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ArticleJournal of pain research2018

Pharmacological validation of a novel nonhuman primate measure of thermal responsivity with utility for predicting analgesic effects.

Joshua D Vardigan, Andrea K Houghton, Henry S Lange, Emily D Adarayan, Parul S Pall, Jeanine E Ballard, Darrell A Henze, Jason M Uslaner

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Article in Journal of pain research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joshua D VardiganMerck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA.
Andrea K HoughtonMerck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA.
Henry S LangeMerck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA.
Emily D AdarayanMerck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA.
Parul S PallMerck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA.
Jeanine E BallardMerck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA.
Darrell A HenzeMerck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA.
Jason M UslanerMerck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA.
United States Military Academy · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe development of novel analgesics to treat acute or chronic pain has been a challenge due to a lack of translatable measurements. Preclinical end points with improved translatability are necessary to more accurately inform clinical testing paradigms, which may help guide selection of viable drug candidates.

methodsIn this study, a nonhuman primate biomarker which is sensitive to standard analgesics at clinically relevant plasma concentrations, can differentiate analgesia from sedation and utilizes a protocol very similar to that which can be employed in human clinical studies is described. Specifically, acute heat stimuli were delivered to the volar forearm using a contact heat thermode in the same manner as the clinical setting.

resultsClinically efficacious exposures of morphine, fentanyl, and tramadol produced robust analgesic effects, whereas doses of diazepam that produce sedation had no effect.

conclusionWe propose that this assay has predictive utility that can help improve the probability of success for developing novel analgesics.

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monkeynoxious heatopioidpainthermodetranslatable

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PMID29692626
PMCPMC5903490
OpenAlexW2798254655

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