Table 2

Eligible placebo controlled trials

Study protocol numberPain condition(s) includedNo of participants assigned to gabapentin and placeboDaily dose in each gabapentin group
945-21020Diabetic neuropathic pain165Maximum (target) dose 3600 mg
945-22421Diabetic neuropathic pain325Fixed doses 600, 1200 and 2400 mg/day
945-400-21122–24Postherpetic neuralgia229Fixed dose 3600 mg/day
945-430-29525Postherpetic neuralgia334Fixed doses 1800 and 2400 mg/day
945-430-30626Neuropathic pain
(Allowed: complex regional pain syndrome or reflex sympathetic dystrophy; pain because of traumatic injury; diabetic peripheral neuropathy; phantom limb pain or pain following amputation of limbs; post-herpetic neuralgia; radicular pain or radiculopathy associated with spinal stenosis; stroke)
305Maximum (target) dose 2400 mg
A945-100827Diabetic peripheral neuropathy389Maximum (target) dose 3600 mg