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ArticlePain2023

What should be the entry pain intensity criteria for chronic pain clinical trials? An IMMPACT update.

Dale J Langford, Ralf Baron, Robert R Edwards, Jennifer S Gewandter, Ian Gilron, Robert Griffin, Peter R Kamerman, Nathaniel P Katz, Michael P McDermott, Andrew S C Rice and 3 more

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Article in Pain, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07165353 (Virtual Walking With Habitual Feedback to Reduce Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07165353 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Virtual Walking With Habitual Feedback to Reduce Chronic Neuropathic Pain in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury

TypeinterventionalSponsorSwiss Paraplegic Research, NottwilRan2026 to 2027Enrolled40ConditionsSpinal Cord Injuries (SCI), Neuropathic Pain Due to Spinal Cord InjuryArmsVirtual Walking, Sham Virtual Walking

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

Effectiveness, Mediators and Moderators of Remote Live vs. Pre-Recorded Physical Exercise Training for Chronic Low Back Pain.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026
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Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Krill Oil Supplementation for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults.The Journal of nutrition · 2026
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ECAP-Controlled Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Nonsurgical Refractory Back Pain: Subgroup Analysis From Two Prospective Multicenter Clinical Trials.Spine · 2025
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Mean of Daily Versus Single Week Recall-Based Pain Quality Assessments in Neuropathic Pain Trials: Implications for Assay Sensitivity.The journal of pain · 2024
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Considerations for Issues of Regression to the Mean and Contextual Effects in Clinical Trials for Pain in Rheumatic Diseases.Arthritis care & research · 2026
Review
Variability in Self-Reported Preoperative Pain Between Clinic Visits and Day of Surgery.Cureus · 2025
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Applying evidence-based cross-disciplinary concepts helps to explain the heterogeneity in pain, function, and biological measures in individuals with knee pain with/at risk of osteoarthritis.Pain reports · 2025
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8. Herpes zoster and post herpetic neuralgia.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2024
Review
On the importance of baseline pain intensity and measurement methods.Pain · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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On the importance of baseline pain intensity and measurement methods.2023

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Dale J LangfordDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States.

Ralf BaronDepartment of Neurology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.

Robert R EdwardsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

Jennifer S GewandterDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States.

Ian GilronDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, United States.

Robert GriffinDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States.

Peter R KamermanSchool of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Nathaniel P KatzDepartment of Anesthesiology, Tufts University, Boston, MA, United States.

Michael P McDermottDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States.

Andrew S C RiceDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

Dennis C TurkDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.

Jan VollertDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

Robert H DworkinDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States.

Funding

Analgesic, Anesthetic and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations, Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks and Pediatric Anesthesia Safety Initiative (ACTTION/PASI) (U01)U01FD007702 · FDA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI DWORKIN, ROBERT H, EISENACH, JAMES · 2022 to 2023

$1.0M

FDA HHS U01 FD007702Wellcome Trust

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Chronic PainHumansPain ManagementPain Measurement

Identifiers

PMID37288944

DOI10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002930

PMCPMC10523853

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