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. 2018 Sep 21;265(12):2815–2824. doi: 10.1007/s00415-018-9063-9

Table 2.

Summary of efficacy results: ITT population

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