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The clinical importance of changes in the 0 to 10 numeric rating scale for worst, least, and average pain intensity: analyses of data from clinical trials of duloxetine in pain disorders.

John T. Farrar, +4 more
- 01 Feb 2010 - 
- Vol. 11, Iss: 2, pp 109-118
TLDR
An anchor-based value is determined for the change in the worst, least, and average pain intensity items of the Brief Pain Inventory that best represents a clinically important difference in clinical trials of chronic-pain therapies.
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This article is published in The Journal of Pain.The article was published on 2010-02-01. It has received 210 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Brief Pain Inventory & Fibromyalgia.

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Evidence-based guideline: Treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy Report of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Vera Bril, +11 more
- 17 May 2011 - 
TL;DR: A systematic review of the literature from 1960 to August 2008 found effective treatments for PDN are available, but many have side effects that limit their usefulness, and few studies have sufficient information on treatment effects on function and QOL.
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2012 Canadian Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Executive Summary

Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, +10 more
- 01 Jan 2013 - 
TL;DR: The present recommendations incorporate the new clinical concepts of FM as a clinical construct without any defining physical abnormality or biological marker, characterized by fluctuating, diffuse body pain and the frequent symptoms of sleep disturbance, fatigue, mood and cognitive changes.
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Predictors of Aromatase Inhibitor Discontinuation as a Result of Treatment-Emergent Symptoms in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

N. Lynn Henry, +12 more
- 20 Mar 2012 - 
TL;DR: Premature discontinuation of initial AI therapy as a result of symptoms is common, although more than one third of patients may be able to tolerate a different AI medication, and research is needed to identify predictive tools and interventions for AI-associated treatment-emergent symptoms.
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"Evidence" in chronic pain--establishing best practice in the reporting of systematic reviews.

R Andrew Moore, +6 more
- 02 Jun 2010 - 
TL;DR: ‘‘Evidence’ in chronic pain – establishing best practice in the reporting of systematic reviews R. R. Bell, Sebastian Straube, Henry McQuay and Andrew Moore.
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Effect of abiraterone acetate and prednisone compared with placebo and prednisone on pain control and skeletal-related events in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: exploratory analysis of data from the COU-AA-301 randomised trial

Christopher J. Logothetis, +18 more
- 01 Dec 2012 - 
TL;DR: In patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer previously treated with docetaxel, abiraterone acetate and prednisone offer significant benefits compared withprednisone alone in terms of pain relief, delayed pain progression, and prevention of skeletal-related events.
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ECDEU Assessment Manual for Psychopharmacology

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Clinical importance of changes in chronic pain intensity measured on an 11-point numerical pain rating scale

John T. Farrar, +4 more
- 01 Nov 2001 - 
TL;DR: Using a standard outcome across chronic pain studies would greatly enhance the comparability, validity, and clinical applicability of these studies, and the application of these results to future studies may provide a standard definition of clinically important improvement in clinical trials of chronic pain therapies.
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Pain assessment: Global use of the Brief Pain Inventory.

Charles S. Cleeland, +1 more
- 01 Mar 1994 - 
TL;DR: The development of the Brief Pain Inventory and the various applications to which the BPI is suited are described, being adopted in many countries for clinical pain assessment, epidemiological studies, and in studies of the effectiveness of pain treatment.
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The validation of visual analogue scales as ratio scale measures for chronic and experimental pain

Donald D. Price, +3 more
- 01 Sep 1983 - 
TL;DR: Visual analogue scales (VAS) of sensory intensity and affective magnitude were validated as ratio scale measures for both chronic and experimental pain, demonstrating the valid use of VAS for the measurement of and comparison between chronic pain and experimental heat pain.
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Interpreting the Clinical Importance of Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations

Robert H. Dworkin, +39 more
- 01 Feb 2008 - 
TL;DR: A consensus meeting was convened by the Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT) to provide recommendations for interpreting clinical importance of treatment outcomes in clinical trials of the efficacy and effectiveness of chronic pain treatments as discussed by the authors.
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