleep: mixed-model repeated measures, intention-to-treat population; Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form analysis of covariance
aOverall is for each subject to pool pain score for all post-baseline weeks